Royal Valley

Royal Valley has three schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Royal Valley Elementary (PK–4), Royal Valley Middle School (5–8), and Royal Valley High (9–12). The most important finding is that middle-school results differ substantially by grade: 8th grade is above state results in all three subjects, while 5th- and 6th-grade results are well below state in several measures.

Royal Valley Elementary leads in all-grade English language arts (ELA), at 52%, compared with 38% at the middle school and 36% at the high school; elementary is 6 points above the state. The middle school leads in all-grade math (41%) and science (42%), with science 4 points above state; its math result is just below state. Royal Valley High is lowest in all three subjects and trails state results by 10 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 11 in science. Within the middle school, 8th grade is 10 points above state in ELA, 14 in math, and 9 in science. These all-grade school comparisons are broad snapshots, not comparisons of students in the same grades.

Results have improved modestly on average, but not consistently across schools. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the three-school average rose 2 points in ELA and 3 in math; elementary ELA gained 9 points, while middle and high school ELA fell by 1 and 2 points. High-school math rose 6 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile fell from 83 to 38 for the high school over three years, while elementary rose from 36 to 40 and middle declined from 76 to 64. Student–teacher ratios range from 9.3 at the high school to 12.6 at elementary; free/reduced-lunch rates are 38% at high school and about 54% at both elementary and middle. These figures describe different school contexts but do not explain the test results. The high school’s completion measures are stronger than its proficiency scores: graduation is 91%, above the state’s 90%, and dropout is 0%, below the state’s 1%.