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Spring Valley Elementary

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Spring Valley Elementary ranks 4197 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades K-5

4197^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 28% of California elementary schools

Summary

Spring Valley Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 234 students in the San Francisco Unified district, located at 1451 Jackson St., which has faced a significant and concerning decline in its academic performance and state ranking in recent years.

The school's most recent test scores show about 30% of students are proficient in English and Math, which is much lower than many nearby schools like Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary and Yick Wo Elementary. A major challenge is chronic absenteeism, with nearly half the students missing too much school—a rate more than double the district average and far higher than neighboring schools. This attendance issue is strongly correlated with the school's academic struggles, and performance has dropped sharply for several student groups over the past year.

Despite having a favorable student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending than some higher-performing peers, these resources have not led to better outcomes. The school's history shows it was once a stronger performer, suggesting improvement is possible. Looking at nearby success stories like Parker (Jean) Elementary, which serves a similar population effectively, indicates that targeted efforts to improve attendance, learn from other schools' practices, and provide focused support in upper-grade math could help reverse the current trends.

234

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,305

Per pupil spending ?

68.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1451 Jackson St.
San Francisco, CA 94109-3115

(415) 749-3535

District: San Francisco Unified

Students who attend Spring Valley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Marina Middle
High:	Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
	Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
	Balboa High
	Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
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	Galileo High
	Jordan (June) School for Equity
	Lincoln (Abraham) High
	Lowell High
	Marshall (Thurgood) High
	Mission High
	O'Connell (John) High
	S.F. International High
	Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
	Washington (George) High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.7%

Asian:

22.2%

White:

6.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 70th percentile in 2013 → 28th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (28% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (48% vs 19% California)

!Ranking has slipped — down 42 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school28%

District avg48%

California avg41%

4,197^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 28%▼ down 39 pts since 2015

From top 32% (2015) to bottom 28% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

48^th of 71Elementary Schools in the San Francisco Unified

679^th of 1,543San Francisco 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	27.2	4197 of 5857	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.0	3439 of 5869	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.7	2774 of 5859	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.7	2403 of 5883	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.7	2439 of 5789	57.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.2	2328 of 5662	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	52.1	2433 of 5692	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2016	45.4	2751 of 5614	51.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	62.6	1817 of 5611	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	68.8	1637 of 5530	70.4%	★★★★☆
2012	60.4	2022 of 5390	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	58.3	2125 of 5377	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	76.0	1188 of 5314	77.6%	★★★★☆
2009	74.1	1247 of 5193	76.0%	★★★★☆
2008	70.5	1377 of 5113	73.1%	★★★★☆
2007	59.0	1873 of 5113	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2006	63.2	1621 of 4818	66.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	71.5	1275 of 4822	73.6%	★★★★☆
2004	63.0	1572 of 4809	67.3%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	53.0	722 of 1205	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	37.2	859 of 1190	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	47.0	756 of 1154	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.0	811 of 1149	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.6	757 of 1071	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.5	2519 of 3162	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.6	1919 of 3245	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	67.9	521 of 3311	84.3%	★★★★☆
2019	70.2	528 of 3275	83.9%	★★★★☆
2018	69.3	569 of 3246	82.5%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	3688 of 5597	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	45.1	2717 of 5612	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	46.3	2619 of 5609	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	58.8	1994 of 5635	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	56.8	2125 of 5492	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.4	2163 of 5413	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.7	4661 of 5107	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.7	4845 of 5107	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	4388 of 5087	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.0	4049 of 5084	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.4	3668 of 4963	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.2	3892 of 4830	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.5	4246 of 5460	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.8	2408 of 5517	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	53.0	2163 of 5363	59.7%	★★★☆☆
2022	65.7	1379 of 5264	73.8%	★★★★☆
2019	67.5	1309 of 5173	74.7%	★★★★☆
2018	66.0	1393 of 5084	72.6%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	4383 of 5628	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.8	4202 of 5643	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	44.0	2801 of 5638	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.7	2727 of 5663	51.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.9	2614 of 5510	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	48.9	2511 of 5431	53.8%	★★★☆☆

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)

Asian (2024)40th percentile~ school

Female (2025)34th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)22nd percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)20th percentile-21 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile-20 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics31%-7 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Spring Valley Elementary	Public	K-5	1451 Jackson St.	San Francisco	94109	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3535	234	13	18.7	68.4%	14 (6.0%)	10 (4.3%)	142 (60.7%)	52 (22.2%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.6%)	27.2	4197^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.3%		36	3439^th of 5869 public elementary schools	41.4%	758	12.9		12.9	30.0	37.1	22.6				30.2	45.5	30.6	13.8				30.6	91.2	94.1	94.1	91.2	91.2	94.1	$24,305	$2,410	$21,895
Redding Elementary	Public	K-5	1421 Pine St.	San Francisco	94109	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3525	240	9	26.6	70.0%	68 (28.3%)	28 (11.7%)	66 (27.5%)	49 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	25 (10.4%)	7.6	5755^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.7%		32.9	3695^th of 5869 public elementary schools	37.0%	2060	3.3		3.3	7.3	23.1	20.0				15.5	9.3	7.4	9.1				8.7	88.5	91.8	93.4	90.2	90.2	91.8	$22,127	$2,022	$20,105
Parker (Jean) Elementary	Public	K-5	840 Broadway St.	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7990	128	6	20.2	75.0%	5 (3.9%)	11 (8.6%)	26 (20.3%)	76 (59.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (7.8%)	64.1	1882^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	67.9%		77.6	1265^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.4%	617	21.7		21.7	54.6	60.0	52.4				55.3	83.3	38.9	60.9				58.5							$34,869	$2,668	$32,201
Sherman Elementary	Public	K-5	1651 Union St.	San Francisco	94123	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3530	291	13	22.0	38.1%	120 (41.2%)	24 (8.2%)	49 (16.8%)	47 (16.2%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (16.2%)	62.3	1949^th of 5857 public elementary schools	66.7%		64.6	1847^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.5%	102	39.5		39.5	57.5	54.3	53.7				55.3	51.0	35.9	41.9				43.5	90.7	90.7	94.4	92.6	90.7	92.6	$23,422	$2,342	$21,080
The New School of San Francisco	Public, Charter	K-8	940 Filbert St	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	The New School of San Francisco District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 401-8489	457	23	19.8	35.0%	129 (28.2%)	35 (7.7%)	170 (37.2%)	64 (14.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	55 (12.0%)	82.8	1032^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	82.4%		87.6	834^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.8%	198	73.1	63.3	67.9	43.5	74.5	76.9	69.8	76.7	72.9	69.8	40.4	68.6	61.5	63.5	68.3	66.1	62.1							$20,447	$301	$20,146
Stockton (Commodore) Children Center	Public	K	1 Trenton St.	San Francisco	94108	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(415) 291-7932	22			86.4%	1 (4.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (9.1%)	19 (86.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)
Lau (Gordon J.) Elementary	Public	K-5	950 Clay St.	San Francisco	94108	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7921	653	26	25.1	82.2%	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.5%)	37 (5.7%)	585 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.5%)	85.1	917^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.3%		82.6	1053^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	82.1%	136	50.9		50.9	55.4	62.4	69.6				63.0	70.7	67.3	69.6				69.2							$23,646	$2,096	$21,550
Yick Wo Elementary	Public	K-5	2245 Jones St.	San Francisco	94133	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3540	205	10	20.5	44.9%	56 (27.3%)	7 (3.4%)	28 (13.7%)	65 (31.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	49 (23.9%)	85.7	895^th of 5857 public elementary schools	84.7%		87.8	825^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.9%	70	51.7		51.7	67.7	69.2	66.7				67.8	71.0	68.0	51.7				63.5							$26,042	$3,002	$23,040
San Francisco Public Montessori	Public	K-5	2340 Jackson St.	San Francisco	94115	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 749-3544	107	4	26.7	52.3%	24 (22.4%)	16 (15.0%)	30 (28.0%)	11 (10.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.9%)	24 (22.4%)	30.8	3895^th of 5857 public elementary schools	33.5%		65.2	1808^th of 5869 public elementary schools	69.2%	2087	30.8		30.8	23.8	53.3	30.8				34.7	19.1	40.0	15.4				24.5							$25,206	$1,708	$23,498
Lee (Edwin and Anita) Newcomer	Public	K-5	657 Merchant St.	San Francisco	94111	San Francisco County	San Francisco Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(415) 291-7918	23	1	23.0	82.6%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																	0.0							$62,022	$3,980	$58,042

Frequently Asked Questions about Spring Valley Elementary

Is Spring Valley Elementary a good school?

Spring Valley Elementary ranks 4197^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Spring Valley Elementary in?

San Francisco Unified

What schools do graduates of Spring Valley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Spring Valley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Marina Middle
High : Academy (The)- SF @McAteer
High : Asawa (Ruth) SF School of the Arts A Public School
High : Balboa High
High : Burton (Phillip and Sala) Academic High
High : Galileo High
High : Jordan (June) School for Equity
High : Lincoln (Abraham) High
High : Lowell High
High : Marshall (Thurgood) High
High : Mission High
High : O'Connell (John) High
High : S.F. International High
High : Wallenberg (Raoul) Traditional High
High : Washington (George) High

How many students attend Spring Valley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 234 students attended Spring Valley Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Spring Valley Elementary?

Students at Spring Valley Elementary are 61% Hispanic, 22% Asian, 6% White, 6% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% American Indian.

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