Silver Spur Elementary, Rancho Palos Verdes CA

Original Research by School Decision on Silver Spur Elementary

Silver Spur Elementary is a small elementary school in Rancho Palos Verdes serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The school enrolls a student body that is majority white and Asian, with smaller shares of Hispanic students and multiracial students. Very few students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a highly affluent community. The school sits in one of the most expensive housing markets in the region, with home values substantially above both state and national medians. This is a neighborhood where families typically have significant resources.

Academically, Silver Spur shows strong performance across tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency rates range from strong in third grade to very high in fifth grade. Math proficiency is similarly solid across grades three through five, with consistent results in the high range. Fifth graders also took the science assessment, with proficiency in that subject at a respectable level. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile when compared to other schools in Los Angeles County. This is a clear strength: students here are meeting grade-level standards at rates well above the typical county school.

The school's data does not include English learner enrollment or special education enrollment rates, and no multi-year trend data is available since only one year of results appears in the payload. Parents wanting a longer view of academic trajectory or information about support for English learners or students with disabilities may want to contact the school directly.

The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified district, which operates Silver Spur, recently passed a facilities bond through a November 2024 vote, after a larger facilities measure was rejected in 2020. The newer bond funds repairs and renovations to aging classrooms, labs, and schools, as well as earthquake, fire safety, and campus security improvements. Publicly reported, this measure represents a lasting property tax increase for homeowners in the district to address deferred maintenance and modernization across campuses. For families considering a move to the area, this is a relevant cost to factor in alongside home prices and rents.

Silver Spur appears to serve an academically accomplished peer group in a resource-rich setting. It is not a specialized or magnet program; it is a neighborhood elementary school whose outcomes reflect both strong student performance and the demographics and resources of the community it draws from.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 81% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 81% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 41 pts above county median

Grade 582%

School 82% · District 78% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 49 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 387%

School 87% · District 76% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · District 84% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 44 pts above county median

Grade 595%

School 95% · District 87% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Science

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 73% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 54 pts above county median

This schoolPalos Verdes Peninsula Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.