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Valley Center Prep School

Serves grades KG - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
28751 U Cole Grade Rd.
Valley Center, CA 92082
Phone
(760) 751-0455
District
Valley Center-Pauma Unified
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
78
Classroom Teachers
4

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

4

(10 is best)

Better than 39.5% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Valley Center Prep School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
31%
42%
61%
55%
0%
28%
31%
42%
61%
55%
0%
28%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
21
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Kindergarten 2 2.6%
Grade 1 2 2.6%
Grade 2 1 1.3%
Grade 3 1 1.3%
Grade 4 1 1.3%
Grade 5 4 5.1%
Grade 6 1 1.3%
Grade 7 2 2.6%
Grade 8 8 10.3%
Grade 9 5 6.4%
Grade 10 6 7.7%
Grade 11 16 20.5%
Grade 12 29 37.2%
Total 78 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 14.5% 22.0% 22.0%
Black 1.3% 0.6% 5.2%
Hispanic 61.8% 67.1% 58.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 1.5% 13.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 22.4% 8.9% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 64.1% 63.5% 61.5%
Free lunch eligible 64.1% 63.3% 53.9%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.1% 7.7%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,271 38,965,193
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 87.0 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.7% 35.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.6% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 22.0% 15.3%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 8,568 13,434,847
Single Parent Households With Children 5.5% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.3% 84.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 33.5% 36.5%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 38.7% 30.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.3% 17.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.7% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 8.7% 13.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.5% 11.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.2% 8.0%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 7.4%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,098 $30,053,000 55.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $928 $3,444,000 6.4%
Staff $918 $3,407,000 6.3%
General Administration $268 $994,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,126 $4,178,000 7.7%
Operation $1,350 $5,008,000 9.3%
Transportation $589 $2,184,000 4.0%
Other $694 $2,577,000 4.8%
Total Support $5,872 $21,792,000 40.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $585 $2,172,000 4.0%
Total Expenditures $14,556 $54,017,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,792 $57,171,955,000 48.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,305 $7,621,589,000 6.4%
Staff $1,038 $6,060,606,000 5.1%
General Administration $268 $1,564,258,000 1.3%
School Administration $1,087 $6,348,022,000 5.4%
Operation $1,559 $9,102,997,000 7.7%
Transportation $331 $1,933,983,000 1.6%
Other $886 $5,174,697,000 4.4%
Total Support $6,475 $37,806,152,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,051 $23,650,179,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $20,319 $118,628,286,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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