Elementary · California
Highlands Elementary
Free meals for allHighlands Elementary, a public elementary school in Spring Valley, California: grades k–5, 357 students, 27.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of La Mesa-Spring Valley.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 357
- Teachers (FTE)
- 13.0
- Students per teacher
- 27.5
- Grades
- K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in California
Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared
More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 71% of elementary schools in California
Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared
Smaller than 62% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on California's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
California: 47%44%proficient
+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of elementary schools in California
Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared
162 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
California: 38%31%proficient
+4.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 60% of elementary schools in California
Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared
167 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large suburb
- Run by
- La Mesa-Spring Valley
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with La Mesa-Spring Valley.
Location
- Address
- 3131 South Barcelona St., Spring Valley, CA 91977
- Phone
- (619)668-5780
- City or town
- Spring Valley
- County
- San Diego County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sweetwater Springs ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 378 | 22.2 | 47% | 35% |
Loma ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 315 | 28.6 | 42% | 30% |
Casa de Oro ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 320 | 24.6 | 32% | 24% |
Avocado ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 573 | 25.1 | 41% | 33% |
Murdock ElementaryFree meals for all | K–5 | 608 | 24.3 | 63% | 56% |
Bancroft ElementaryFree meals for all | K–8 | 391 | 25.7 | 23% | 16% |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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