NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Pine Valley, CA

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5 public K-12 schools in Pine Valley from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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5
Schools
794
Students
27.8/100
Avg Resource Index
21.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Pine Valley has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Mountain Empire High enrolls 51.9% of Pine Valley's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Pine Valley's 5 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Pine Valley lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 412 students, a 32-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

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Mountain Empire High accounts for 51.9% of all Pine Valley public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pine Valley a distant remainder — means Pine Valley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pine Valley school enrollment varies 32× across entities

Pine Valley school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 412 students (highest), a spread of 399 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pine Valley student-teacher ratio is 21.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Pine Valley's 5 listed schools are charters

20% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Campo High (Continuation) 39
2. Jcs - Pine Valley 35
3. Mountain Empire High 28
4. Pine Valley Middle 22
5. Hillside Junior/Senior High 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Pine Valley

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Jcs - Pine Valley 54.8/100
  2. 2 Hillside Junior/Senior High 50.8/100
  3. 3 Mountain Empire High 50.7/100
  4. 4 Campo High (Continuation) 26.1/100

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Which Pine Valley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Campo High (Continuation) has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Pine Valley schools in this federal-data comparison at 39/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Pine Valley, CA? ▼

Pine Valley has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 794 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.