Valinda School of Academics
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 13.6% |
| Met Standard | 21.3% |
| Below Standard | 65.1% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "35% proficient" for Valinda School of Academics and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
13.6% of students exceeded standard while 21.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 7.3 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 6.8 points below the Hacienda la Puente Unified district average of 20.4%. The 23 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 16.7% exceeded — 3.0 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 6.9 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.0%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 51 | 5.9% | 31.4% | 37.3% |
| 4th | 54 | 24.1% | 18.5% | 42.6% |
| 5th | 48 | 20.8% | 16.7% | 37.5% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 51 | 2.0% | 33.3% | 35.3% |
| 4th | 54 | 20.4% | 14.8% | 35.2% |
| 5th | 47 | 8.5% | 12.8% | 21.3% |
Nearby schools
23 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 42.6