Summary
Pine Valley Middle serves 973 students in grades 6–8 in San Ramon, within the highly rated San Ramon Valley Unified district. SchoolDigger gives the school 5 stars and ranks it 72nd of 2,703 California schools, at the 97th percentile. Its clearest comparative strength is science.
Compared with the 10 nearby schools, Pine Valley is above their average in all three subjects, but it is not a neighborhood leader: it ranks 7th of 11 in English Language Arts (ELA), 8th in math, and 5th in science. Its scores are 83% in ELA, 75% in math, and 72% in science—about 3, 2, and 7 percentage points above nearby averages, respectively. Science also stands out against district results: Pine Valley is 6 points higher, while ELA is 2 points higher and math is virtually level. All three subjects are far above state results, by about 33–37 points. Within grades, 6th-grade ELA is the clearest concern: 79% proficiency is 2 points below the district, while 7th- and 8th-grade ELA are each above it. This points to a specific grade-level question, not a broad weakness across the school.
Results have risen over the four years shown: ELA, math, and science each gained about 9 percentage points from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026. State scores rose too, by about 3 points in ELA, 4 in math, and 6 in science, so Pine Valley’s already large lead over the state widened. Other context gives a mixed picture: chronic absenteeism was 5% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 8% and the state’s 18%, and the third-lowest among nearby schools. In 2024–2025, 7% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, the third-lowest rate among nearby schools with the same measure and year. The student-teacher ratio was 24.9 in 2024–2025, tied for the highest nearby, compared with 22.4 to 23.9 at other nearby schools.
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