# Valley Life Charter

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `060150812862`
- **School name**: Valley Life Charter
- **Location**: Visalia, CA 93277
- **Address**: 3737 West Walnut Ave.
- **District**: Valley Life Charter District (LEAID `0601508`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Other
- **Grade range**: 0–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 36.31247, -119.33250
- **Phone**: (559)625-8527

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 688
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 42
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 16.4:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 39.0%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: 0
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Orange
  - chronic_absent: Yellow

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 45.9% proficient — 398 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 38.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2021**: N/A (cohort of 4)

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 6.5% (44 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 8.2% (58 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 1
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.3%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 43.1%
- **Black/African American**: 1.8%
- **Asian**: 1.4%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 49.3%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.0%
- **Two or more races**: 4.1%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 30.8%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 9.7% — 66 students
- **English Learners**: 1.6% — 11 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $12,422,427
- **Federal share**: 8.7%
- **State share**: 74.8%
- **Local share**: 16.5%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,516,129

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $90,429
- **Poverty rate**: 8.4%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 21.7%
- **Unemployment**: 4.5%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,923
- **Foreign-born residents**: 15.8%
- **Single-parent households**: 20.9%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 22.6 miles (SELMA PRESSURE TREATING COMPANY)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 22
- **Nearest brownfield**: 2.16 miles (GREEN ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL VISALIA USD)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: BOB WILEY DETENTION FACILITY
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 13.1006 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.1 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Visalia Technical Early College** — 0.5 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.5%)
- **El Diamante High** — 0.9 mi away, 0.51% (this school: 6.5%)
- **University Preparatory High** — 1.2 mi away, 0% (this school: 6.5%)
- **Visalia Charter Independent Study** — 1.3 mi away, 1.27% (this school: 6.5%)
- **Mt. Whitney High** — 2.0 mi away, 1.04% (this school: 6.5%)

### ela proficiency
- **Visalia Technical Early College** — 0.5 mi away, 69.3% (this school: 41.95%)
- **La Joya Middle** — 0.9 mi away, 54.15% (this school: 41.95%)
- **Linwood Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 58.5% (this school: 41.95%)
- **El Diamante High** — 0.9 mi away, 70.9% (this school: 41.95%)
- **University Preparatory High** — 1.2 mi away, 67.2% (this school: 41.95%)

### math proficiency
- **Visalia Technical Early College** — 0.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Linwood Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **El Diamante High** — 0.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **University Preparatory High** — 1.2 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%)
- **Cottonwood Creek Elementary** — 1.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/valley-life-charter-visalia/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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