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Enrollment
391
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA MESA-SPRING VALLEY·NCES 062025002425
Bancroft Elementary
8805 Tyler St., Spring Valley, CA 91977 · (619) 668-5890 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
364 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
22.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.5pp since 2014
Math
15.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 15.0% | 20.3% | 57.2% |
| Math | 2.1% | 13.8% | 23.3% | 60.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.5% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.9% | 12.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.2% | 10.1% |
| 2018-19 | 24.5% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 26.4% | 17.5% |
| 2016-17 | 17.9% | 12.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Bancroft Elementary
Bancroft Elementary's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bancroft Elementary this school | 391 | 93.1% | 18.3% |
| Encanto Elementary San Diego | 386 | 93.5% | 26.4% |
| Cole Elementary Highland | 380 | 95.5% | 17.4% |
| Joyner Elementary San Diego | 410 | 93.7% | 20.4% |
| Collett Elementary Riverside | 425 | 93.4% | 29.2% |
| Costano Elementary East Palo Alto | 369 | 90.0% | 10.6% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Bancroft Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,710 of 5,151 | #373 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #4,662 of 5,172 ▲ 218 | #367 of 393 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #4,694 of 5,172 ▼ 87 | #370 of 393 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,655 of 5,116 | #103 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #3,797 of 5,915 | #290 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.7:1 | #4,749 of 5,352 | #375 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.1% | #3,498 of 5,354 | #321 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #687 of 5,625 | #32 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.0% | #1,314 of 3,837 | #91 of 279 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
391
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
25.7:1
was 30.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 391 | 15.2 | 25.7:1 | 93% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 17.2 | 25.7:1 | 89% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 16 | 26.2:1 | 88% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 13 | 30.4:1 | 89% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 17 | 29.1:1 | 91% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 624 | 23 | 27.1:1 | 93% (580) |
| 2010-11 | 553 | N/A | N/A | 87% (480) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 29 | 22.4:1 | 66% (428) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 30 | 26.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bancroft Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (495 to 391); teachers down 11% (17 to 15.2).
About Bancroft Elementary
Bancroft Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Spring Valley, California. The school serves kindergarten through 8. Enrollment is 391 students.
La Mesa-Spring Valley operates 22 schools. Combined enrollment is 10,491 students.
The largest group at Bancroft Elementary is Hispanic students, at 77%. Smaller groups are 8% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% White, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 35% of San Diego County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Bancroft Elementary has 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.7:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. The school has 93% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in San Diego County is 54%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.0%.
San Diego County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $106,268 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Bancroft Elementary shares San Diego County with 765 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Mount Miguel High is closest at about 0.7 miles. Bancroft Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 31.1%, higher than Bancroft Elementary's 18.3%.
Under the NCES locale system, Bancroft Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Federal data show 395 students in 2020-21 and 391 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 30.4:1 in 2020-21 to 25.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Bancroft Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
San Diego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,288,774
Census ACS
Median income
$106,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
766
467,437 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in La Mesa-Spring Valley
- La Mesa Arts AcademyMiddle · 1,059 students
- Parkway Sports and Health Science AcademyMiddle · 897 students
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaMiddle · 800 students
- Murdock ElementaryElementary · 608 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Fletcher Hills ElementaryElementary · 540 students
Other schools in Spring Valley
- Steele Canyon HighHigh · 2,198 students
- Monte Vista HighHigh · 1,543 students
- Mount Miguel HighHigh · 1,539 students
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La PresaMiddle · 800 students
- Spring Valley AcademyMiddle · 597 students
- Kempton Street Literacy AcademyElementary · 480 students
Other Bancroft Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Bancroft Elementary. Bancroft Elementary is the 7th largest of the 7.
- Bancroft ElementaryWalnut Creek, CA · 672 students
- Bancroft Elementary SchoolWashington, DC · 821 students
- BANCROFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 535 students
- Bancroft ElementaryAndover, MA · 522 students
- Bancroft ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 477 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Miguel High0.7 mi · 1,539
- Lemon Grove Early Childhood Education Center0.8 mi · 142
- Mt. Vernon Elementary0.8 mi · 359
- Avondale Elementary1.0 mi · 291
- Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa1.2 mi · 800
- Kempton Street Literacy Academy1.3 mi · 480
Frequently asked questions
About Bancroft ElementaryHow large is Bancroft Elementary?
Bancroft Elementary enrolls approximately 391 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Bancroft Elementary serve?
Bancroft Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many teachers does Bancroft Elementary have?
Bancroft Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Bancroft Elementary?
Student demographics at Bancroft Elementary are roughly 4% White, 77% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Bancroft Elementary?
Bancroft Elementary is overseen by La Mesa-Spring Valley in San Diego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.