Valley View Middle

Valley View Middle, a moderately sized intermediate school in Pleasant Hill, California, overseen by Mt. Diablo Unified, instructs 819 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Mt. Diablo Unified runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 29,210 students. Valley View Middle is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Valley View Middle lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 32% White, 16% Asian, 15% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, Valley View Middle has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Valley View Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Contra Costa County shows median household earnings sit near $127,229, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Contra Costa County runs 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), of which Valley View Middle is one.

College Park High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley View Middle. On composite proficiency, Valley View Middle comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.2%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Valley View Middle's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 849 (now 819). The Hispanic share of enrollment fell from 38% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

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