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Enrollment
416
Elementary
DISTRICT 443 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUCKEYE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 060627000291
Silva Valley Elementary
3001 Golden Eagle Ln., El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 · (916) 933-3767 · El Dorado County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL416 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
44 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
76.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.1pp since 2014
Math
73.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 44.0% | 32.1% | 15.3% | 8.6% |
| Math | 46.9% | 26.3% | 20.6% | 6.2% |
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 | 76.1% | 73.2% |
| 2023-24 | 72.4% | 72.1% |
| 2022-23 | 69.6% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.6% | 73.8% |
| 2018-19 | 74.9% | 76.8% |
| 2017-18 | 75.2% | 77.2% |
| 2016-17 | 76.6% | 74.6% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 64.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
73.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 Silva Valley Elementary
Silva Valley Elementary's state test result (73.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silva Valley Elementary this school | 416 | 10.6% | 73.3% |
| Roscomare Road Elementary Los Angeles | 438 | 11.0% | 84.7% |
| Edna Maguire Elementary Mill Valley | 399 | 7.0% | 76.0% |
| Mission Estancia Elementary Carlsbad | 355 | 12.7% | 70.1% |
| Franklin Elementary Loomis | 433 | 11.3% | 65.7% |
| Bird Rock Elementary La Jolla | 383 | 10.7% | 79.6% |
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 Silva Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In El Dorado County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #503 of 5,151 | #3 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.2% | #476 of 5,172 ▲ 33 | #4 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #434 of 5,172 ▲ 157 | #3 of 25 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,040 of 5,116 | #13 of 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 416 | #3,479 of 5,915 | #10 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.7:1 | #5,211 of 5,352 | #26 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #2,952 of 5,354 | #16 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.6% | #5,456 of 5,625 | #27 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,728 of 3,837 | #8 of 19 |
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
416
-18 (-4%) vs 2020
-48% since 2000-01, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
27.7:1
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 | 416 | 15 | 27.7:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 18 | 24.1:1 | 12% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 17.5 | 24.9:1 | 10% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 434 | 19 | 22.8:1 | 7% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 503 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 8% (41) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 22 | 25.6:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | N/A | N/A | 6% (40) |
| 2000-01 | 805 | 39 | 20.6:1 | 1% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silva Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (503 to 416); teachers down 29% (21 to 15).
About Silva Valley Elementary
Families in El Dorado Hills, California, are served by Silva Valley Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It reports enrollment of 416 students in kindergarten through 5.
A total of 9 schools make up Buckeye Union Elementary, with 4,151 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Silva Valley Elementary are White (70%). The rest of enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at Silva Valley Elementary totals 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 27.7:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal data show 11% of students (44) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in El Dorado County is 32%.
Silva Valley Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 72% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Silva Valley Elementary would score about 73.3%. It scores 73.3%, within a point of that figure.
The school is in El Dorado County, where median household income comes to about $108,845, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. El Dorado County counts 69 public schools with about 34,706 students.
Of the public schools around it, Silva Valley Elementary is closest to Oak Ridge High, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Silva Valley Elementary places 5th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Silva Valley Elementary is Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 416, from 434 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 22.8:1 to 27.7:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Silva Valley Elementary lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
El Dorado County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
192,662
Census ACS
Median income
$108,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
69
34,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Buckeye Union Elementary
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Charter Montessori Valley View CampusElementary · 692 students
- Camerado Springs MiddleMiddle · 536 students
- Blue Oak ElementaryElementary · 445 students
- Oak Meadow ElementaryElementary · 412 students
- William Brooks ElementaryElementary · 372 students
Other schools in El Dorado Hills
- CottonwoodCombined · 3,563 students
- Clarksville CharterCombined · 2,347 students
- Oak Ridge HighHigh · 2,346 students
- John Adams Academy - El Dorado HillsCombined · 1,580 students
- Rolling Hills MiddleMiddle · 778 students
- Marina Village MiddleMiddle · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Ridge High0.4 mi · 2,346
- Rolling Hills Middle0.5 mi · 778
- Buckeye Union Mandarin Immersion Charter0.9 mi · 180
- Oak Meadow Elementary0.9 mi · 412
- William Brooks Elementary1.3 mi · 372
- Russell Ranch Elementary2.0 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Silva Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Silva Valley Elementary?
Silva Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 416 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Silva Valley Elementary serve?
Silva Valley Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Silva Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Silva Valley Elementary is approximately 27.7:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silva Valley Elementary?
At Silva Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Silva Valley Elementary?
Silva Valley Elementary is overseen by Buckeye Union Elementary in El Dorado County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.