Valley Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 9.3% |
| Met Standard | 18.7% |
| Below Standard | 71.9% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "28% proficient" for Valley Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
9.3% of students exceeded standard while 18.7% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 11.6 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's 4.1 points below the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified district average of 13.4%. The 5 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 15.6% exceeded — 6.3 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 2.2 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 16.3%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 86 | 9.3% | 10.5% | 19.8% |
| 4th | 87 | 12.6% | 19.5% | 32.2% |
| 5th | 72 | 9.7% | 22.2% | 31.9% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 86 | 11.6% | 24.4% | 36.0% |
| 4th | 87 | 5.8% | 23.0% | 28.7% |
| 5th | 72 | 6.9% | 12.5% | 19.4% |
Nearby schools
5 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 41.6