The Sulphur Springs School District is an

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. It serves the east side of the

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, including most of

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. As of 2023, the district has 9 elementary schools. The district's headquarters are located off Via Princessa in Canyon Country, near the Via Princessa Metrolink station.

History

19th century

In 1872, Martha Mitchell began teaching her children and their neighbors children inside the Mitchell Family Adobe in what is now the Vista Canyon neighborhood of

. In 1874, the group moved from their single room adobe classroom to a room within the Lang family's Sulphur Springs Hotel. By 1879, there were enough school children enrolled to form a school district, which was named after the mineral hot springs the hotel was built beside. A purpose-built single room classroom was constructed in 1886, which became known as Sulphur Springs Community School.

20th century

In 1982, Valley View Elementary School was transferred from the

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to Sulphur Springs School District and renamed Valley View Community School. In 1991, Honby Elementary School, opened in 1963 as a part of Saugus Union School District, was transferred to Sulphur Springs School District and renamed Canyon Springs Community School.

Schools

All SSSD schools are within Santa Clarita city limits, except for Mint Canyon Community School, which is in an unincorporated area. Schools within the Sulphur Springs School District refer to themselves as "community schools," unlike schools in the Saugus and Newhall school districts which refer to themselves as "elementary schools."

Closed schools

* Soledad Canyon School - opened in 1966 and closed in 1991. Students were transferred to the recently acquired Canyon Springs Community School.

Student demographics

As of the 2022-23 school year, 5,210 students were enrolled in Sulphur Springs District schools. 57.7% of students were

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, 19.8% were

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, 6.1% were

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, 5.9% were

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, 4.9% were

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, 3.9% were

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, 0.3% were Indigenous American, and 0.1% were

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References

External links

* {{Santa Clarita School districts in Los Angeles County, California Education in Santa Clarita, California 1872 establishments in California School districts established in 1872