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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Sweetwater Springs Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA MESA-SPRING VALLEY·NCES 062025002634
Sweetwater Springs Elementary
10129 Austin Dr., Spring Valley, CA 91977 · (619) 668-5895 · San Diego County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test 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.
- BThree-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
22.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
264 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 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 41% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
68%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
47.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.2pp since 2014
Math
34.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 1 points 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 | 21.5% | 25.8% | 25.1% | 27.6% |
| Math | 13.9% | 20.6% | 26.7% | 38.8% |
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 | 47.2% | 34.5% |
| 2023-24 | 48.7% | 33.3% |
| 2022-23 | 44.5% | 29.8% |
| 2021-22 | 41.7% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 54.8% | 39.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.4% | 41.6% |
| 2016-17 | 59.5% | 43.1% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 Sweetwater Springs Elementary
Sweetwater Springs Elementary's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweetwater Springs Elementary this school | 378 | 69.8% | 40.6% |
| Loma Elementary Spring Valley | 315 | 73.0% | 31.5% |
| Tahoe Elementary Sacramento | 319 | 66.5% | 20.6% |
| Hamlin Charter Academy West Hills | 314 | 68.5% | 41.4% |
| Tara Hills Elementary San Pablo | 317 | 67.5% | 19.0% |
| East Avenue Elementary Hayward | 407 | 66.8% | 28.6% |
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 Sweetwater Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Diego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #2,427 of 5,151 | #226 of 392 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.5% | #2,784 of 5,172 ▼ 40 | #246 of 393 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #2,253 of 5,172 ▼ 256 | #213 of 393 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,870 of 5,116 | #115 of 387 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,950 of 5,915 | #311 of 453 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,371 of 5,352 | #143 of 418 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #894 of 5,354 | #78 of 418 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #2,963 of 5,625 | #171 of 442 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.9% | #550 of 3,837 | #33 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
378
-86 (-19%) vs 2020
-40% since 2000-01, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 378 | 17 | 22.2:1 | 70% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 18 | 24.8:1 | 67% (300) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 17 | 25.6:1 | 69% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 18 | 25.8:1 | 61% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 539 | 20 | 26.9:1 | 64% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 20 | 28.9:1 | 61% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | N/A | N/A | 55% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 628 | 29 | 21.7:1 | 40% (249) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sweetwater Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (539 to 378); teachers down 15% (20 to 17).
About Sweetwater Springs Elementary
Sweetwater Springs Elementary is a small elementary school located in Spring Valley, California. The school enrolls 378 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Sweetwater Springs Elementary is one school in La Mesa-Spring Valley, a system of 22 schools with 10,491 students.
By race and ethnicity, Sweetwater Springs Elementary is 51% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 14% Black, 10% multiracial, and 8% Asian. In San Diego County overall, about 35% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Sweetwater Springs Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Federal data list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sweetwater Springs Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.2:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. On average, public schools in San Diego County report 54%.
allk12 grades Sweetwater Springs Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sweetwater Springs Elementary, the prediction is 38.6% and the result is 40.6%.
Within San Diego County, median household income is about $106,268, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of San Diego County number 766 and enroll about 467,437.
Monte Vista High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Sweetwater Springs Elementary at 1st of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 19%, from 464 to 378. The number of students per teacher fell from 25.8 to 22.2 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Monte Vista High0.5 mi · 1,543
- Loma Elementary0.6 mi · 315
- Highlands Elementary0.6 mi · 357
- College Preparatory Middle1.1 mi · 397
- Casa de Oro Elementary1.1 mi · 320
- Spring Valley Academy1.5 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About Sweetwater Springs ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sweetwater Springs Elementary?
Sweetwater Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sweetwater Springs Elementary serve?
Sweetwater Springs Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sweetwater Springs Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sweetwater Springs Elementary is approximately 22.2:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Sweetwater Springs Elementary?
Sweetwater Springs Elementary reports a student body of 17% White, 51% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Sweetwater Springs Elementary?
Sweetwater Springs 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.