Summary:
Golden Valley Unified includes eight schools: three elementary, one middle, two high schools, and two alternative schools, serving families from elementary through high school. The 2025–2026 results show that school experiences vary widely, with the largest reported gap between schools in math: 39 percentage points.
Liberty High led reported all-grades ELA proficiency at 72%, 22 points above the state; Stone Creek Elementary led math at 45%, 7 points above the state; and Webster Elementary led science at 54%, 18 points above the state. At the other end, Independence Continuation High had the lowest reported score in each subject: 38% in ELA, 6% in math, and 25% in science. Those results were 12, 32, and 11 points below state figures, respectively. Among the three K–6 schools, grade-level results add useful nuance: Webster led fifth-grade ELA and math, while Sierra View Elementary led fourth-grade ELA and sixth-grade math.
Across schools with results in both years, the equal-school averages improved by 1 point in ELA and 7 points in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but fell by 1 point in math. Webster’s science result rose by 21 points; meanwhile, SchoolDigger’s rankings put Liberty at the 73rd percentile and Ranchos Middle at the 74th, while Independence was at the 30th percentile. Ratios alone do not indicate stronger results: Independence had 11.7 students per teacher, compared with 27.7 at Freedom Home, yet Independence had lower reported scores. The reported free/reduced lunch eligible measure for 2024–2025 ranged from 26% at Stone Creek to 89% at Independence; Webster was at 48% and had the strongest reported science result. All-grades results combine schools with different grade spans and programs, and suppressed results are unknown.
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