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What's the biggest difference between Spring Valley Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 450 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DURHAM PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 370126003115
Spring Valley Elementary
2051 Northern Durham Prky, Durham, NC 27703 · (919) 560-2890 · Durham County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of North Carolina 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
539 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 82%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 71% · 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
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
51.5%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
54.2%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Valley Elementary this school | 543 | 99.3% | 53.5% |
| West Oxford Elementary Oxford | 520 | 97.5% | 37.8% |
| Wildwood Forest Elementary Raleigh | 551 | 99.5% | 40.7% |
| Sumner Elementary Greensboro | 549 | 99.5% | 44.0% |
| Sherwood Elementary Gastonia | 553 | 99.5% | 31.6% |
| Parkwood Elementary Durham | 491 | 99.4% | 34.0% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 North Carolina | In Durham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #715 of 1,297 | #12 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #786 of 1,296 | #14 of 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #560 of 1,300 | #10 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #485 of 1,485 | #12 of 41 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,131 of 1,377 | #38 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.8% | #429 of 1,379 | #17 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #437 of 1,414 | #19 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #608 of 937 | #19 of 32 |
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
543
-37 (-6%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 543 | 32.8 | 16.5:1 | 99% (539) |
| 2023-24 | 544 | 42.8 | 12.7:1 | 58% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 534 | 40.7 | 13.1:1 | 57% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 46 | 12.6:1 | 39% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 41.5 | 14.5:1 | 58% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 64% (348) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 34 | 18.0:1 | 66% (404) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (600 to 543); teachers down 21% (41.5 to 32.8).
About Spring Valley Elementary
Spring Valley Elementary is a public elementary school run by Durham Public Schools in Durham, North Carolina. Enrollment is 543 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Durham Public Schools operates 55 schools. Combined enrollment is 31,797 students.
Spring Valley Elementary's enrollment is 50% Black. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the Black share of Durham County's population at about 32%. By the diversity index, Spring Valley Elementary comes in at 66%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.5:1. Among elementary schools in North Carolina, the typical ratio is 14.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 99%.
Measured against North Carolina public elementary schools, Spring Valley 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.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Spring Valley Elementary is 5.0 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 53.5% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Across Durham County, median household income is about $82,316, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 55%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Spring Valley Elementary is among the 74 public schools in Durham County.
The next-closest public school is Oak Grove Elementary, about 1.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Spring Valley Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 53.5% against a local average of 38.4%.
Spring Valley Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 543 was 6% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 580. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.6:1 to 16.5:1.
The Spring Valley Elementary community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Durham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
332,353
Census ACS
Median income
$82,316
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
55%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
74
46,109 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Durham Public Schools
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
- Southern School of Energy and SustainabiHigh · 1,384 students
- Northern HighHigh · 1,281 students
Other schools in Durham
- NC Virtual AcademyCombined · 3,482 students
- North Carolina Cyber AcademyCombined · 2,461 students
- C E Jordan HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Riverside HighHigh · 1,900 students
- Durham School of the ArtsHigh · 1,764 students
- Hillside HighHigh · 1,433 students
Other Spring Valley Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 6 states are named Spring Valley Elementary. Spring Valley Elementary is the largest of the 10.
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolHEWITT, TX · 476 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryJunction City, KS · 400 students
- Spring Valley ElementaryMillbrae, CA · 375 students
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolDALLAS, TX · 368 students
- SPRING VALLEY ELEM.RAYTOWN, MO · 353 students
Nearby schools
- Oak Grove Elementary1.7 mi · 395
- Bethesda Elementary1.7 mi · 442
- Neal Middle2.4 mi · 706
- Research Triangle Charter2.4 mi · 710
- Reaching All Minds Academy3.1 mi · 391
- Southern School of Energy and Sustainabi3.1 mi · 1,384
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Valley ElementaryHow large is Spring Valley Elementary?
Spring Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
Is Spring Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Spring Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Spring Valley Elementary is approximately 16.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Spring Valley Elementary?
At Spring Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 15% White, 25% Hispanic, 50% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Spring Valley Elementary public or private?
Spring Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Durham Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.