Walnut Valley Unified School District Ranked Among Top 100 Districts In The State

WALNUT, CA — As the 2017-18 school year kicks off, parents and students heading to their first day of school can see how our local school districts stack up against others in the county and state as Niche.com has released its annual rankings of best schools and school districts in the country.

The 2018 rankings released this month rank elementary, middle and high schools as well as school districts. According to Niche, the best school district in the state is the Palo Alto Unified School District. With an overall Niche grade of A, the district received a grade of A+ in academics, teachers, clubs and activities, college prep and a C + in health and safety. In the category of diversity, Niche awarded the school district an A+.

The Walnut Valley Unified School District ranked the #1 best place to teach in the Los Angeles area, the #8 best school district in Los Angeles County, #15 School District in California and #6 for Districts with the Best Teachers in California.

The Walnut District earned an overall grade of A+ from Niche, earning an A+ in academics, a B in diversity, and an A+ in teachers and college prep and B+ in clubs and activities; and A- in health and safety.

To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)

Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.

According to Niche, these are the ten best school districts in Los Angeles County:

1. San Marino Unified School Distritc
2. Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District
3. La Canada Unified School District
4. Manhattan Beach Unified School District
5. Arcadia Unified School District
6. South Pasadena Unified School District
7. Redondo Beach Unified School District
8. Walnut Valley Unified School District
9. Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
10. Beverly Hills Unified School District
11. Temple City Unified School District
12. Las Virgenes Unified School District
13. William S. Hart Union High School District
14. El Segundo Unified School District
15. Culver City Unified School District
16. Glendale Unified School District

Claremont Unified School District finished at #17, San Gabriel Unified School District finished #21, Monrovia Unified School District finished #22, Glendora Unified School District finished #25 out of the Los Angeles districts reviewed by Niche.

Niche’s data for its K-12 school district rankings comes from various sources including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)

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