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Enrollment
681
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939007687
Alice Birney Elementary
1050 East Olive St., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5017 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL681 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
618 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 135 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 59% larger than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
21.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
14.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 16.7% | 24.7% | 54.2% |
| Math | 3.8% | 10.3% | 26.0% | 59.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.1% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 18.5% | 14.4% |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 15.9% |
| 2021-22 | 22.7% | 11.2% |
| 2018-19 | 26.8% | 15.3% |
| 2017-18 | 25.4% | 15.4% |
| 2016-17 | 17.9% | 12.3% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alice Birney Elementary
Alice Birney Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Birney Elementary this school | 681 | 90.7% | 17.1% |
| KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory Redwood City | 711 | 91.0% | N/A |
| Golden Oak Elementary Shafter | 717 | 89.7% | 33.7% |
| Huron Elementary Huron | 723 | 90.6% | 16.0% |
| Terrace Elementary Riverside | 740 | 90.4% | 27.2% |
| Berlyn Elementary Ontario | 639 | 91.7% | 29.3% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alice Birney Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,812 of 5,151 | #281 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #4,820 of 5,172 ▼ 85 | #282 of 321 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,779 of 5,172 ▲ 62 | #288 of 321 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,116 of 5,116 | #234 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 681 | #850 of 5,915 | #62 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.7:1 | #2,749 of 5,352 | #144 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #4,922 of 5,354 | #313 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #1,014 of 5,625 | #65 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.3% | #3,620 of 3,837 | #234 of 246 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
681
+65 (+11%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
22.7:1
was 22.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 681 | 30 | 22.7:1 | 91% (618) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 28 | 23.6:1 | 94% (619) |
| 2022-23 | 652 | 27.2 | 24.0:1 | 94% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 27 | 22.8:1 | 92% (566) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 29 | 24.0:1 | 96% (668) |
| 2015-16 | 778 | 28 | 27.8:1 | 94% (731) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | N/A | N/A | 93% (730) |
| 2000-01 | 854 | 45 | 19.0:1 | 83% (711) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 23 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alice Birney Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (697 to 681); teachers up 3% (29 to 30).
About Alice Birney Elementary
Alice Birney Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Colton, California. The school's enrollment of 681 students covers kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 46% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Colton Joint Unified runs Alice Birney Elementary along with 26 other schools, enrolling 18,397 students in total.
Most students at Alice Birney Elementary are Hispanic: 95% of enrollment. Other groups include 2% White. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Alice Birney Elementary comes in at 10%.
Teachers at the school number 30 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 22.7:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Roughly 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Alice Birney Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Alice Birney Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 17.1% and a predicted 26.4%.
Within San Bernardino County, median household income is about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. The public schools of San Bernardino County number 583 and enroll about 393,648.
The nearest other public school, Abraham Lincoln Elementary, is about 0.4 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Alice Birney Elementary. By average proficiency, Alice Birney Elementary is 6th among 6 schools close by.
Alice Birney Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 616 in 2020-21 and 681 in 2024-25, a gain of 65 students.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
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- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
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- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
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- Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryElementary · 608 students
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Other Alice Birney Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Alice Birney Elementary. Alice Birney Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Alice Birney ElementaryEureka, CA · 375 students
- Alice Birney Elementary SchoolMetairie, LA · 579 students
Nearby schools
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.4 mi · 587
- Washington High0.5 mi · 126
- Urbita Elementary0.6 mi · 390
- Middle College High0.9 mi · 269
- Richardson PREP HI Middle1.0 mi · 583
- Options for Youth-San Bernardino1.0 mi · 1,168
Frequently asked questions
About Alice Birney ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Alice Birney Elementary?
Alice Birney Elementary enrolls approximately 681 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Alice Birney Elementary serve?
Alice Birney Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Alice Birney Elementary have?
Alice Birney Elementary employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alice Birney Elementary?
At Alice Birney Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Alice Birney Elementary in?
Alice Birney Elementary is part of Colton Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.