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Jenny Lind Elementary

Public Grades K-6
5127th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 12% of California elementary schools
Summary

Jenny Lind Elementary serves 475 students in grades K–6 in Valley Springs, California. In 2025–2026, proficiency was 25% in English Language Arts (ELA), 17% in math and 18% in science. The school was slightly above Calaveras Unified in each subject, but below California averages. The most important concern is fifth grade: only 4% of students were proficient in math, the lowest result among 10 nearby schools reporting that grade, while fifth-grade ELA was 19%, also the lowest among those schools.

Compared with nearby schools, ELA is a relative bright spot: the school’s 25% was below the nearby average of 30%, but around the middle of local results. Science was nearly level with the nearby average, at 18% versus 19%, while math was a clearer weakness at 17% versus 25%; only one nearby school had a lower math result. The school exceeded its district by 3 percentage points in ELA, 2 in math and less than 1 in science. It remained well below state results of 49% in ELA, 38% in math and 36% in science. By grade, fourth-grade ELA stands out positively: 32% was the second-highest result among 11 nearby schools with that grade.

Results have not improved steadily. From 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, ELA rose by 1 percentage point, math fell by 2, and science rose by 8; the state gap in math widened from 16 to 21 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 12th statewide percentile with 1 star in 2025–2026, down from the 21st percentile two years earlier. Its student-teacher ratio was 27.9 in 2024–2025, the highest among nearby schools, and 47% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. SchoolDigger’s 2023–2024 effectiveness ranking for Special Education Students was at the 42nd percentile, compared with the school’s overall 21st percentile that year. Its Male Students ranking fell from the 28th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 9th in 2025–2026.

475
Students ?
27.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,107
Per pupil spending ?
47.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 5100 Driver Rd.
       Valley Springs, CA  95252-9113

(209) 754-2350

District: Calaveras Unified


Students who attend Jenny Lind Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Toyon Middle
High:    Calaveras High
Racial breakdown:

White:
58.3%
Hispanic:
34.9%
Two or more races:
6.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 25th percentile in 2016 → 12th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (20% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (12th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (31% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school20%
District avg18%
California avg42%
5,127th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 12%▼ down 13 pts since 2016
From bottom 25% (2016) to bottom 12% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
4th of 5Elementary Schools in the Calaveras Unified
885th of 968Calaveras Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202616.05127 of 580411.7%★☆☆☆☆
202517.75037 of 585714.0%★☆☆☆☆
202422.74610 of 586921.5%★☆☆☆☆
202318.35004 of 585914.6%★☆☆☆☆
202216.75197 of 588311.7%★☆☆☆☆
202116.01269 of 141710.4%★☆☆☆☆
201911.35496 of 57895.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.45062 of 566210.6%★☆☆☆☆
201717.84877 of 569214.3%★☆☆☆☆
201624.54220 of 561424.8%★☆☆☆☆
201534.63355 of 561140.2%★★☆☆☆
201342.73137 of 553043.3%★★☆☆☆
201247.22793 of 539048.2%★★☆☆☆
201134.13678 of 537731.6%★★☆☆☆
201054.22319 of 531456.4%★★★☆☆
200953.22291 of 519355.9%★★★☆☆
200856.12046 of 511360.0%★★★☆☆
200763.11681 of 511367.1%★★★☆☆
200663.71603 of 481866.7%★★★☆☆
200563.71583 of 482267.2%★★★☆☆
200455.11919 of 480960.1%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202234.11307 of 222741.3%★★☆☆☆
201931.51714 of 258533.7%★★☆☆☆
201836.51160 of 212845.5%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202619.54716 of 556915.3%★☆☆☆☆
202519.64712 of 559715.8%★☆☆☆☆
202420.24696 of 561216.3%★☆☆☆☆
202317.64914 of 560912.4%★☆☆☆☆
202216.15084 of 56359.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.51086 of 126714.3%★☆☆☆☆
201915.15023 of 54928.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.65086 of 54136.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202618.54518 of 508511.2%★☆☆☆☆
202513.14862 of 51074.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202430.03750 of 510726.6%★☆☆☆☆
202321.94327 of 508714.9%★☆☆☆☆
202217.64663 of 50848.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.84519 of 49638.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.74388 of 48309.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202614.45054 of 54126.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202518.24850 of 546011.2%★☆☆☆☆
202420.24770 of 551713.5%★☆☆☆☆
202321.64579 of 536314.6%★☆☆☆☆
202218.84731 of 526410.1%★☆☆☆☆
202113.71071 of 11103.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.34924 of 51734.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.84504 of 508411.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202614.65114 of 55908.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202517.14951 of 562812.0%★☆☆☆☆
202426.94091 of 564327.5%★☆☆☆☆
202320.14698 of 563816.7%★☆☆☆☆
202218.34904 of 566313.4%★☆☆☆☆
202116.21130 of 127211.2%★☆☆☆☆
201910.55330 of 55103.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.24558 of 543116.1%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202435.81520 of 263542.3%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20264.92460 of 25322.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.12490 of 25984.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.02498 of 26515.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.72565 of 26613.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.82645 of 27263.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20192.32807 of 28341.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.02691 of 27371.7%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2024)42nd percentile+21 vs school
Disabled (2022)41st percentile+30 vs school
Female (2026)15th percentile+4 vs school
Hispanic (2026)11th percentile~ school
Male (2026)9th percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)7th percentile-5 vs school
White (2026)3rd percentile-9 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy25%-24 vs state
Science18%-18 vs state
Mathematics17%-21 vs state

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Students who attend Jenny Lind Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Toyon Middle
High : Calaveras High

Jenny Lind Elementary ranks in the bottom 11.7% of California elementary schools.

In the 2024-25 school year, 475 students attended Jenny Lind Elementary.

Students at Jenny Lind Elementary are 58% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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