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Valadez Middle School Academy

Middle School
Placentia-Yorba Linda UnifiedPlacentiaOrange County92870
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of middle schools
State Rank
of 1,714 California middle schools

School overview

Enrollment
557 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
19:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
96%
Teachers
29 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+20.5 pts DFS change
Math Year-over-Year
Increased Significantly
+18.0 pts DFS change
EL Proficiency (ELPAC)
20.1%
English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 174 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic95.0%
White2.1%
Asian0.9%
Black0.5%
Other1.4%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Valadez Middle School Academy
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard8.2%
Met Standard20.5%
Below Standard71.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "29% proficient" for Valadez Middle School Academy and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

8.2% of students exceeded standard while 20.5% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 9.1 points below the state average of 17.3%. That's 27.0 points below the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified district average of 35.2%. 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 1.0 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 increased significantly and Math increased significantly year-over-year. 20.1% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 22.2%, above the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

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Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
8.2%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
28.7%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G6→G8)
+1.0pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
22.2%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
985
Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

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

ELA scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th15511.6%27.7%34.8%25.8%39.4%
7th1608.1%29.4%32.5%30.0%37.5%
8th1769.7%33.5%28.4%28.4%43.2%

Math scores by grade

GradeTestedExceededMetNearly MetNot MetMet+Above
6th1576.4%11.5%30.6%51.6%17.8%
7th1615.6%13.0%37.9%43.5%18.6%
8th1768.0%8.0%30.1%54.0%15.9%
K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data
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Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.

Nearby schools

Nearby Elementary Schools

24 within ~3 mi · avg 48.2

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Nearby High Schools

7 within ~3 mi · avg 53.7

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Data source: California Department of Education (2025 test year) · How we score