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Best kept secret at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary?
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Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULPHUR SPRINGS UNION·NCES 063822006450
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary
16628 West Lost Canyon Rd., Canyon Country, CA 91387 · (661) 252-2725 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of California public elementary 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.
- 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
22.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
291 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 58% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
63%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
55.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.0pp since 2014
Math
39.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.5% | 27.5% | 20.5% | 24.5% |
| Math | 22.4% | 17.4% | 30.4% | 29.8% |
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 | 55.0% | 39.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.2% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.8% | 35.8% |
| 2021-22 | 56.1% | 41.7% |
| 2018-19 | 66.4% | 58.9% |
| 2017-18 | 63.6% | 57.3% |
| 2016-17 | 66.7% | 55.1% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 47.0% |
| 2014-15 | 61.0% | 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Sulphur Springs Community Elementary
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sulphur Springs Community Elementary this school | 586 | 49.7% | 47.4% |
| Skyblue Mesa Elementary Canyon Country | 569 | 48.9% | 45.2% |
| Taper Avenue Elementary San Pedro | 672 | 50.1% | 58.5% |
| Judson & Brown Elementary Redlands | 484 | 50.6% | 50.6% |
| Frontier Elementary Hanford | 619 | 47.2% | 51.3% |
| Pinetree Community Elementary Canyon Country | 650 | 50.9% | 52.9% |
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 Sulphur Springs Community Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,897 of 5,151 | #433 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #2,303 of 5,172 ▼ 335 | #578 of 1,129 ▼ 125 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,686 of 5,172 ▲ 201 | #375 of 1,129 ▲ 44 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,365 of 5,116 | #219 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #1,523 of 5,915 | #297 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,633 of 5,352 | #683 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.3% | #1,469 of 5,354 | #230 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #3,925 of 5,625 | #1,002 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,811 of 3,837 | #759 of 947 |
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
586
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 586 | 26 | 22.5:1 | 50% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 600 | 25.8 | 23.3:1 | 34% (201) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 26.1 | 22.8:1 | 46% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 22 | 24.5:1 | 32% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 23 | 28.0:1 | 34% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 24 | 26.8:1 | 32% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | N/A | N/A | 20% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 842 | 39 | 21.6:1 | 9% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 22 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sulphur Springs Community Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (645 to 586); teachers up 13% (23 to 26).
About Sulphur Springs Community Elementary
A medium-sized elementary school in Canyon Country, California, Sulphur Springs Community Elementary is part of Sulphur Springs Union. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 6, with 586 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 26% larger than that.
Sulphur Springs Union counts 9 schools and 5,157 students, including Sulphur Springs Community Elementary.
At 55%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 23% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Sulphur Springs Community Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary counts 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 22.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in California average about 22.3:1, a similar figure. About 50% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Sulphur Springs Community Elementary receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary scores 47.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 50.4%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Los Angeles County show that median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Sulphur Springs Community Elementary is one of 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, which together enroll about 1,265,907 students.
Mitchell Community Elementary is located about 0.7 miles from Sulphur Springs Community Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Sulphur Springs Community Elementary is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 539 to 586. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.5:1 to 22.5:1.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sulphur Springs Union
- Fair Oaks Ranch CommunityElementary · 866 students
- Pinetree Community ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Mitchell Community ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Golden Oak CommunityElementary · 533 students
- Valley View Community ElementaryElementary · 526 students
- Canyon Springs Community ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Other schools in Canyon Country
- Canyon HighHigh · 1,952 students
- Sierra Vista Junior HighMiddle · 946 students
- Pinetree Community ElementaryElementary · 650 students
- Mitchell Community ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Skyblue Mesa ElementaryElementary · 569 students
- Canyon Springs Community ElementaryElementary · 496 students
Nearby schools
- Mitchell Community Elementary0.7 mi · 569
- Fair Oaks Ranch Community1.6 mi · 866
- Pinetree Community Elementary1.8 mi · 650
- Leona H. Cox Community Elementary2.1 mi · 459
- Mint Canyon Community Elementary2.3 mi · 472
- Canyon Springs Community Elementary2.4 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Sulphur Springs Community ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary?
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sulphur Springs Community Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary?
Student demographics at Sulphur Springs Community Elementary are roughly 23% White, 55% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Sulphur Springs Community Elementary?
Sulphur Springs Community Elementary is overseen by Sulphur Springs Union in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.