Elementary school (grades K-5) · Germantown, OH

Valley View Primary School

Federal NCES profile for Valley View Primary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 390487403384
0/100100/10043/100
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
60
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Valley View Primary School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

#3 of 3
public schools in Germantown · Resource Index
43
Resource Index · Typical
571
students enrolled

By Resource Investment Index, Valley View Primary School ranks #3 of 3 public schools in Germantown, OH.

School address

Enrollment

571

Ohio · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Valley View Primary School

Valley View Primary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Germantown, Ohio, enrolling 571 students.

Enrollment of 571 puts it in the larger third of Ohio schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 3,574 scored Ohio schools.

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 571 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

15.9% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Among Germantown's elementary schools, it stands alongside Valley View Intermediate School (814 students): Valley View Primary School is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Valley View Local also operates Valley View Intermediate School (814 students) and Valley View High School (468 students) alongside Valley View Primary School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Valley View Primary School compares

Valley View Primary School on the metrics families compare, against Ohio and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Ohio Ohio avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 571 top 25% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

571
Bigger than 70% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Engagement
15.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$12,716
per pupil, district-wide - below Ohio avg of $14,655
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 571 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
2
in-school suspensions + 2 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Valley View Local, which includes Valley View Primary School.

$12,716
Per student
-13%
vs Ohio
Avg $14,655
-23%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 49.3%
State 41.4%
Federal 9.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Valley View Primary School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Valley View Intermediate School Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data
Valley View High School Similar size No free-lunch data No ratio data
Valley View Junior High School Smaller No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Valley View Primary School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Valley View Local · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar elementary schools in Germantown

1 comparable elementary schools (grades K-5) serving the same city.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Ohio, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Valley View Primary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Valley View Primary School

How many students attend Valley View Primary School?

Valley View Primary School has 571 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Germantown, OH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Valley View Primary School?

Valley View Primary School has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

How does Valley View Primary School rank among public schools in Germantown?

By Resource Investment Index, Valley View Primary School ranks #3 of 3 public schools in Germantown, OH. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Germantown on the city page.

Is Valley View Primary School a good school?

Valley View Primary School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Valley View Local?

Besides Valley View Primary School, Valley View Local also operates Valley View Intermediate School (814 students), Valley View High School (468 students), and Valley View Junior High School (385 students). See the Valley View Local district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.