Is Bancroft Elementary a good school?

Bancroft Elementary ranks in the bottom 10.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Bancroft Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 442 students attended Bancroft Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Bancroft Elementary?

Students at Bancroft Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 6% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% White, 4% Asian.

Bancroft Elementary

Summary:

Bancroft Elementary is a public elementary school located in Spring Valley, California, serving grades K-8 with a total enrollment of 419 students. It is part of the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District, which is ranked 766 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 3-star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger.

Bancroft Elementary has faced significant challenges in recent years. The school has seen a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 25.2% in 2018-2019 to 52.1% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district average of 33.6% at Highlands Elementary and 38.3% at La Presa Elementary. Academically, Bancroft Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with particularly low performance in 6th grade Mathematics.

Adding to the challenges, Bancroft Elementary has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 85.44% to 88.61% over the past three years, significantly higher than nearby schools like Rancho Elementary (78.9%) and Highlands Elementary (78.23%). The school also has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 26.1 to 29.2 over the past three years, higher than the nearby schools. Addressing these issues will be crucial for improving educational outcomes for the students at Bancroft Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-8

8805 Tyler St.
Spring Valley, CA 91977-3336

(619) 668-5890

District: La Mesa-Spring Valley

SchoolDigger Rank:
5276^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,431

Student/teacher ratio: 25.6

Number of students: 442

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.7%

African American:

6.3%

Two or more races:

5.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Bancroft Elementary ranks worse than 90% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 16^th among 17 ranked elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.25. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (78.7%), African American (6.3%), two or more races (5.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 89.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Bancroft Elementary is 25.6. 9 elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Bancroft Elementary employs 17.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Bancroft Elementary is $6,431, which is the 3^rd highest among 17 elementary schools in the La Mesa-Spring Valley School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Bancroft Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Bancroft Elementary 5276^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Bancroft Elementary in the ranking list.)

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La Mesa-Spring Valley:

SchoolDigger ranks La Mesa-Spring Valley 766^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Bancroft Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	34.56	2963^rd	4809	38.4%
2005	27.59	3438^th	4822	28.7%
2006	27.17	3506^th	4818	27.2%
2007	36.82	3117^th	5113	39.0%
2008	34.86	3277^th	5113	35.9%
2009	24.48	4104^th	5193	21.0%
2010	28.92	3929^th	5314	26.1%
2011	20.83	4619^th	5377	14.1%
2012	30.64	3897^th	5390	27.7%
2013	32.19	3879^th	5530	29.9%
2015	21.91	4437^th	5611	20.9%
2016	15.80	4977^th	5614	11.3%
2017	10.19	5480^th	5692	3.7%
2018	14.85	5108^th	5662	9.8%
2019	13.30	5363^rd	5789	7.4%
2022	13.22	5515^th	5883	6.3%
2023	14.14	5389^th	5874	8.3%
2024	15.25	5276^th	5862	10.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.90	2322^nd	3246	28.5%
2019	37.86	1927^th	3275	41.2%
2022	40.31	1785^th	3311	46.1%
2023	36.78	2026^th	3250	37.7%
2024	36.71	2052^nd	3160	35.1%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	22.09	2094^th	2420	13.5%
2024	27.21	1985^th	2634	24.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.12	4483^rd	5084	11.8%
2019	14.80	4848^th	5173	6.3%
2022	17.25	4824^th	5264	8.4%
2023	14.43	5088^th	5374	5.3%
2024	15.32	5124^th	5511	7.0%

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Rank History for Female students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.51	4740^th	5413	12.4%
2019	17.71	4819^th	5492	12.3%
2022	15.91	5106^th	5635	9.4%
2023	16.32	5025^th	5617	10.5%
2024	21.91	4512^th	5605	19.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.05	1914^th	2128	10.1%
2019	16.16	2565^th	2585	0.8%
2022	22.80	1878^th	2227	15.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.05	5026^th	5431	7.5%
2019	11.47	5292^nd	5510	4.0%
2022	12.92	5379^th	5663	5.0%
2023	13.51	5274^th	5650	6.7%
2024	12.40	5344^th	5636	5.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Bancroft Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	14.08	4549^th	4830	5.8%
2019	14.19	4701^st	4963	5.3%
2022	14.07	4847^th	5084	4.7%
2023	12.00	4955^th	5098	2.8%
2024	15.01	4756^th	5102	6.8%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Bancroft Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	498	60	38	99	7	n/a	n/a	0	702
1989	423	60	67	143	6	n/a	n/a	0	699
1990	452	73	47	171	6	n/a	n/a	0	749
1991	456	72	65	186	8	n/a	n/a	0	787
1992	440	89	67	185	5	n/a	n/a	0	786
1993	462	118	52	228	5	n/a	n/a	0	865
1994	358	101	47	178	1	n/a	n/a	0	685
1995	345	105	56	201	2	n/a	n/a	0	709
1996	345	105	56	201	2	n/a	n/a	0	709
1997	292	107	51	206	1	n/a	n/a	0	657
1998	303	113	46	222	1	n/a	n/a	0	685
1999	256	133	49	229	4	n/a	n/a	18	689
2000	258	128	38	237	4	n/a	n/a	23	688
2001	220	116	41	224	10	n/a	n/a	39	650
2002	120	105	45	221	17	n/a	n/a	47	555
2003	120	105	45	221	17	n/a	n/a	47	555
2004	92	75	54	242	4	n/a	n/a	44	511
2005	78	75	49	254	4	n/a	n/a	30	490
2006	65	68	33	236	4	n/a	n/a	42	448
2007	51	67	38	230	2	n/a	n/a	46	434
2008	47	56	23	214	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	340
2009	60	95	15	293	0	15	77	0	555
2010	54	91	18	320	0	15	33	0	531
2011	52	91	22	342	0	11	35	0	553
2012	59	95	19	424	0	6	36	0	639
2013	59	93	23	432	1	10	22	0	640
2014	54	87	19	443	3	12	22	0	640
2015	48	93	19	450	3	5	34	0	652
2016	42	89	21	434	3	5	30	0	624
2017	32	70	19	417	1	6	18	0	563
2018	33	48	16	369	1	5	23	0	495
2019	30	35	12	358	0	2	24	0	461
2020	19	42	11	333	0	3	24	0	432
2021	23	39	9	297	0	3	24	0	395
2022	25	39	10	324	0	2	19	0	419
2023	24	26	12	332	0	2	23	0	419
2024	21	28	16	348	0	3	25	1	442

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Bancroft Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	702	29.0	24.2	n/a
1989	699	27.0	25.8	n/a
1990	749	28.0	26.7	n/a
1991	787	30.5	25.8	n/a
1992	786	31.0	25.3	53.6
1993	865	32.6	26.5	0
1994	685	26.8	25.6	72.1
1995	709	27.2	26.1	66.9
1996	709	27.2	26.1	66.9
1997	657	30.0	21.9	70.5
1998	685	28.5	24.0	68.6
1999	689	30.6	22.5	71.8
2000	688	31.5	21.8	70.1
2001	650	29.7	21.9	70
2002	555	28.1	19.8	68.7
2003	555	28.1	19.8	68.7
2004	511	26.0	19.7	71.7
2005	490	24.0	20.4	79.1
2006	448	22.2	20.2	93.8
2007	434	22.0	19.7	90.7
2008	340	26.0	13.1	99.1
2009	555	29.1	17.8	86.5
2010	531	28.0	18.9	84.7
2011	553	n/a	n/a	86.8
2012	639	20.0	31.9	n/a
2013	640	20.0	32.0	79.4
2014	640	21.0	30.4	91.3
2015	652	21.0	31.0	90.5
2016	624	24.0	26.0	92.9
2017	563	21.0	26.8	89.2
2018	495	17.0	29.1	90.5
2019	461	15.0	30.7	91.5
2020	432	n/a	n/a	90.7
2021	395	13.5	29.2	88.6
2022	419	14.5	28.8	85.4
2023	419	16.0	26.1	87.8
2024	442	17.2	25.6	89.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Bancroft Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	702	29.0	24.2	n/a
1989	699	27.0	25.8	n/a
1990	749	28.0	26.7	n/a
1991	787	30.5	25.8	n/a
1992	786	31.0	25.3	53.6
1993	865	32.6	26.5	0
1994	685	26.8	25.6	72.1
1995	709	27.2	26.1	66.9
1996	709	27.2	26.1	66.9
1997	657	30.0	21.9	70.5
1998	685	28.5	24.0	68.6
1999	689	30.6	22.5	71.8
2000	688	31.5	21.8	70.1
2001	650	29.7	21.9	70
2002	555	28.1	19.8	68.7
2003	555	28.1	19.8	68.7
2004	511	26.0	19.7	71.7
2005	490	24.0	20.4	79.1
2006	448	22.2	20.2	93.8
2007	434	22.0	19.7	90.7
2008	340	26.0	13.1	99.1
2009	555	29.1	17.8	86.5
2010	531	28.0	18.9	84.7
2011	553	n/a	n/a	86.8
2012	639	20.0	31.9	n/a
2013	640	20.0	32.0	79.4
2014	640	21.0	30.4	91.3
2015	652	21.0	31.0	90.5
2016	624	24.0	26.0	92.9
2017	563	21.0	26.8	89.2
2018	495	17.0	29.1	90.5
2019	461	15.0	30.7	91.5
2020	432	n/a	n/a	90.7
2021	395	13.5	29.2	88.6
2022	419	14.5	28.8	85.4
2023	419	16.0	26.1	87.8
2024	442	17.2	25.6	89.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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