Valor Academy Elementary
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Valor Academy and Ranchito Avenue
Ranchito Avenue has a Scope Score of 72 among California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).
We have no Scope Score for Valor Academy Elementary this year. Its published results are below.
Ranchito Avenue Elementary
Los Angeles Unified
72
DevelopingScope Score · 32nd percentile
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Test results
How do their test results compare?
The dark part of each bar is students who scored Advanced. The light part is students who scored Proficient. The dashed line is California for the same grades.
English: Proficient or Advanced
Reading and writing
Valor Academy34%Advanced: 10%grades 3 and 4
Ranchito Avenue33%Advanced: 15%
California46%Advanced: 24%
Math: Proficient or Advanced
Share of students tested
Valor Academy37%Advanced: 10%grades 3 and 4
Ranchito Avenue36%Advanced: 14%
California42%Advanced: 21%
Grades 3–5, spring 2026. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Year by year
How have their results changed?
Ranchito Avenue’s English results changed the most. In 2017, 41% of its students were in the state’s top two test levels. In 2026 it was 33%.
Share of students in the state’s top two test levels, 2017 to 2026
Grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students.
English
25%50%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202634%Valor Academy33%Ranchito Avenue46%California
Math
25%No comparable tests2017201820192022202320242025202637%Valor Academy36%Ranchito Avenue42%California
The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional. Each figure is our combination of the grades’ published results, weighted by students tested. Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education.
Life at school
Do students show up and stay in class?
A shorter bar is better here. The dashed line is the average California elementary school we score.
Chronically absent
Students in 100 who missed 10% or more of school days
Valor Academy13 in 10053 of 414 students
Ranchito Avenue14 in 10059 of 427 students
Average school17 in 100
Suspended at least once
Share of students enrolled at any point in the year
Valor Academy0%0 of 428 students
Ranchito Avenue0%0 of 433 students
Average school1.6%
2025–26 school year. Average school: the average California elementary school we score. Source: California Department of Education.
State growth measure
How did results compare with what the state expected?
The state sets an expected score for each student from that student’s earlier scores. A bar to the right means students scored above it.
English
Points against the expected score
Valor Academy+18points
Ranchito Avenue−18points
Math
Points against the expected score
Valor Academy+21points
Ranchito Avenue−6points
- Valor AcademyGrade 4. The state calls the English result Accelerated and the math result Exceptional. 73 students.
- Ranchito AvenueGrades 4–5. The state calls both results Moderate. 114 students in English, 115 in math.
Spring 2025. Students with scores in both years. The measure describes results, not causes. Source: California Department of Education growth model.
Culture
How does each school describe itself?
Each school in its own words, with the outside list behind a named approach.
Valor Academy
“At VAES, we are committed to ensuring a joyful , engaging , and inclusive student experience.”
- art and gardening
From its website ↗, read October 28, 2026
Ranchito Avenue
We have not read this school’s website yet.
Culture, side by side
What do the school, its families and the records say?
A school’s words are its claims. The district’s survey and the staffing records are evidence.
| Measure | Valor Academy | Ranchito Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| From each school’s website | ||
| Languages | Valor AcademySpanish courses for all studentsRead October 27, 2026 | Ranchito AvenueNot read yet |
| Part of a network | Valor AcademyBright Star SchoolsRead October 27, 2026 | Ranchito AvenueNot read yet |
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26The share of students, families and staff who agreed. The mark on each bar is the district. | ||
| Students: Safety | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue84%LAUSD 77% · 144 answers |
| Students: Belonging | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue69%LAUSD 68% · 142 to 144 answers |
| Students: Caring adults | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue81%LAUSD 75% · 141 to 144 answers |
| Families: Safety | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue96%LAUSD 91% · 343 answers |
| Families: Belonging | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue98%LAUSD 94% · 343 to 348 answers |
| Staff: Safety | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue97%LAUSD 97% · 73 answers |
| From the staffing records | ||
| Average years of teaching experience2024–25 school year | Valor Academy6 | Ranchito Avenue20 |
| Teachers in their first year2024–25 school year | Valor Academy0% | Ranchito Avenue5% |
Show every subject in the survey
| Measure | Valor Academy | Ranchito Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| LAUSD School Experience Survey, 2025–26 | ||
| Students: Engagement | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue73%LAUSD 68% · 142 to 144 answers |
| Students: High expectations | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue94%LAUSD 84% · 143 to 144 answers |
| Students: Bullied 2 or more times in the past 30 daysLower is better | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue28%LAUSD 24% · 143 to 144 answers |
| Families: Caring adults | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue97%LAUSD 94% · 346 answers |
| Families: Engagement | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue96%LAUSD 91% · 344 to 349 answers |
| Families: Bullying reports taken seriously | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue87%LAUSD 80% · 344 answers |
| Staff: Caring adults | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue92%LAUSD 89% · 72 to 74 answers |
| Staff: High expectations | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue96%LAUSD 95% · 69 to 74 answers |
| Staff: Bullying called a mild or insignificant problem | Valor AcademyNo survey on file | Ranchito Avenue81%LAUSD 86% · 73 answers |
School statements are from each school’s own website on the date shown. A survey figure averages the questions on that subject: the share who agreed, or for student bullying the share it happened to. Teacher records are from the California Department of Education. Nothing here is about a named person.
Who attends
Who attends, and how big are they?
The table shows how many students each school has and how many are from low-income families.
| Measure | Valor Academy | Ranchito Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| StudentsFederal school directory, 2024–25 | Valor Academy387 | Ranchito Avenue421 |
| Students from low-income familiesEligible for free or reduced-price meals, 2024–25. California: 63% | Valor Academy89%344 of 387 students | Ranchito Avenue91%382 of 421 students |
| Students per teacherA staffing ratio, not class size | Valor Academy24 | Ranchito Avenue21 |
Show grades and who runs each school
| Measure | Valor Academy | Ranchito Avenue |
|---|---|---|
| Grades | Valor AcademyTK–4 | Ranchito AvenueTK–5 |
| Who runs the school | Valor AcademyA charter school | Ranchito AvenueLos Angeles Unified |
| Charter approved byThe approver decides whether the charter is renewed when its term ends | Valor AcademyLos Angeles UnifiedTerm ends June 30, 2027 | Ranchito AvenueNot a charter |
Sources
Sources and definitions
75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How we score schools
Test results are from California’s state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026. Each figure is the share of students tested in the level’s grades who scored Proficient or Advanced, for one subject. California’s figure is our combination of the state’s published rows for the same grades.
“Clearly ahead” marks a figure that is ahead of the others by more than twice the margin of error. On chronic absence, ahead means lower.
Chronic absence and suspensions are the California Department of Education’s 2025–26 counts. “Chronically absent” means a student missed 10% or more of school days. The average school is the average California school we score at these schools’ level, with each school counted once.
The state growth measure is points above or below what the state expected from these students’ earlier scores. It covers grades 4–8 and comes from the state’s spring 2025 release.
The year-by-year chart shows each spring’s results for grades 3–5. Each year is a different group of students, so the chart does not show how the same students changed.
Students and students per teacher are from the federal school directory, 2024–25. Students from low-income families are students counted as eligible for free or reduced-price meals in the California Department of Education’s 2024–25 count.
Teacher experience is the California Department of Education’s staffing file for the school year shown (teachers only). A charter’s approver is from CDE’s charter term file and its term end from CDE’s Charter School Database.