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Hermosa Valley Elementary

Middle School
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
575 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
23:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
9%
Teachers
25 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Declined
-10.0 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Declined
-5.9 pts DFS change

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic13.0%
White64.2%
Asian4.5%
Black1.2%
Other17.0%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Hermosa Valley Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard40.3%
Met Standard33.9%
Below Standard25.8%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "74% proficient" for Hermosa Valley Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

40.3% of students exceeded standard while 33.9% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 23.0 points above the state average of 17.3%. Compared to the 6 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 3.3 points higher (vs 37.0% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Students here improve by 10.8 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance declined and Math declined year-over-year.

Chronic absenteeism is 9.5%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
40.3%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
74.2%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+10.8pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
9.5%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.8%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
882
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8
Math Trajectory
G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
5th14038.6%34.3%16.4%10.7%72.9%
6th13926.6%45.3%25.9%2.2%71.9%
7th14845.3%38.5%10.8%5.4%83.8%
8th15440.9%39.0%15.6%4.5%79.9%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
5th14038.6%27.1%20.7%13.6%65.7%
6th13932.4%27.3%29.5%10.8%59.7%
7th14847.3%29.1%17.6%6.1%76.3%
8th15449.4%24.0%15.6%11.0%73.4%
K-12 Feeder PathEstimate
Elementary
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Hermosa Valley Elementary
66.594th pctile
This school
High School
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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score