Valley View Community Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 20.3% |
| Met Standard | 21.6% |
| Below Standard | 58.2% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "42% proficient" for Valley View Community Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
20.3% of students exceeded standard while 21.6% merely met it. That exceeded rate is near the state average of 21.0%. That's 2.1 points below the Sulphur Springs Union district average of 22.4%. The 9 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 23.6% exceeded — 3.4 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 26.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 15.2%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 68 | 38.2% | 17.6% | 55.9% |
| 4th | 65 | 21.5% | 20.0% | 41.5% |
| 5th | 66 | 16.7% | 24.2% | 40.9% |
| 6th | 68 | 8.8% | 38.2% | 47.1% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 69 | 37.7% | 24.6% | 62.3% |
| 4th | 69 | 17.4% | 17.4% | 34.8% |
| 5th | 69 | 10.1% | 14.5% | 24.6% |
| 6th | 69 | 11.6% | 15.9% | 27.5% |
Nearby schools
9 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 51.3