Public school · Big Sur Unified

Pacific Valley (K-12)

69325 Highway 1, Big Sur · 11 students · Grades TK–12

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Pacific Valley (K-12) is a public school for grades K–12. Its latest state test results are from spring 2016, so it has no 2026 Scope Score.

In its own words

What does Pacific Valley (K-12) say about itself?

We haven’t read Pacific Valley (K-12)’s website yet. Until we do, the school’s own site is the best place to hear it in its own words.

Open bigsurunified.org (opens in a new tab)

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Students, 2024–25

11

students in grades TK–12.

Family income

91%

of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 10 of 11. California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

5

teachers, with 14 years of experience on average.

0% were in their first year.

71% of teaching positions had the right credential, 2021–22.

Suspensions, 2025–26

0

students were suspended at least once.

Sources: California Department of Education. Each tile names its year.

Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student count: California Department of Education enrollment, 2024–25. Teachers: California Department of Education staffing files, 2024–25.

Teaching credentials: California’s School Accountability Report Card, 2024–25, measured in 2021–22: 2.4 of 3.4 full-time teaching positions. It counts positions, not individual teachers.

After high school

How many students finish ready for college?

Advanced courses on record

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)
2 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Family and staff answers

What would staff tell you?

Staff in this district cannot yet answer a short set of questions about Pacific Valley (K-12). These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  2. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

Staff

Staff can’t answer for this school yet

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Pacific Valley (K-12) has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

2

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Pacific Valley (K-12) like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93920. They are not figures for the families at Pacific Valley (K-12).

Typical household income in a year

$76,542

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93920.

Typical home value
$1,906,300
People who live in this ZIP code
1,464
Typical age
37.6 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
43%

What you can do

Who can act on Pacific Valley (K-12)’s results?

Big Sur Unified’s board decides Pacific Valley’s plan.

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

State support

The state hasn’t placed Pacific Valley in a support program. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 6 questions to Pacific Valley (K-12). Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. How do you support kids who arrive ahead, and kids who arrive behind?
  2. Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
  3. How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?
  4. What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

How do I get in?

Ask Big Sur Unified which school serves your address.

Where it is

Where is Pacific Valley (K-12)?

Address
69325 Highway 1, Big Sur 93920Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Debbie GoldAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated February 9, 2023.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 2 common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Big Sur Unified which school serves your address. See the details ↓

How do I visit Pacific Valley (K-12)?

Call the office at (805) 927-4507 to ask about a visit. Questions to bring are under Questions to ask. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 10 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
10
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census BureauU.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights
State test years
2017–2026

Results

Students

After high school

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

CDE assessment recordsCDE CAASPP 2026 · every level, as published · raw grade–subject rows

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

All Grades is an aggregate, not another group of students. Same-year grade groups are not matched children. A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

CDE CAASPP test year 2026 · all-students reporting group · publisher grade–subject records.
Grade · subjectStudents tested with scoresProficient or AdvancedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalMean scale score
Grade 5 · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
All Grades · ELA · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
Grade 5 · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file
All Grades · Math · 2026not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file

CDE CAASPP 2026: 2 individual grade–subject records; 0 records with a positive known tested count.

2 grade–subject counts unavailable; 2 grade–subject attainment rates unavailable.

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 5 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
EnglishTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
MathTestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalProficient or Advanced
Grade 5not on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on filenot on file

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresTop levelTop two levels
2026 · English———
2026 · Math———
2025 · English6——
2025 · Math6——
2024 · English7——
2024 · Math7——
2023 · English4——
2023 · Math4——
2022 · English———
2022 · Math4——
2019 · English10——
2019 · Math10——
2018 · English———
2018 · Math———
2017 · English———
2017 · Math———

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subjectStudents with scoresMet or exceeded
2025 · Grade 3 · English——
2025 · Grade 4 · English——
2025 · Grade 5 · English——
2025 · Grade 8 · English——
2025 · Grade 3 · Math——
2025 · Grade 4 · Math——
2025 · Grade 5 · Math——
2025 · Grade 8 · Math——
2024 · Grade 3 · English——
2024 · Grade 4 · English——
2024 · Grade 7 · English——
2024 · Grade 11 · English——
2024 · Grade 3 · Math——
2024 · Grade 4 · Math——
2024 · Grade 7 · Math——
2024 · Grade 11 · Math——
2023 · Grade 3 · English——
2023 · Grade 6 · English——
2023 · Grade 11 · English——
2023 · Grade 3 · Math——
2023 · Grade 6 · Math——
2023 · Grade 11 · Math——
2022 · Grade 5 · English——
2022 · Grade 8 · English——
2022 · Grade 5 · Math——
2022 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 4 · English——
2019 · Grade 5 · English——
2019 · Grade 6 · English——
2019 · Grade 7 · English——
2019 · Grade 8 · English——
2019 · Grade 11 · English——
2019 · Grade 4 · Math——
2019 · Grade 5 · Math——
2019 · Grade 6 · Math——
2019 · Grade 7 · Math——
2019 · Grade 8 · Math——
2019 · Grade 11 · Math——
2018 · Grade 3 · English——
2018 · Grade 4 · English——
2018 · Grade 6 · English——
2018 · Grade 7 · English——
2018 · Grade 3 · Math——
2018 · Grade 4 · Math——
2018 · Grade 6 · Math——
2018 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 3 · English——
2017 · Grade 4 · English——
2017 · Grade 5 · English——
2017 · Grade 6 · English——
2017 · Grade 7 · English——
2017 · Grade 8 · English——
2017 · Grade 11 · English——
2017 · Grade 3 · Math——
2017 · Grade 4 · Math——
2017 · Grade 5 · Math——
2017 · Grade 6 · Math——
2017 · Grade 7 · Math——
2017 · Grade 8 · Math——
2017 · Grade 11 · Math——

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide—————

CAST is California’s science test, reported apart from English and math.

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2024–25

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Suspension rate2024–25 · 0 of 11 → 2025–26 · 0 of 5 · 0.0 percentage points
Group2018–192024–25
Female3 of 12—
Hispanic or Latino2 of 12—
Low-income3 of 17—
All students3 of 203 of 11

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count2
AP enrollment (male/female)3
IB participationnot reported
Dual enrollmentoffered · 2 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections0
Chemistry sections0
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)14

Shown, never scored. Participation counts use reported male and female categories in both course and enrollment records. A missing value means not reported, never zero.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$97,889 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 9 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$3,844 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 11

District current expense · FY 2024–25$100,676 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 53%Instruction support 19%Student services 2%Administration 13%Buildings & maintenance 13%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$506,12752.52%53%
Instruction support$186,15919.32%19%
Student services$22,2312.31%2%
Administration$126,35413.11%13%
Buildings & maintenance$122,90412.75%13%
Total$963,775100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $963,775 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$97,889 per pupil
2018$15,982 per pupil
2017$15,780 per pupil
Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders0.0%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93920 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93920 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$76,542
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43%
ZIP-area population1,464
Median age37.6 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. See all schools in ZIP code 93920 →

Downloads and methodologyCSV · sources · corrections

Data sources: public data sources, including the California Department of Education · state tests (CAASPP) 2025–26 · Census survey (ACS) 2020–2024 · staffing and finance name their own sources and years beside each figure · Data updated October 15, 2026.