Summary:
ZIP code 94134 has two King Junior (Martin Luther) Academic Middle and Visitacion Valley Middle, both serving grades 6–8 in San Francisco Unified; enrollment is 367 and 333, respectively. In 2025–26, the two-school average was 28% proficient in ELA, 16% in math, and 16% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The clearest area-wide finding is that neither school reaches the state proficiency rate in any of these subjects.
King stands out as the local leader: it scored 31% in ELA, 22% in math, and 23% in science, versus 26%, 10%, and 10% at Visitacion Valley. King’s leads were 5 points in ELA, 11 in math, and 13 in science; Visitacion Valley was lowest in all three overall subjects. SchoolDigger ranks King at the 27th percentile with 1 star, compared with Visitacion Valley at the 8th percentile with 0 stars. Grade-level results are mostly consistent with that pattern, though Visitacion Valley narrowly leads 6th-grade ELA by less than 1 point; King leads in math at every grade, including a 30% 8th-grade result.
Both schools improved in ELA and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science diverged: King gained 1 point in ELA, 3 in math, and 6 in science; Visitacion Valley gained 5 in ELA and 2 in math but fell 2 points in science. Attendance is another notable difference: chronic absenteeism was 35% at King and 46% at Visitacion Valley, compared with 18% statewide. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25: 78% at King and 81% at Visitacion Valley. Their student-teacher ratios are 16 and 18, respectively; these figures provide context, not an explanation for the differences in results.
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