Valhalla High School
El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone: (619) 593-5300
Fax: (619) 588-9713
District: Grossmont Union High School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 1728 students
Valhalla High School, a public school located in El Cajon, CA, serves grades 9-12 in the Grossmont Union High School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 8 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
Valhalla High School is a public school located in El Cajon, CA. 1728 students attend Valhalla High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 8/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 7/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2019 SAT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using 2019 Average ACT score data from California Department of Education, using 2019 ACT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from California Department of Education, using 2025 Percent of students who meet UC/CSU entrance requirements data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from California Department of Education. |
Worrisome patterns of chronic student absenteeism have been identified.
Posted: August 13, 2024
I see a lot of comments talking about the bad teachers and it only applies if you take standard classes. Im a senior right now and Ive taken standard classes in freshmen and sophomore years and Ive taken AP and honors classes in junior and senior years and its a way better experience as the teachers have way more experience teaching and they are overall well equipped for teaching. My AP and honors class teachers have been amazing as they make the classes that wouldve been otherwise boring fun and interesting and make taking higher level classes worth it.
If your a parent I would strongly recommend you encourage (or just force) your kids to take honors/AP classes because they really arent that hard unless your taking like 3+ of them and they help kids make friends in the right groups since most people who take standard classes make friends who dont care about school or getting good opportunities for colleges and they end up not caring themselves. Also although I just wrote about how amazing AP and honors classes are, I would recommend not taking AP lit(or any branch of English) with any other class that has a lot of homework since I heard that it has quite a bit of homework and essays.
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Posted: August 31, 2023
The way the teachers teach are very bad with unnecessary rules and results in a bad grad rate.
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Posted: April 15, 2023
as parent my son graduated from Valhalla HS year 2022 and accepted in UCSD. managed to be involved in all his activities and was great in classes and marching band. all teachers were great, and classes offered as honors helped him to get college credit.
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Posted: July 28, 2022
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Posted: July 28, 2022
Horrible school, low grad rate, bad teachers.
Posted: February 20, 2022
As I went to this school, the teachers were nice however they can be off teachings and not being helpful. School lunch was garbage by the way. So this school was okay but not great.
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Posted: May 5, 2021
Valhalla High School treat me very badly
And I will never go back there again
Valhalla High School is a bad school
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Posted: February 12, 2018
My time at Valhalla was, thus far, the most rewarding experience in my lifetime. I graduated around 5 years ago (I am being purposefully void) from the time of this posting.
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Posted: August 7, 2017
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Excellent school for testing and college preparation
Posted: June 1, 2016
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Posted: June 1, 2016
My daughter is a junior at Valhalla and loves it. She participates in many activities and has been a cheerleader for three years. The cheer program is excellent and the coaches and advisor really care about the girls. My daughter is proud to represent her school. The academics are wonderful - great teachers and challenging classes, along with great support from the counselors.
Posted: January 21, 2015
Wow, Valhalla, what a glorious school this is. Everything about this school is perfect, not excellent, but pure perfection. This school does not include drugs, alcohol, or shootings at ALL. Everyone here is smart, very kind, and outgoing. The staff members and students are extremely helpful and kind. There are an ENORMOUS variety of activities you could partake in. Please, for the sake of your child, take him/her to Valhalla, you'd be making the best decision of your entire life.
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