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Valencia Park Elementary

San Diego Unified San Diego San Diego County 92114
Composite Score
out of 100
State Percentile
of elementary schools
State Rank
620 students tested

School overview

Enrollment
415 students
Student-Teacher Ratio
22:1
Free/Reduced Lunch
86%
Teachers
19 full-time

Student demographics

Hispanic 62.6%
White 1.0%
Asian 6.8%
Black 15.9%
Other 13.7%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Valencia Park Elementary
CategoryPercentage
Exceeded Standard12.9%
Met Standard21.7%
Below Standard65.4%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "35% proficient" for Valencia Park Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

12.9% of students exceeded standard while 21.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 8.0 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 12.4 points below the San Diego Unified district average of 25.3%. Nearby schools (within ~3 miles) average 13.6% exceeded — about the same. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.

Proficiency drops by 26.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

Chronic absenteeism is 26.0%, above the state average of 18.7%.

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard
12.9%
Students scoring above proficient
% Met or Above
34.6%
Students meeting standard
Growth (G3→G5)
-26.9pp
Change in proficiency rate
Chronic Absenteeism
26.0%
Students missing 10%+ of days
Suspension Rate
1.6%
Students suspended at least once
Total Tested
620
Across all grades & subjects

ELA scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 57 21.1% 24.6% 24.6% 29.8% 45.6%
4th 46 4.3% 19.6% 34.8% 41.3% 23.9%
5th 50 10.0% 20.0% 28.0% 42.0% 30.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade Tested Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met Met+Above
3rd 58 31.0% 24.1% 24.1% 20.7% 55.2%
4th 46 4.3% 30.4% 41.3% 23.9% 34.8%
5th 53 5.7% 11.3% 32.1% 50.9% 17.0%