Enrollment
155
Elementary
DISTRICT 342 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PETALUMA CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063023004726
Valley Vista Elementary
730 North Webster St., Petaluma, CA 94952 · (707) 778-4762 · Sonoma County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL155 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
103 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 34 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 21% larger than its 6th grade class (28).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
20.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -32.7pp since 2014
Math
21.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -14.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 33 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 13.0% | 20.3% | 59.4% |
| Math | 8.4% | 12.7% | 25.4% | 53.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.3% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.7% | 26.7% |
| 2022-23 | 35.6% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.1% | 32.1% |
| 2018-19 | 41.3% | 32.7% |
| 2017-18 | 46.0% | 34.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.5% | 39.0% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 36.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Valley Vista Elementary
Valley Vista Elementary's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Vista Elementary this school | 155 | 66.5% | 23.8% |
| Shiloh Charter Modesto | 163 | 66.3% | 41.9% |
| Elverta Elementary Elverta | 159 | 70.4% | 28.9% |
| Tomales Elementary Tomales | 160 | 72.5% | 21.9% |
| Cottonwood Aguanga | 197 | 73.6% | 27.9% |
| Pine Elementary Holtville | 210 | 65.7% | 54.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Valley Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Sonoma County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #4,216 of 5,151 | #66 of 79 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,189 of 5,172 ▼ 760 | #62 of 79 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #4,823 of 5,172 ▼ 1,009 | #72 of 79 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.4pp | #46 of 5,116 | #3 of 79 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 155 | #5,508 of 5,915 | #81 of 105 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.5% | #3,151 of 5,625 | #25 of 89 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -45.6% | #67 of 3,837 | #1 of 50 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
155
-52 (-25%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 23.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 155 | 8 | 19.4:1 | 66% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 8 | 24.0:1 | 63% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 194 | 8 | 24.3:1 | 59% (115) |
| 2020-21 | 207 | 9 | 23.0:1 | 54% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 285 | 12 | 23.8:1 | 48% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 13 | 25.3:1 | 44% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | N/A | N/A | 42% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | 24% (94) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 15 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 46% (285 to 155); teachers down 33% (12 to 8).
About Valley Vista Elementary
Valley Vista Elementary is a small elementary school in California, with an address in Petaluma. The latest federal count shows 155 students in kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 67% smaller than average.
Federal data list 7 schools in Petaluma City Elementary, with 2,182 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, Valley Vista Elementary is 52% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 35% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Pacific Islander. Census figures show Sonoma County is about 30% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Valley Vista Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 19.4:1, with 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Valley Vista Elementary is 66%. For comparison, public schools in Sonoma County average 51%.
The allk12 Grade for Valley Vista Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Valley Vista Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 23.8% is 16.8 points below the 40.6% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
County data help place the school in context: in Sonoma County, median household income is about $104,674, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The public schools of Sonoma County number 184 and enroll about 63,389.
The school nearest to Valley Vista Elementary is Petaluma Junior High, at a distance of about 0.3 miles. Within five miles of Valley Vista Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Valley Vista Elementary is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 25%, from 207 to 155. By 2024-25, the school had 19.4 students per teacher, compared with 23.0 in 2020-21.
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Sonoma County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
485,040
Census ACS
Median income
$104,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
184
63,389 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Petaluma City Elementary
- Penngrove ElementaryElementary · 472 students
- Grant ElementaryElementary · 386 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 368 students
- McNear ElementaryElementary · 343 students
- McDowell ElementaryElementary · 329 students
- South County ConsortiumCombined · 129 students
Other schools in Petaluma
- Casa Grande HighHigh · 1,653 students
- Petaluma HighHigh · 1,193 students
- Kenilworth Junior HighMiddle · 812 students
- Heartwood CharterCombined · 739 students
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry ValleyElementary · 494 students
- Petaluma Junior HighMiddle · 454 students
Other Valley Vista Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Valley Vista Elementary. Valley Vista Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valley Vista ElementaryBonita, CA · 513 students
Nearby schools
- Petaluma Junior High0.3 mi · 454
- Petaluma High0.5 mi · 1,193
- South County Consortium0.5 mi · 129
- Carpe Diem High (Continuation)0.6 mi · 19
- Mary Collins Charter School at Cherry Valley0.8 mi · 494
- McNear Elementary1.1 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Valley Vista Elementary?
Valley Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 155 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Valley Vista Elementary serve?
Valley Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Valley Vista Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Valley Vista Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Valley Vista Elementary?
Student demographics at Valley Vista Elementary are roughly 35% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Valley Vista Elementary public or private?
Valley Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Petaluma City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.