How does Valley View Middle compare to other middle schools in Pleasant Hill?

Valley View Middle has a Scope Score of 62.6/100, ranked #552 among California middle schools. 24% of students exceed standard, with a total of 1,545 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Valley View Middle?

23.5% of students at Valley View Middle exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 49.1% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Valley View Middle improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Valley View Middle's proficiency rate decreases by 3.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This pattern in test scores may reflect a variety of factors beyond the school itself.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Valley View Middle?

13.9% of students at Valley View Middle are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in the Scope Score.

Valley View Middle

Middle School

Mt. Diablo Unified Pleasant HillContra Costa County94523

📍 181 Viking Drive

Scope Score

out of 100

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

🌱

Building Momentum

Every school has strengths the data doesn’t fully capture. Visit and see for yourself.

Scope Scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

785 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

31%

Teachers

34 full-time

Dashboard indicators

How this school's scores changed from last year to this year

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased Significantly

+23.1 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Increased

+11.5 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

20.3%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 79 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic34.6%

White30.7%

Asian8.7%

Black3.4%

Other22.6%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Valley View Middle
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	23.5%
Met Standard	25.6%
Below Standard	50.9%

Score Factors

Helping

✓Exceeded standard: 23.5%

6.2pp above state avg (state avg 17.3%)

30% weight

✓Met or exceeded: 49.1%

9.6pp above state avg (state avg 39.5%)

20% weight

✓Chronic absenteeism: 13.9%

5.4pp below state avg (state avg 19.3%)

15% weight

✓Baseline proficiency: 49.1%

Above state baseline (state avg 39.5%)

10% weight

✓Suspension rate: 2.9%

1.2pp below state avg (state avg 4.1%)

10% weight

Holding Back

▼Growth (G6→G8): -3.0pp

Scores decline across grades (state avg +0.8pp)

15% weight

Unlike traditional school ratings, we show our work. Every factor, its weight, and how this school compares to the state average — so you can decide what matters most to your family. The middle school Scope Score is weighted across 6 dimensions. See full methodology →

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "49% proficient" for Valley View Middle and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

23.5% of students exceeded standard while 25.6% met it. That exceeded rate is 6.2 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 5.0 points above the Mt. Diablo Unified district average of 18.5%. Compared to the 3 nearby schools within ~3 miles, this exceeded rate is 5.1 points higher (vs 18.4% average). The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Proficiency drops by 3.0 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased significantly and Math increased year-over-year. 20.3% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 13.9%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

23.5%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

49.1%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

-3.0pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

13.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.9%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

1,545

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

How proficiency compares across grade levels this year (different students, same test year)

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	246	24.8%	33.3%	23.2%	18.7%	58.1%
7th	247	19.8%	28.7%	30.0%	21.5%	48.6%
8th	278	19.4%	33.5%	24.5%	22.7%	52.9%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	247	24.7%	21.1%	22.7%	31.6%	45.8%
7th	247	25.5%	19.0%	27.9%	27.5%	44.5%
8th	280	26.8%	18.2%	22.5%	32.5%	45.0%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

Valhalla Elementary

73.0# in state

Hidden Valley Elementary

59.7# in state

Sun Terrace Elementary

26.4# in state

Also serves area

Gregory Gardens Elementary

54.8# in state

Meadow Homes Elementary

11.5# in state

▼

Middle

Valley View Middle

62.6# in state

This school

▼

High School

Also serves area

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.