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Did graduation rates rise while Randy Villegas was on the Visalia school board?

Matches stated direction. Visalia Unified's graduation rate rose from 90.8% in 2021 to 95.5% in 2025, with a dip in 2023; state rates rose too, and the data can't show the board's part.

Randy Villegas

Graduation rates as a trustee

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What they say

In the October 6 KGET debate, Villegas said the school board he serves on achieved real results, including higher graduation rates.

What the record shows

Visalia Unified's four-year graduation rate was 90.8% for the class of 2021, the last before he joined the board in December 2021, and 95.5% for the class of 2025, the latest. In between it fell to 90.4% for the class of 2023. The statewide rate rose from 83.6% to 87.5% over the same years.

Limit: The district's rate did rise while he served, as rates rose statewide. The data cannot show what part the board, or he, played.

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  1. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Villegas on school board results, 51:12https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=3072s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    51:31-51:37. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

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  2. Four-year graduation rates, 2020-21 (data file) (document)

    California Department of Education · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Visalia Unified district row, all schools including charters: 2,177 students in the cohort, 1,976 graduates, 90.8%. State row: 83.6%.

    official office record

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  3. Four-year graduation rates, 2022-23 (data file) (document)

    California Department of Education · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Visalia Unified district row, all schools including charters: 2,298 students in the cohort, 2,078 graduates, 90.4%.

    official office record

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  4. Four-year graduation rates, 2024-25 (data file) (document)

    California Department of Education · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Visalia Unified district row, all schools including charters: 2,238 students in the cohort, 2,138 graduates, 95.5%. State row: 87.5%.

    official office record

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  5. Board of Educationhttps://www.vusd.org/boe

    Visalia Unified School District · Reviewed Sep 23, 2026

    The district's own board page, which lists "Randy Villegas Ph.D." as the member for Trustee Area 6: appointed 12/2021, elected 11/2022 and 11/2024, term ending 12/2028. This is the official source for his office; the campaign calls him a school board trustee without naming the district.

    official office record

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