Enrollment
255
Middle
DISTRICT 178 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PENN VALLEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060142704919
Ready Springs Elementary
10862 Spenceville Rd., Penn Valley, CA 95946 · (530) 432-1118 · Nevada County
GRADES 04–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL255 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
145 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 47 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 65 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 52 | 20% |
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Penn Valley Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.6pp since 2014
Math
37.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.6% | 31.0% | 31.8% | 19.6% |
| Math | 16.0% | 21.7% | 27.5% | 34.8% |
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 | 48.6% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.9% | 28.8% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 29.4% |
| 2021-22 | 43.1% | 29.8% |
| 2020-21 | 39.4% | 31.5% |
| 2018-19 | 52.4% | 39.2% |
| 2017-18 | 56.3% | 44.2% |
| 2016-17 | 46.6% | 39.9% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2014-15 | 42.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Ready Springs Elementary
Ready Springs Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ready Springs Elementary this school | 255 | 56.9% | 40.8% |
| McKinleyville Middle McKinleyville | 302 | 53.3% | 27.7% |
| Berrendos Middle Red Bluff | 229 | 52.0% | 43.8% |
| Foothill Intermediate Marysville | 237 | 65.0% | 34.8% |
| Jackson Junior High Jackson | 270 | 47.8% | 28.6% |
| Pacheco Elementary Redding | 379 | 60.2% | 37.0% |
Matched among California middle 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 Ready Springs Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Nevada County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #500 of 1,224 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #445 of 1,227 ▲ 133 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #524 of 1,227 ▲ 20 | #5 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.7pp | #192 of 1,214 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 255 | #1,238 of 1,377 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #275 of 1,279 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #745 of 1,278 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #870 of 1,329 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #333 of 930 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
255
-41 (-14%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 255 | 13.7 | 18.6:1 | 57% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 16 | 21.0:1 | 65% (219) |
| 2022-23 | 371 | 15.7 | 23.6:1 | 49% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 296 | 13 | 22.8:1 | 50% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 320 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 58% (186) |
| 2015-16 | 245 | 11 | 22.3:1 | 69% (170) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ready Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (320 to 255); teachers down 2% (14 to 13.7).
About Ready Springs Elementary
In Penn Valley, California, Ready Springs Elementary is a very small middle-grades school. The school offers grades 4 through 8 and enrolls 255 students. On average, middle schools in California enroll around 659, and this school is 61% below that mark.
Penn Valley Union Elementary runs 3 schools with a combined 535 students. Ready Springs Elementary is one of them.
About 71% of the student body at Ready Springs Elementary is White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic and 9% multiracial. By comparison, Nevada County residents are about 84% White. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Ready Springs Elementary are from different groups.
Its ratio of 18.6:1 is based on 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. In all, 57% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Nevada County averages 43%, lower than here.
Ready Springs Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of California public middle schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 46.2%.
Nevada County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $89,882, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 46 public schools in the county, enrolling about 13,561, Ready Springs Elementary among them.
Ready Springs Elementary's nearest public school is Vantage Point Charter (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ready Springs Elementary ranks 3rd of 6 on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 14%. The ratio was 22.8:1 in 2020-21 and 18.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Nevada County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
102,481
Census ACS
Median income
$89,882
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
13,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Penn Valley Union Elementary
- Williams Ranch ElementaryElementary · 247 students
- Vantage Point CharterCombined · 33 students
- Penn Valley Union Special Education PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Penn Valley
- Williams Ranch ElementaryElementary · 247 students
- Vantage Point CharterCombined · 33 students
- Penn Valley Union Special Education PreschoolElementary
Nearby schools
- Vantage Point Charter0.0 mi · 33
- Clear Creek Elementary4.1 mi · 173
- Williams Ranch Elementary4.3 mi · 247
- Nevada City School of the Arts4.7 mi · 477
- Yuba River Charter5.7 mi · 323
- John Muir Charter5.9 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About Ready Springs ElementaryHow many students attend Ready Springs Elementary?
Ready Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 255 students in grades 04-08.
Is Ready Springs Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ready Springs Elementary is a middle school covering grades 04-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ready Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ready Springs Elementary is approximately 18.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ready Springs Elementary?
At Ready Springs Elementary, the student body is approximately 71% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Two or more.
Is Ready Springs Elementary public or private?
Ready Springs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Penn Valley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.