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Enrollment
493
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847004387
Arroyo Elementary
1700 East Seventh St., Ontario, CA 91764 · (909) 985-1012 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
376 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (59).
Student demographics
19%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
38.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.2pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 27.4% | 28.1% | 33.8% |
| Math | 5.9% | 19.0% | 29.3% | 45.8% |
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 | 38.2% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 22.9% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 21.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.3% | 21.2% |
| 2018-19 | 35.3% | 29.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.6% | 31.4% |
| 2016-17 | 32.7% | 25.9% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Arroyo Elementary
Arroyo Elementary's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Elementary this school | 493 | 76.3% | 29.3% |
| John E. Steinbeck Elementary Salinas | 486 | 78.0% | 27.9% |
| Creekside Elementary Salinas | 534 | 75.7% | 22.1% |
| Longfellow Elementary Whittier | 499 | 78.4% | 47.9% |
| Eliot Elementary Gilroy | 481 | 78.0% | 21.1% |
| Mulberry Elementary Whittier | 447 | 77.0% | 51.9% |
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 Arroyo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #3,602 of 5,151 | #174 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #3,772 of 5,172 ▲ 79 | #180 of 321 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #3,120 of 5,172 ▲ 547 | #150 of 321 ▲ 39 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.3pp | #1,878 of 5,116 | #139 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #2,524 of 5,915 | #208 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,656 of 5,352 | #74 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #4,456 of 5,354 | #272 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.3% | #2,516 of 5,625 | #203 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.7% | #86 of 1,139 | #5 of 67 |
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
493
+132 (+37%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 22.6:1
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 | 493 | 23.2 | 21.2:1 | 76% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 23.7 | 21.1:1 | 85% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 21.9 | 21.3:1 | 85% (398) |
| 2020-21 | 361 | 16 | 22.6:1 | 76% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 18.1 | 19.8:1 | 80% (286) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 17 | 21.9:1 | 87% (325) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | N/A | N/A | 87% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 679 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 79% (534) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 22 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Arroyo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (358 to 493); teachers up 28% (18.1 to 23.2).
About Arroyo Elementary
Arroyo Elementary is an elementary school in Ontario, California, according to federal school records. It enrolled 493 students in kindergarten through 8 for the 2024-25 school year.
Ontario-Montclair is responsible for 33 schools, Arroyo Elementary included, with 17,640 students in all.
Arroyo Elementary enrolls a student body that is 90% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% White and 2% Asian. In San Bernardino County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Arroyo Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
Teachers at the school number 23.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.2:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is close to the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Arroyo Elementary, the prediction is 34.9% and the result is 29.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in San Bernardino County, median household income is about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of San Bernardino County number 583 and enroll about 393,648.
The nearest public school is Chaffey District Online High, at about 0.1 miles. Arroyo Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Arroyo Elementary comes in 3rd of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 37%, from 361 to 493. The number of students per teacher fell from 22.6 to 21.2 over 4 years.
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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 Ontario-Montclair
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Other schools in Ontario
- Chaffey HighHigh · 3,127 students
- Colony HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Ontario HighHigh · 1,994 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 844 students
- Ranch View ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Central Language AcademyElementary · 736 students
Other Arroyo Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Arroyo Elementary. Arroyo Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Arroyo ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 585 students
- Arroyo ElementaryPomona, CA · 479 students
- Arroyo ElementarySimi Valley, CA · 264 students
- Arroyo Elementary SchoolGLENDALE, AZ · 504 students
Nearby schools
- Chaffey District Online High0.1 mi · 93
- Chaffey Community Day0.2 mi · 20
- Valley View High (Continuation)0.2 mi · 370
- Vineyard Elementary0.5 mi · 562
- Corona Elementary0.6 mi · 414
- Los Amigos Elementary0.6 mi · 550
Frequently asked questions
About Arroyo ElementaryHow large is Arroyo Elementary?
Arroyo Elementary enrolls approximately 493 students in grades KG-08.
Is Arroyo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Arroyo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Arroyo Elementary have?
Arroyo Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Arroyo Elementary?
At Arroyo Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 90% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Arroyo Elementary public or private?
Arroyo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Ontario-Montclair.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.