Spreckels Elementary School

I went to school here and now some kiddos I love go to Spreckels. It’s almost Talk Like a Pirate Day!!! So be sure to show your Spreckels Pirate Spirit every sept.16^th! School colors are still blue & yellow!
The K-​8^th grade I knew has been shortened to K-​5^th… And the schools gotten bigger! The playground equipment all looks decent and as safe as playground equipment can be. BIG Error of Omission on the schools part… If you’re out at the practice field (they are also home to the Toro Bulls Youth Football teams & Cheer squads) there are ZERO garbage cans OR any recycle bins to be found ANYWHERE?! Explains the large amount of garbage clinging to the fence lines around the Entire School! Sad.
The kids I know enjoy attending Spreckels. They like their teachers and the teachers I’ve met all seem to have their act together. The auditorium still looks exactly the same. When setting up for the book fair last year, it gave mii oddly comforting chills to be up on the stage I walked across 22yrs before to get my 8^th grade «diploma». Kinda nice to know that some things stay the same– stand up to the test of time! They may not be perfect but I’m proud to be a product of Spreckels Elementary! Proud to continue to support our schools!!!

Ok, I’m a big fan of Spreckels. It’s a small town school where class sizes are some of the smallest in the area and the parents are committed to the school. It’s not fancy by any means (the original building was built in the 1930s) but the staff and teachers are there for the students and not the other way around. The test scores are a bit lower than Washington Union, but that’s due to demographics more than anything else. The test scores of similar kids are the same between the two districts, just Spreckels has some more kids who are learning English as a second language than Washington Union. The PTO and the Foundation are really committed to the well being the district, the library is great, and the music program is a lot of fun.