Summary:
ZIP code 94566 has two Pleasanton Unified high schools, both serving grades 9–12: Amador Valley High, with 2,583 students, and Village High, with 85. The schools’ results are sharply divided: Amador Valley reports stronger achievement and graduation, while Village has much higher dropout and chronic absenteeism. The most important finding is that these two schools do not represent a consistent area-wide profile; their reported outcomes differ substantially.
Amador Valley stands out at the top for 2025–26 proficiency, with 77% in ELA, 69% in mathematics and 58% in science—above state results in each subject. Village is lowest, at 21%, 12% and 0%, respectively, and below the state in all three. The schools’ achievement gaps are 56 percentage points in ELA, 57 in mathematics and 58 in science. Graduation is 97% at Amador Valley versus 42% at Village; Village’s dropout rate is 34 points higher and chronic absenteeism is 61 points higher. SchoolDigger ranks Amador Valley 150th of 2,137 schools, in the 93rd percentile with five stars, and Village 1,756th, in the 18th percentile with one star.
Recent test-score changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Amador Valley fell 8 points in ELA and 4 in mathematics but rose 6 in science; Village rose 6 in ELA and 12 in mathematics but fell 4 in science. Village’s SchoolDigger percentile improved from 8 to 18, though it remains far below Amador Valley’s 93. Other differences may help parents compare the schools but do not explain their outcomes: the student-teacher ratios are 23.3 at Amador Valley and 8.5 at Village. For 2024–25, the free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 8% at Amador Valley and 42% at Village.
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