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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at West Valley Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CUPERTINO UNION·NCES 061029001154
West Valley Elementary
1635 Belleville Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94087 · (408) 245-0148 · Santa Clara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
20.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
67 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
5
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 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
78.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.8pp since 2014
Math
82.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 53.8% | 25.0% | 11.8% | 9.4% |
| Math | 65.3% | 17.4% | 11.0% | 6.4% |
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 | 78.8% | 82.7% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.1% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 80.1% |
| 2020-21 | 81.3% | 86.1% |
| 2018-19 | 81.1% | 82.2% |
| 2017-18 | 82.1% | 81.5% |
| 2016-17 | 81.3% | 80.0% |
| 2015-16 | 76.0% | 79.0% |
| 2014-15 | 78.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
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 West Valley Elementary
West Valley Elementary's state test result (76.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Valley Elementary this school | 422 | 15.9% | 76.9% |
| Stevens Creek Elementary Cupertino | 407 | 13.3% | 77.2% |
| Franklin Elementary Burlingame | 357 | 17.1% | 81.2% |
| Montclaire Elementary Los Altos | 442 | 8.8% | 83.9% |
| Covington Elementary Los Altos | 404 | 8.2% | 92.3% |
| Pacific Sky San Diego | 368 | 11.1% | 78.6% |
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 West Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Santa Clara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.9% | #356 of 5,151 | #55 of 226 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.7% | #151 of 5,172 ▲ 224 | #31 of 226 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #323 of 5,172 ▲ 394 | #43 of 226 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,745 of 5,116 | #71 of 225 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,391 of 5,915 | #128 of 255 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #998 of 5,352 | #67 of 247 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #1,787 of 5,354 | #108 of 247 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #5,280 of 5,625 | #193 of 252 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #936 of 3,837 | #73 of 189 |
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
422
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 24.7:1
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 | 422 | 21 | 20.1:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 19.1 | 21.1:1 | 11% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 14.9 | 24.9:1 | 12% (43) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 18 | 24.7:1 | 2% (9) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 22.2 | 25.2:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 633 | 24 | 26.4:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | N/A | N/A | 2% (12) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 29 | 23.7:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 24 | 27.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (560 to 422); teachers down 6% (22.2 to 21).
About West Valley Elementary
Sunnyvale, California, is home to West Valley Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 422 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
West Valley Elementary belongs to Cupertino Union, a district of 23 schools and 13,526 students.
More than half of enrollment at West Valley Elementary is Asian: 56%. Enrollment also includes 26% White, 12% multiracial, and 6% Hispanic. The school's Asian share is 15 points above the 41% share among Santa Clara County residents. The diversity index for West Valley Elementary is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at West Valley Elementary totals 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 20.1:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 16% of students (67) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Santa Clara County, the average is 37%.
On the allk12 Grade, West Valley Elementary lands at A, ahead of 87% of California public elementary schools.
A school with West Valley Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 70.2%. West Valley Elementary scores 76.9%, 6.7 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Santa Clara County show that median household income comes to about $164,281, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santa Clara County counts 412 public schools with about 230,059 students.
Among nearby public schools, Cupertino Middle is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, West Valley Elementary is 5th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, West Valley Elementary is City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 422 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 444. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.7:1 to 20.1:1 over the same years.
West Valley Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Santa Clara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,902,047
Census ACS
Median income
$164,281
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
412
230,059 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Cupertino Union
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Joaquin Miller MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 880 students
- Sam H. Lawson MiddleMiddle · 841 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Warren E. Hyde MiddleMiddle · 800 students
Other schools in Sunnyvale
- Fremont HighHigh · 2,060 students
- Cupertino MiddleMiddle · 1,067 students
- Sunnyvale MiddleMiddle · 1,053 students
- Louis E. Stocklmeir ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Ellis ElementaryElementary · 768 students
- Marian A. Peterson MiddleMiddle · 759 students
Nearby schools
- Cupertino Middle0.2 mi · 1,067
- Homestead High0.8 mi · 2,224
- Stevens Creek Elementary0.9 mi · 407
- Garden Gate Elementary1.1 mi · 471
- Montclaire Elementary1.1 mi · 442
- Oak Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 334
Frequently asked questions
About West Valley ElementaryHow many students attend West Valley Elementary?
West Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 422 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does West Valley Elementary serve?
West Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does West Valley Elementary have?
West Valley Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
What is the student diversity at West Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at West Valley Elementary are roughly 26% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 56% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is West Valley Elementary public or private?
West Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Cupertino Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.