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Mission Valley Elementary

Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
884 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
379 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
15%
Teachers
17 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic6.3%
White4.5%
Asian78.9%
Black2.4%
Other7.9%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Mission Valley Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard52.5%
Met Standard18.1%
Below Standard29.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "71% proficient" for Mission Valley Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

52.5% of students exceeded standard while 18.1% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 31.6 points above the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.7 points above the Fremont Unified district average of 45.8%. Compared to the 15 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 7.6 points higher (vs 44.9% 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 1.5 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

Chronic absenteeism is 8.4%, better than the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
52.5%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
70.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
+1.5pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
8.4%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
0.5%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
884
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6144.3%22.9%14.8%18.0%67.2%
4th9248.9%14.1%16.3%20.6%63.0%
5th6852.9%22.1%7.3%17.6%75.0%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
3rd6150.8%24.6%11.5%13.1%75.4%
4th9257.6%15.2%14.1%13.0%72.8%
5th6860.3%10.3%13.2%16.2%70.6%