Public schools in Spring Valley, CA

Spring Valley has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 10,276 students. They are run by 4 districts and agencies; La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 4 districts and agencies that run Spring Valley's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in Spring ValleyDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools1110,745$16,770
Grossmont Union High216,738$18,330
Steele Canyon High District12,168$12,840
College Preparatory Middle School1394$10,421

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

3 high schools in Spring Valley, 5,280 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Steele Canyon High2,19824.336.1%Steele Canyon High District
Monte Vista High1,54320.142.5%Grossmont Union High
Mount Miguel High1,53921.750.6%Grossmont Union High

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in Spring Valley, 1,794 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Sci Tech Engr Arts and Math Acad at La Presa80017.866.5%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Spring Valley Academy59716.965.7%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
College Preparatory Middle39719.633.2%College Preparatory Middle School

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

9 elementary schools in Spring Valley, 3,202 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Kempton Street Literacy Academy48025.372.3%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Bancroft Elementary39125.783.1%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Sweetwater Springs Elementary37822.254.5%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Highlands Elementary35727.560.8%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
La Presa Elementary34624.767.1%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Rancho Elementary32421.668.2%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Casa de Oro Elementary32024.662.8%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Loma Elementary31528.658.4%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools
Avondale Elementary29126.577.3%La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Spring Valley's public schools compare with California's

The median Spring Valley school has 24.3 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 391 students (state 471).

Spring Valley against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
Spring ValleyCalifornia
Median students per teacher24.321.6
Median school size (students)391471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools13%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Spring Valley schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Spring Valley

  1. La Mesa-Spring Valley SchoolsRuns 11 of Spring Valley's 15 public schools and spent $16,770 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$16,770
  2. Steele Canyon High, the largest high school in Spring Valley2,198 students in 2024-25, 24.3 per teacher.2,198
  3. Compare La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools with Grossmont Union HighSpring Valley's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Spring Valley addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Spring Valley

  1. How many public schools are in Spring Valley, CA?
    15 public schools with an address in Spring Valley were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 10,276 students. 2 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Spring Valley?
    Steele Canyon High, with 2,198 students in 2024-25 (Steele Canyon High District).
  3. Which districts run Spring Valley's schools?
    La Mesa-Spring Valley Schools (11 schools), Grossmont Union High (2 schools), Steele Canyon High District (1 school), College Preparatory Middle School (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .