Valley View Independent School District is a public school district in unincorporated Hidalgo County, Texas ( USA), near Pharr and McAllen, 2 miles (3.2 km) from the Mexico border. Its offices are at 9701 S. Jackson RD Pharr, TX 78577.
Covering 10 square miles (26 km2), it serves 4,366 grade PK-12 students in the cities of Hidalgo, McAllen and Pharr. In 2009, it was rated " academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. [1]
In 2018, Valley View Elementary and South Valley View Elementary schools were both named National Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. [2]
Valley View's soccer team, the Tigers, is ranked in the top 20 nationally. Year after year, they have been eliminated in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. They reached the final, which they lost in the last minute of play; it was their only loss of the year. [3]
David Garcia was ranked #1 in the world in the 114 lbs. division of power lifting, which he won in Reno, Nevada.