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West Valley High: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.

West Valley posts 33% meeting the standard and 11.6% exceeding it, against 43% and 19.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.

3401 Mustang Way, 92545 (opens in new tab)·Hemet Unified·Hemet·Grades 9-12·1,857 students·90% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(951) 765-1600·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope4454
% Exceeded12%20%
% Met+33%43%
Grad rate94.3%92.5%
College readiness18.8%43.0%
Absence34.8%23.1%
Suspension2.3%3.3%
Scope Score
44
🌱 Building Momentum · Developing
ranked #1,303 statewide · #4 of 6 in Hemet Unified

West Valley High scores 44 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 40th percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “33% proficient” and call it done. West Valley deserves a closer read. The school sits in Hemet, where four in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 40th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAOrange(Maintained)MathYellow(Increased Significantly)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 33% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1151%37%35%44%45%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1120%8%13%13%21%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
33%
State 43%
Graduate
94%
State 92%
Pass an AP exam
19%
State 43%

Of 100 students here: 33 are proficient by 11th grade → 94 graduate → 19 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
94.3%
State 92.5%
1.8pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
11.6%
State 19.8%
8.2pp below state avg
College readiness
18.8%
State 43.0%
AP course or exam readiness below state avg
Met or exceeded
33.4%
State 43.2%
9.8pp below state avg
Chronic absenteeism
34.8%
State 23.1%
11.7pp above state avg
Suspension rate
2.3%
State 3.3%
1.0pp below state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
8.1%
State 18.0%
9.9pp below state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.

  • Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At West Valley High in Hemet, 43.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 31.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. West Valley High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 11.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (42.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 360 students tested.

All students at this school: 33% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 33%, district —, state 43%33%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 32%, district 24%, state 32%32% · −2 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 30%, district 24%, state 32%30% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 34%, district 27%, state 44%34% · +1 vs school
MaleMale: this school 33%, district 26%, state 42%33% · −1 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 5%, district 6%, state 15%5% · −28 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 53%, district 36%, state 56%53% · +19 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 5%, district 4%, state 11%5% · −28 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 20%, district 19%, state 26%20% · −13 vs school
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: this school 40%, district 31%, state 56%40% · +7 vs school

7 of 17 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored

In the 2020-21 federal collection — the newest there is — Students with disabilities students were 17% of West Valley's enrollment but 2% of its AP seats; ask the school what's changed since.

Hispanic65.3% AP · 66.3% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.3% AP · 0.1% enroll.
Asian5.3% AP · 3.5% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander0.3% AP · 0.2% enroll.
Black6.3% AP · 11.2% enroll.
White18.0% AP · 14.6% enroll.
Two or more races4.6% AP · 4.1% enroll.
English learners2.0% AP · 10.2% enroll.
Students with disabilities1.5% AP · 17.4% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 34.8%, district 30.5%, state 23.1%34.8% · +11.7pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 2.3%, district —, state 3.3%2.3% · −1.0pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1234.9%

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path
▼
High School
West Valley High
44/100
This school

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score
56%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of West Valley's class of 2023, 56% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 366 completers, 56% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 31 (8%)California State University 23 (6%)California community college 133 (36%)In-state private 7 (2%)Out-of-state, 4-year 9 (2%)Out-of-state, 2-year 0 (0%)Not enrolled 163 (45%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 16 of West Valley's 415 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Riverside the most common landing, with 8 enrollees.

Applied70fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted48
Enrolled16
Where they landed (fall 2025)

7 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 33 enrolled, 2023

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 56% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (133) than at UC (31).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 21:1, district 22:121:1
PrincipalCynthia Leon
Teaching staff90 teachers
Avg. experience11.1 years
Fully credentialed78%
First-year teachers4%
Intern / emergency permit1.3%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$49,867 – $136,225
Principal salary$159,200 – $184,030
Superintendent salary$388,334

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers63 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers156 students
Advanced Coursework

West Valley's teachers are authorized to teach 4 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Biology, Spanish Language and Culture, and English Language and Composition.

AP subjects taught4
Math & Computer Science (1)Precalculus
Sciences (1)Biology
English (1)English Language and Composition
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture
IBDiploma Programme (DP)

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $19,239, CA average $14,491$19,239 · spent at this school
Federal share$627 per student

$627 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,822 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction56%
Instruction support13%
Student services12%
Administration8%
Buildings & maintenance10%
Other1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$15,161 per pupil
2019$14,782 per pupil
2018$14,843 per pupil
2017$16,755 per pupil
2016$14,742 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Hispanic71.9%
District 69.7% · CA 56.1%
White10.9%
District 15.7% · CA 19.9%
Black10.1%
District 7.8% · CA 4.8%
Other6.6%
District 6.0% · CA 9.0%
Asian0.5%
District 0.8% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 90.1% (26pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$64K · CA $85K
Median home value$380K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+18% · CA 35%
ZIP population45,982
Median age41 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 9% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is West Valley High a good high school?

West Valley High has a Scope Score of 44 out of 100, placing it in the 40th percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,303 statewide. 11.6% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 8.2 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are West Valley High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 33.4% of students at West Valley High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 11.6% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 21.8% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 11.6% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 794 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does West Valley High rank in California?

West Valley High ranks #1,303 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 40th percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What is the attendance and school culture like at West Valley High?

34.8% of students at West Valley High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 2.3%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does West Valley High compare to other schools in Hemet?

West Valley High scores 44/100 (40th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 1,857 students. Use the schools in Hemet page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does West Valley High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At West Valley High in Hemet, 43.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 31.9% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. West Valley High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 11.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (19.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (42.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 42.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 360 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at West Valley High?

West Valley High's teachers are authorized to teach 4 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Biology, English Language and Composition, Precalculus, Spanish Language and Culture. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from West Valley High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 16 West Valley High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
94.3%
↑ vs CA 92.5% · 58th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
11.6%
↓ vs CA 19.8% · 45th pctile
College readiness · 20%
18.8%
↓ vs CA 43.0% · 41th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
33.4%
↓ vs CA 43.2% · 48th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
34.8%
↓ vs CA 23.1% · 46th pctile
▲ 1.0pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
2.3%
↑ vs CA 3.3% · 56th pctile
▼ 1.5pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
8.1%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 37th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1139717%28%24%31%45%−3
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 113976%15%24%54%21%−2

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, no valid result was published, or the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide8111%8%69%21%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged36043.9%+12+6
Hispanic/Latino28842.0%+10+3
Students with Disabilities677.5%+0−9
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = one school's returning cohort tracked across grades (mostly, not exactly, the same kids), in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
West Valley High ←—4411.6%33.4%——2.3%
California average—5419.8%43.2%——3.3%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
94.3%
AP Exam Prepared
18.8%
A-G Completion
64.8%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
55.5%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20194645#112512.3%35.6%19.0%4.8%—
20224035#13607.9%22.6%47.4%5.1%—
20234238#13428.6%24.0%37.7%5.1%—
20244339#13107.9%28.6%33.7%3.7%—
20254440#130311.6%33.4%34.8%2.3%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female19.9%38.0%+18.1pp
Male17.5%31.8%+14.3pp
Asian3.8%0.0%-3.8pp
Black/African American34.7%42.1%+7.4pp
White2.4%7.1%+4.7pp
Hispanic/Latino16.9%33.4%+16.5pp
Pacific Islander9.1%——
Two or More Races34.8%36.0%+1.2pp
Students with Disabilities27.9%45.0%+17.1pp
English Learners21.4%32.0%+10.6pp
Foster Youth23.1%53.6%+30.5pp
Homeless46.5%58.6%+12.1pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged19.4%36.0%+16.6pp
All Students18.7%34.9%+16.2pp
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20257048163.433.643.79
20246849273.583.783.94
20239657333.693.984.03
20227754293.693.863.95
20217048283.673.944.00
20208456293.653.883.95
20198248303.693.873.93
20186244223.603.763.88
20176837153.493.743.86
20164529193.613.763.77
20154527183.463.713.85
20146639233.473.713.82

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202520‹3‹3
Berkeley20242133
Berkeley2023257‹3
Berkeley202222‹3‹3
Berkeley202113‹3‹3
Davis2025133‹3
Davis2024175‹3
Davis202318103
Davis2022174‹3
Davis2021166‹3
Irvine2025374‹3
Irvine2024458‹3
Irvine2023627‹3
Irvine202256‹3‹3
Irvine202137116
Los Angeles202532‹3‹3
Los Angeles2024284‹3
Los Angeles202360‹3‹3
Los Angeles20224533
Los Angeles2021384‹3
Merced20251111‹3
Merced202454‹3
Merced2023108‹3
Merced202298‹3
Merced202185‹3
Riverside202551378
Riverside202453368
Riverside2023724416
Riverside2022594015
Riverside2021523211
San Diego20255894
San Diego2024562110
San Diego2023743110
San Diego2022582210
San Diego202150224
Santa Barbara20253110‹3
Santa Barbara2024167‹3
Santa Barbara20231810‹3
Santa Barbara20222610‹3
Santa Barbara202121114
Santa Cruz20252715‹3
Santa Cruz2024104‹3
Santa Cruz2023164‹3
Santa Cruz202210‹3‹3
Santa Cruz2021178‹3
Universitywide2025704816
Universitywide2024684927
Universitywide2023965733
Universitywide2022775429
Universitywide2021704828

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
Biologythis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
Precalculusthis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count24
AP enrollment395
IB participationoffered · 134 enrolled
Dual enrollmentoffered · 93 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections3
Physics sections1
Chemistry sections9
Total enrollment (CRDC)1,788

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California318.5%
California State University236.3%
California community college13336.3%
In-state private71.9%
Out-of-state, 4-year92.5%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled16344.5%

366 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 56% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

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