Valor Academy Elementary School

Listed by NCES as Valor Academy Elementary District (district ID 0601529)

Public school district · Los Angeles County · California · NCES district ID 0601529

Valor Academy Elementary School spent $21,337 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 78% of the other California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $17,666). Its one school enrolled 387 students in 2024-25; 48.7% of its revenue came from the state.

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among California districts of similar size

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. The 9 districts closest to Valor Academy Elementary School in enrollment (369 to 373 students) and Valor Academy Elementary School itself.

Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Valor Academy Elementary School, FY23Woodside $36,531; PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High District $23,295; Valor Academy Elementary School $21,337; Pathways to College K8 District $18,710; ACE Charter High District $18,332; Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District $17,796; Sweetwater Secondary District $17,119; Kepler Neighborhood District $16,859; Delta Elementary Charter Schools $12,596; Sage Oak Charter - South District $11,995; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k20k30k40kWoodside$36,531PUC CALS Middle School and Ear…$23,295Valor Academy Elementary School$21,337Pathways to College K8 District$18,710ACE Charter High District$18,332Ednovate - Legacy College Prep…$17,796Sweetwater Secondary District$17,119Kepler Neighborhood District$16,859Delta Elementary Charter Schoo…$12,596Sage Oak Charter - South Distr…$11,995State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Valor Academy Elementary School, FY23Woodside $36,531; PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High District $23,295; Valor Academy Elementary School $21,337; Pathways to College K8 District $18,710; ACE Charter High District $18,332; Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District $17,796; Sweetwater Secondary District $17,119; Kepler Neighborhood District $16,859; Delta Elementary Charter Schools $12,596; Sage Oak Charter - South District $11,995; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k20k30k40kWoodside$36,531PUC CALS Middle School and Early Co…$23,295Valor Academy Elementary School$21,337Pathways to College K8 District$18,710ACE Charter High District$18,332Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. Dis…$17,796Sweetwater Secondary District$17,119Kepler Neighborhood District$16,859Delta Elementary Charter Schools$12,596Sage Oak Charter - South District$11,995State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Valor Academy Elementary School, FY23Woodside $36,531; PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High District $23,295; Valor Academy Elementary School $21,337; Pathways to College K8 District $18,710; ACE Charter High District $18,332; Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District $17,796; Sweetwater Secondary District $17,119; Kepler Neighborhood District $16,859; Delta Elementary Charter Schools $12,596; Sage Oak Charter - South District $11,995; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k20k30k40kWoodside$36,531PUC CALS Middle School and Early College Hi…$23,295Valor Academy Elementary School$21,337Pathways to College K8 District$18,710ACE Charter High District$18,332Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District$17,796Sweetwater Secondary District$17,119Kepler Neighborhood District$16,859Delta Elementary Charter Schools$12,596Sage Oak Charter - South District$11,995State median, under 1,000 students $17,666
Current spending per student, California districts closest in size to Valor Academy Elementary School, FY23Woodside $36,531; PUC CALS Middle School and Early College High District $23,295; Valor Academy Elementary School $21,337; Pathways to College K8 District $18,710; ACE Charter High District $18,332; Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District $17,796; Sweetwater Secondary District $17,119; Kepler Neighborhood District $16,859; Delta Elementary Charter Schools $12,596; Sage Oak Charter - South District $11,995; State median, under 1,000 students $17,666.10k20k30k40kWoodside$36,531PUC CALS Middle School and Early Colleg…$23,295Valor Academy Elementary School$21,337Pathways to College K8 District$18,710ACE Charter High District$18,332Ednovate - Legacy College Prep. District$17,796Sweetwater Secondary District$17,119Kepler Neighborhood District$16,859Delta Elementary Charter Schools$12,596Sage Oak Charter - South District$11,995State median, under 1,000 students $17,666

Where the money came from

$10,338,000 in revenue: 48.7% state, 46.0% local and 5.3% federal. Total spending was $8,758,000, or $23,606 per student; the district reported no capital outlay that year.

Valor Academy Elementary School revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $5,037,000; Local $4,758,000; Federal $543,000; total $10,338,000.
  • State$5,037,000 49%
  • Local$4,758,000 46%
  • Federal$543,000 5%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 1,238 districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment rose from 2022-23 to 2024-25

371 students in 2022-23, 366 students in 2023-24, 387 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Valor Academy Elementary School enrollment by school year2022-23: 371, 2023-24: 366, 2024-25: 38701002003004002022-233712023-243662024-25387
Valor Academy Elementary School enrollment by school year2022-23: 371, 2023-24: 366, 2024-25: 38701002003004002022-233712023-243662024-25387
Valor Academy Elementary School enrollment by school year2022-23: 371, 2023-24: 366, 2024-25: 38701002003004002022-233712023-243662024-25387
Valor Academy Elementary School enrollment by school year2022-23: 371, 2023-24: 366, 2024-25: 38701002003004002022-233712023-243662024-25387

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2337116.023.2
2023-2436616.022.9
2024-2538716.024.2

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$1,398,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $3,768 per student

Valor Academy Elementary School booked $1,398,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 16 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $87,375 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 29 in 100 California districts with a figure (state median $99,744, 1,149 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2019-20 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,118 in 2019-20, $2,530 in 2020-21, $3,320 in 2021-22, $3,768 in 2022-23.

Valor Academy Elementary School teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2019-20: $3,118, 2020-21: $2,530, 2021-22: $3,320, 2022-23: $3,76801k2k3k4k2019-20$3,1182020-21$2,5302021-22$3,3202022-23$3,768
Valor Academy Elementary School teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2019-20: $3,118, 2020-21: $2,530, 2021-22: $3,320, 2022-23: $3,76801k2k3k4k2019-20$3,1182020-21$2,5302021-22$3,3202022-23$3,768
Valor Academy Elementary School teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2019-20: $3,118, 2020-21: $2,530, 2021-22: $3,320, 2022-23: $3,76801k2k3k4k2019-20$3,1182020-21$2,5302021-22$3,3202022-23$3,768
Valor Academy Elementary School teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2019-20: $3,118, 2020-21: $2,530, 2021-22: $3,320, 2022-23: $3,76801k2k3k4k2019-20$3,1182020-21$2,5302021-22$3,3202022-23$3,768

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Valor Academy Elementary School scored proficient or above: 31-35% in reading and 20-24% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtCaliforniaStudents tested
Reading and language arts31-35%45%137
Math20-24%34%137

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

1 elementary school, 387 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Valor Academy Elementary38724.282.9%Not reported

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Valor Academy Elementary School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Valor Academy Elementary School

  1. California districts by spending per studentValor Academy Elementary School ranks 273 of 1,238 California districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($21,337).#273 of 1,238
  2. Every school district in CaliforniaValor Academy Elementary School is the number 1,231 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 371 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#1,231 of 1,991
  3. Pathways to College K8 DistrictThe next larger California district: 372 students in fall 2022, $18,710 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,710
  4. ACE Charter High DistrictThe next smaller California district: 370 students in fall 2022, $18,332 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,332
  5. Compare Valor Academy Elementary School with Pathways to College K8 DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaValor Academy Elementary School spent $87,375 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$87,375
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Valor Academy Elementary School

  1. How many schools and students are in Valor Academy Elementary School?
    One school was open in 2024-25 (1 elementary), enrolling 387 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Valor Academy Elementary School spend per student?
    $21,337 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with fewer than 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $17,666 and the U.S. figure is $16,260.
  3. Where does Valor Academy Elementary School's money come from?
    $10,338,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 48.7% state, 46.0% local and 5.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How much does Valor Academy Elementary School spend on teacher salaries?
    $1,398,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $3,768 per student. Divided by the 16 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $87,375 per teacher, more than 29 in 100 California districts (state median $99,744). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  5. How do students in Valor Academy Elementary School do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Valor Academy Elementary School scored proficient or above: 31-35% in reading and 20-24% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is Valor Academy Elementary School's NCES district ID?
    0601529. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

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Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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