Public | K-5 | 594 students |
Pleasant Hill's Valhalla Elementary School serves grades K-5 in the Mount Diablo Unified School District. It is among the few public elementary schools in California to receive a distinguished GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10.
This school has an average Community Rating of 5 out of 5 stars, based on reviews from 15 school community members.
| COMPARE | SCHOOL | GREATSCHOOLS RATING | COMMUNITY RATING |
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Gregory Gardens Elementary School 0.9 miles | |||
Hidden Valley Elementary School 1.2 miles | |||
1.2 miles | |||
Christ the King Catholic School 1.4 miles |
In a time where schools are stretched impossibly thin from a resource standpoint, Valhalla continues to deliver on quality education in an engaging, fun environment for children. The Kindergarten experience is unmatched in Mrs. Mckinley's class and this sets students up for success in subsequent grades. The principal and teachers I have encountered in K-3 grades are dedicated to the success of their students and willing to work with families for the best outcome. The school environment is as important as the curriculum, and Mrs. C. and her staff foster a learning-rich, motivational environment in which children at all levels can learn and grow. Valhalla is a bright spot in the PH community and preferable to local private schools.
Our Principal at Valhalla is incredible and our school reflects and is inspired by her. Mrs. C is involved in every capacity and operation of Valhalla and never seems tired, in a bad mood or anything but pleasingly busy! Bless her heart and all the hard work she lovingly does for our students and I couldn't not mention the parent participation! I've never seen so many Moms AND Dads volunteer for everything! We all get along really well and all share the importance for the village feeling at our beloved Valhalla! Go Vikings : )
The Principal at Valhalla is remarkable. She is very involved in the day to day as well as extra curricular activities. The teachers are experienced and always available to correspond with. Our family loves this school and is looking forward to the years to come at Valhalla.
Couldn't ask for a better school. Teachers and staff are very attentive to student's needs-always available to talk to. Great community and great school all around. We are blessed to be a part of this awesome school!
Wonderful School and Faculty!
We've had all 4 of our children attend Valhalla, and have been very satisfied with the quality of education they have received. The Principal is very involved and caring about each student, most of the teachers are excellent, and the parent involvement and support is fantastic.
My son is finishing up 6 years at Valhalla. We've mostly been very happy with his teachers and the parent club is extremely active and helps bring a large number of activities and events to students at the school. It's a very friendly and inviting atmosphere and you do not get the sense that they 'teach to the test'.
Perfect school. Better than Bancroft elementary school or Sequoia elementary school.
Valhalla is a great school. We are very happy with all my daughter's teachers. She had both new teachers from K and 1st grade but they both turned out wonderful. Good parents participation on all school activities, Dad's club has helped a lot working on school yard. I could not ask for a better school than Valhalla. Mrs. Calbeck is a wonderful principal...very pro-active and always around when you need help. My daughter was accepted at Sequioa this year but we turned it down since we are happy to stay in our community school. I think good education comes from the school activities, teachers & parents help. We are happy with the after school program that was offered this year. My daughter is taking piano and mad science. The Y-staff are helpful, caring,wonderful. They have a great schedule to help the kids on their school work.
My child has been attending Valhalla since Kindergarten and he has had wonderful teachers and a caring and involved Principal. They have a great music program that he enjoys and also art, sports and science fairs every year.
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