Summary:
Val Verde Unified has five middle-level schools serving grades 6–8, with Lakeside Middle serving grades 7–8 and Val Verde Student Success Academy serving grades 6–10. In 2025–2026, the four schools with reported scores averaged 37% proficient in ELA, 18% in math and 24% in science, below state averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest area of concern is math, where the average school result trailed the state by 21 percentage points.
Vista Verde Middle stands out in ELA and science, with 47% and 33% proficient, respectively—about 3 points below the state in each subject. Lakeside Middle narrowly leads math at 23.8%, just over Vista Verde at 23.5%; both remain well below the state. Tomas Rivera Middle is lowest in all three subjects, at 27% ELA, 11% math and 16% science. The Academy’s test scores are state-suppressed and cannot be ranked; its 76% chronic absenteeism is far above the 13%–17% reported at the other schools.
Average results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by about 1 point in ELA, 2 in math and 4 in science, with changes varying by school: Lakeside’s science rose 12 points, while March Middle’s fell 4 points. SchoolDigger ranks Vista Verde at the 46th percentile and Lakeside at the 37th; March is at the 20th and Tomas Rivera at the 11th. Context varies too: March has the lowest student–teacher ratio among the four larger schools, 17.9, but scores near the bottom, while Vista Verde and Tomas Rivera share a 22.8 ratio yet differ by 19 points in ELA. All five report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025, ranging from 83% at Vista Verde to 95% at Tomas Rivera; these figures are context, not an explanation of score differences.
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