Enrollment
234
Elementary
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED·NCES 063441005670
Spring Valley Elementary
1451 Jackson St., San Francisco, CA 94109 · (415) 749-3535 · San Francisco County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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.
- FThree-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
18.7:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
160 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 39 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 18% larger than its 5th grade class (39).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
30.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.8pp since 2014
Math
30.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -16.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.5% | 16.7% | 19.8% | 50.0% |
| Math | 13.3% | 17.4% | 21.4% | 48.0% |
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 | 30.2% | 30.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 31.3% |
| 2022-23 | 39.5% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.9% | 42.3% |
| 2018-19 | 45.4% | 54.9% |
| 2017-18 | 41.9% | 51.3% |
| 2016-17 | 37.1% | 51.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 39.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
31.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Spring Valley Elementary
Spring Valley Elementary's state test result (31.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Elementary this school | 234 | 68.4% | 31.9% |
| Valle Vista Elementary San Jose | 204 | 65.7% | 31.4% |
| Armstrong Elementary Diamond Bar | 251 | 66.9% | 42.5% |
| Cabrillo Elementary Fremont | 275 | 71.3% | 22.1% |
| Banta Elementary Tracy | 202 | 62.9% | 17.0% |
| O. B. Whaley Elementary San Jose | 268 | 67.9% | 25.7% |
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 Spring Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Francisco County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #3,285 of 5,151 | #47 of 69 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,164 of 5,172 ▼ 222 | #46 of 69 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,964 of 5,172 ▼ 792 | #50 of 69 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.2pp | #89 of 5,116 | #10 of 67 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 234 | #5,203 of 5,915 | #61 of 81 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #447 of 5,352 | #3 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #2,088 of 5,354 | #37 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.4% | #3,050 of 5,625 | #28 of 74 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #420 of 3,837 | #6 of 42 |
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
234
-40 (-15%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 234 | 12.5 | 18.7:1 | 68% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 11.3 | 18.9:1 | 71% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 12.5 | 18.2:1 | 74% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 15 | 18.3:1 | 70% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 345 | 15.5 | 22.3:1 | 73% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 349 | 16 | 21.8:1 | 83% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 343 | N/A | N/A | 83% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 18 | 21.9:1 | 99% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 23 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (345 to 234); teachers down 19% (15.5 to 12.5).
About Spring Valley Elementary
Spring Valley Elementary operates as a small elementary school in San Francisco, California. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 234 students enrolled. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 50% lower.
Spring Valley Elementary reports to San Francisco Unified, which has 106 schools and 48,706 students.
The student body at Spring Valley Elementary is 61% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Asian, 6% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 16%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 12.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.7:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 68% of students (160) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in San Francisco County.
Among California public elementary schools, Spring Valley Elementary outscored 20%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.5% for Spring Valley Elementary. The school posts 31.9%, 7.6 points below the prediction.
Census data for San Francisco County show the median household earns about $140,970 a year, roughly 60% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Spring Valley Elementary, San Francisco County has 132 public schools.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Redding Elementary, is the closest to Spring Valley Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Spring Valley Elementary. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Spring Valley Elementary is 6th of 7 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Spring Valley Elementary had a net loss of 40 students, or 15%.
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San Francisco County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
830,235
Census ACS
Median income
$140,970
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
60%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
132
56,505 students
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Other Spring Valley Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Spring Valley Elementary. Spring Valley Elementary is the 8th largest of the 10.
- Spring Valley ElementaryMillbrae, CA · 375 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryO'Neals, CA · 230 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryOroville, CA · 67 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryDurham, NC · 543 students
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolHEWITT, TX · 476 students
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- Redding Elementary0.3 mi · 240
- Parker (Jean) Elementary0.5 mi · 128
- Sherman Elementary0.5 mi · 291
- The New School of San Francisco0.5 mi · 457
- Stockton (Commodore) Children Center0.5 mi · 22
- Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary0.6 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Valley ElementaryHow many students attend Spring Valley Elementary?
Spring Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 234 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Spring Valley Elementary serve?
Spring Valley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Spring Valley Elementary?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at Spring Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Valley Elementary?
At Spring Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 6% White, 61% Hispanic, 4% Black, 22% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Valley Elementary?
Spring Valley Elementary is overseen by San Francisco Unified in San Francisco County.
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