Summary
Harvest Valley Elementary serves 840 students in grades K–5 in Romoland, within the Romoland Elementary district. Its most recent results show low proficiency across English language arts (ELA), math and science: 30%, 23% and 17%, respectively, in 2025–26. The central concern is that results are below both the state and district in all three subjects.
Compared with six nearby K–5 schools, Harvest Valley also falls short in every subject: nearby averages were 42% in ELA, 33% in math and 28% in science, gaps of 12, 10 and 11 points. Science is the clearest local weakness: the school had the lowest science result among those six, while its math result was second-lowest. Math is comparatively less far behind the state and district—by 16 and 2 points—than ELA, which trails the state by 19 points, or science, which trails by 19. Fifth-grade results are especially concerning: math proficiency was 15%, below all 10 nearby schools with results, and science proficiency was 17%, lower than all 10 nearby schools’ fifth-grade results.
Scores have edged up since 2022–23: ELA rose from 28% to 30%, math from 22% to 23%, while science remained about 17%. Over that period, the gaps with the state widened by 1 point in ELA, 3 in math and 6 in science. SchoolDigger ranks the school at the 19th percentile statewide, with 1 star; its ranking fell 9 percentile points from 2023–24. Context includes a 2024–25 student-teacher ratio of 24.7, above the nearby average of 23.1, and 88% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, compared with a nearby average of 76%—observations, not explanations for results. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness ranking for special education students shifted from the 56th percentile in 2023–24, versus 28th overall, to the 17th percentile in 2025–26, versus 19th overall, indicating a sharp change in how the school’s service to this group ranks statewide.
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