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Enrollment
985
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOWLINE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063697009195
Baldy Mesa Elementary
10376 Baldy Mesa Rd., Phelan, CA 92329 · (760) 949-1232 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL985 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test 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.
- B+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
23.4:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
773 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 187 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 162 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 173 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (187) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (173).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.6pp since 2014
Math
20.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.5% | 20.0% | 23.2% | 48.2% |
| Math | 5.5% | 15.0% | 28.2% | 51.3% |
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 | 28.6% | 20.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 21.5% |
| 2022-23 | 22.4% | 18.6% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 17.5% |
| 2018-19 | 40.6% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.3% | 27.9% |
| 2016-17 | 36.2% | 27.0% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
24.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Baldy Mesa Elementary
Baldy Mesa Elementary's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy Mesa Elementary this school | 985 | 78.5% | 24.0% |
| Cesar Chavez Academy Corona | 1,024 | 77.4% | 48.8% |
| George Washington Elementary Norco | 861 | 77.9% | 34.1% |
| Kingston Elementary Hesperia | 808 | 76.2% | 21.1% |
| Bautista Creek Elementary Hemet | 959 | 83.7% | 25.7% |
| Earl Warren Elementary Lake Elsinore | 821 | 81.2% | 34.9% |
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 Baldy Mesa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,188 of 5,151 | #224 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #4,251 of 5,172 ▼ 231 | #225 of 321 ▼ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #4,125 of 5,172 ▲ 181 | #227 of 321 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #1,640 of 5,116 | #116 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 985 | #86 of 5,915 | #8 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #3,328 of 5,352 | #189 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.5% | #3,031 of 5,354 | #144 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #2,322 of 5,625 | #188 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #364 of 1,139 | #24 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
985
+155 (+19%) vs 2020
+64% since 1990-91, when it was 600
Student : Teacher
23.4:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 985 | 42 | 23.4:1 | 78% (773) |
| 2023-24 | 960 | 40 | 24.0:1 | 73% (697) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 38 | 24.7:1 | 74% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 830 | 35 | 23.7:1 | 73% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 857 | 34 | 25.2:1 | 66% (566) |
| 2015-16 | 953 | 37 | 25.8:1 | 63% (604) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | N/A | N/A | 58% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 790 | 38 | 20.8:1 | 43% (342) |
| 1990-91 | 600 | 25 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baldy Mesa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (857 to 985); teachers up 24% (34 to 42).
About Baldy Mesa Elementary
Baldy Mesa Elementary is a large elementary school. Its address is in Phelan, California. The school has 985 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 112% above average.
Snowline Joint Unified is made up of 12 schools with 8,074 students in all.
At Baldy Mesa Elementary, 71% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 18% White, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census figures show San Bernardino County is about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 46%.
Its staff includes 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 23.4 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Baldy Mesa Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 78%.
On the allk12 Grade, Baldy Mesa Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 18% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Baldy Mesa Elementary, the prediction is 33.6% and the result is 24.0%.
For the population of San Bernardino County, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
The closest school to Baldy Mesa Elementary is Quail Valley Middle, located about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Baldy Mesa Elementary. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Baldy Mesa Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Baldy Mesa Elementary is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 985, up from 830 in 2020-21.
Baldy Mesa Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Snowline Joint Unified
- Serrano HighHigh · 2,163 students
- Quail Valley MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Pinon Mesa MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Vista Verde ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Phelan ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Pinon Hills ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Phelan
- Serrano HighHigh · 2,163 students
- Quail Valley MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Pinon Mesa MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Phelan ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- HeritageElementary · 563 students
- Mojave River Academy - Marble CityCombined · 259 students
Nearby schools
- Quail Valley Middle0.5 mi · 870
- Hollyvale Elementary4.1 mi · 562
- Heritage4.2 mi · 563
- Canyon Ridge High4.4 mi · 218
- Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert4.4 mi · 253
- Eagle Ranch Elementary4.5 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About Baldy Mesa ElementaryHow many students attend Baldy Mesa Elementary?
Baldy Mesa Elementary enrolls approximately 985 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Baldy Mesa Elementary serve?
Baldy Mesa Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Baldy Mesa Elementary?
Approximately 23.4:1 students per teacher at Baldy Mesa Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Baldy Mesa Elementary?
Student demographics at Baldy Mesa Elementary are roughly 18% White, 71% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Baldy Mesa Elementary?
Baldy Mesa Elementary is overseen by Snowline Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.