Elementary · California

Valley Springs Elementary

Free meals for all

Valley Springs Elementary, a public elementary school in Valley Springs, California: grades k–5, 383 students, 23.9 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Calaveras Unified.

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
383
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
23.9
Grades
K–5
Elementary

More students per teacher than 70% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 95% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 65% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Smaller than 57% 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%

26%proficient

+0.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 85% of elementary schools in California

Median 43% · 5,677 elementary schools compared

166 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · Smarter Balanced; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

California: 38%

18%proficient

−7.4 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 86% of elementary schools in California

Median 36% · 5,679 elementary schools compared

166 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
Distant town

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Calaveras Unified.

Location

Address
240 Pine St., Valley Springs, CA 95252
Phone
(209)754-2141
City or town
Valley Springs

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Jenny Lind ElementaryFree meals for all
K–747527.929%15%
San Andreas ElementaryFree meals for all
K–833425.623%17%
Mokelumne Hill ElementaryFree meals for all
K–614921.340%38%
Jackson ElementaryFree meals for all
K–647922.837%30%
Ione ElementaryFree meals for all
K–656425.030%22%
Sutter Creek ElementaryFree meals for all
K–638726.644%39%

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

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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