Summary
Spring Valley Elementary is a 375-student K–5 school in Millbrae, in the Millbrae Elementary district, with several nearby schools offering useful points of comparison. Overall, its 2025–26 results were above state and district levels, but the clearest concern is a sharp dip in fifth-grade math: proficiency fell from 77% in fourth grade to 59% in fifth, an 19-point drop, and ranked eighth among the 11 nearby schools.
The school is strongest compared with nearby schools in science, where it ranked fourth of 11, with 60% proficiency—6 points above the local average. In English and math, it ranked seventh in both subjects; English was only about 1 point above the nearby average, while math was 2 points above it. Still, Spring Valley exceeded the state and district in all three subjects: English was 67%, versus 49% statewide and 65% districtwide; math was 69%, versus 38% and 62%; and science was 60%, versus 36% and 56%. Its fifth-grade math score, however, was 1 point below the district’s.
Spring Valley remains a strong statewide school, though its margins have narrowed. SchoolDigger placed it in the 87th percentile with four stars in 2025–26, down from the 90th percentile in 2022–23; its lead over the state narrowed by 5 points in English, 8 in math, and 7 in science over that span. The year-to-year path was uneven: science, for example, rebounded to 60% in 2025–26 after 52% in 2024–25. The school’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 26.7, among the highest locally; 17.6% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking for Asian Students was 48th percentile in 2025–26, compared with 87th overall, a persistent 39-point difference. Its ranking for Multi-racial Students rose from the 47th percentile in 2018–19 to the 88th in 2022–23.
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