Valley High School

Valley High School

Public High School | Grade 9-12
6300 Ehrhardt Ave,  Sacramento, CA
North Laguna Neighborhood
Elk Grove Unified School District
3.7
3.2
1,612 Students
B+
Niche Grade

School Details

Head of School
Chelsea Bowler-shelton
Student Teacher Ratio
19:1
Average SAT Score
1070
Average ACT Score
22
Math Proficiency
18%
Reading Proficiency
49%
Average GPA
3.4
Graduation Rate
91%

Niche Grade

B
Academics
A-
Teachers
A-
College Prep
B
Administration
C+
Resources/Facilities
C+
Clubs and Activities
C+
Sports
C+
Food
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Niche Grade Details

Academics
Average GPA
3.4
Reading Proficiency
49%
Math Proficiency
18%
Teachers
Student Teacher Ratio
19:1
Teachers
83
Full Time Teachers
83
Teachers in First or Second Year
7.9%
College Prep
Average SAT
1070
Math
530
Verbal
540
Average ACT
22
Math
21
English
21
Reading
22
Science
21
Number of AP Courses
12
AP Pass Rate
34.1%
AP Math Enrollment
Average
AP Science Enrollment
Very High
Other AP Enrollment
Very High
Clubs and Activities
Girls Athletic Participation
Low
Boys Athletic Participation
Very Low

GreatSchools Rating

5
Test Scores
5
Equity
3
College Readiness
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Test Scores

Math
2.9%
State Average
17.9%
Science
2.8%
State Average
9.9%
GreatSchools Test Scores Rating
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The Test Score Rating reflects annual state test results for this school compared with scores statewide.

Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor
360:1

Student Diversity

Male
54.2%
Female
45.8%
Hispanic
49%
Asian or Pacific Islander
29%
Black
11.7%
Two or more races
3.6%
White
3.5%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
2.8%
Native American
<1%
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School Rankings

#72 Niche Standout HS in California
Source: Niche

Specialty School Programs

AP Programs Offered
IB Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program

Colleges Students are Considering

Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
California State University - Sacramento 528 Students
University of California - Davis 416 Students
University of California - Los Angeles 288 Students
University of California - Berkeley 283 Students
University of California - Santa Cruz 244 Students
University of San Francisco 218 Students
University of the Pacific 214 Students
San Francisco State University 213 Students
University of California - Irvine 210 Students
University of California - San Diego 207 Students

What Students Want to Study

Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Business 110 Students
Nursing 106 Students
Psychology 90 Students
Biology 86 Students
Computer Science 65 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies 49 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration 49 Students
Engineering 37 Students
Criminology 35 Students
Mechanical Engineering 34 Students

This School’s Reviews

Niche Reviews
3.7 411 Reviews
4.0 Senior
2/22/2024
The people at Valley High are amazing and so are the resources, but administration lacks the initiative to upgrade our public facilities and keep them up to date with standard norms, like urinal dividers.
4.0 Sophomore
9/20/2023
The teachers at Valley High School have really helped me grow not only as a student but as a person, especially this year, my sophomore year. Freshman year, I didn't really take it seriously, which had a great impact on my GPA and self-esteem. Because of this, I had no motivation for anything and just stayed in bed after school, and that was the worst time of my freshman year. Luckily, towards the end of my freshman year, my friends helped me, and I got my grades up, not as I wanted, but I was passing. This year I'm starting off with a 3.5 GPA unweighted with Ap and Honors classes; so far, it has been the most challenging but also the best thing.
5.0 Alum
6/27/2023
It was my first year at a different high school. Compared to my old school it was way bigger so I got lost many times on the first few days but I got some help from the staff to get to my classes. All the teachers were nice and help out so I can get use to being in a new school. For me it was a bit difficult since some classes we're taught differently than my old school. I switch from calculus to stats which in my perspective was a good thing since it was easier to catch up with and also the teacher (sub)helped me out a lot as well as everyone else. Also I was a TA for library which I loved helping out and getting a better understanding on how things moved in the library.Over all I feel like the school is pretty good but if I we're to change something it would be the amount of bathrooms they have open. For example if you needed to go to the bathroom you would walk to one only to figure out it was closed and having to walk across the campus to the next bathroom in hope it was open.
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3.2 16 Reviews
1.0 student
5/15/2025
My experience at this school has been very disappointing. Many teachers are unmotivated and seem uninterested in actually teaching. The cafeteria food is low quality, with few healthy options and questionable hygiene. School safety is a major issue — fights and conflicts among students happen too of...
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1.0 parent
1/16/2025
When I had my oldest son transfer to this high school he was not doing good on his school homework he was failing took him out transfer him to a different school graduated with honors my second son didn't want to go there after they took football away overall the school does not care about students...
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1.0 parent
5/13/2021
i got to this school every day it has fights everyday i mean EVERYDAY even when the u had to wear a mask to school i thought school would be different nope. the teachers here are horrible they dont even care about your education and they just care about the money. acadmics are horrible at this schoo...
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2.0 other
2/25/2021
This school is wack asf. Most of these teachers care about being paid more than actually teaching. It’s always the teachers that complain the most and do the least amount of work. There have been so many student conflicts that there are literally weekly fights. I do not recommend this school. Also,...
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