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What advice would you give to incoming students at Bear Gulch Elementary?
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Enrollment
443
Elementary
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL ELEMENTARY·NCES 060795008124
Bear Gulch Elementary
8355 Bear Gulch Pl., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 · (909) 989-9396 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL443 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
22.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
372 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 113 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Bear Gulch Elementary→Cucamonga Middle
Based on grade levels within Central Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.4pp since 2014
Math
16.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -9.3pp 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 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.8% | 15.8% | 23.1% | 48.3% |
| Math | 4.9% | 11.8% | 27.4% | 55.9% |
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 | 28.6% | 16.7% |
| 2023-24 | 30.7% | 19.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.7% | 19.2% |
| 2021-22 | 35.2% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 45.4% | 32.4% |
| 2017-18 | 45.4% | 30.8% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 32.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 33.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
30.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Bear Gulch Elementary
Bear Gulch Elementary's state test result (24.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Gulch Elementary this school | 443 | 84.0% | 24.0% |
| Eshelman Avenue Elementary Lomita | 449 | 86.9% | 45.3% |
| Cucamonga Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 452 | 82.3% | 22.1% |
| Lemon Grove Academy Elementary Lemon Grove | 399 | 83.2% | 34.9% |
| Craig Williams Elementary Lakewood | 478 | 87.2% | 30.3% |
| SOAR Charter Academy San Bernardino | 461 | 85.7% | N/A |
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 Bear Gulch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,192 of 5,151 | #226 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #4,598 of 5,172 ▼ 330 | #257 of 321 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #4,116 of 5,172 ▼ 403 | #225 of 321 ▼ 34 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.9pp | #425 of 5,116 | #8 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 443 | #3,114 of 5,915 | #241 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,296 of 5,352 | #113 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.6% | #2,717 of 5,354 | #116 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #1,771 of 5,625 | #148 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.5% | #1,962 of 3,837 | #123 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
443
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 21.2:1
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 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 84% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 445 | 19 | 23.4:1 | 88% (391) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 19 | 23.7:1 | 82% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 21 | 21.2:1 | 76% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | 80% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 534 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 69% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | N/A | N/A | 75% (386) |
| 2000-01 | 622 | 35 | 17.8:1 | 53% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 27 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Gulch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (524 to 443); teachers down 5% (21 to 20).
About Bear Gulch Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Rancho Cucamonga, California, Bear Gulch Elementary is part of Central Elementary. The school runs kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 443 students.
Bear Gulch Elementary is part of Central Elementary, where 7 schools serve 4,317 students.
Of every 100 students at Bear Gulch Elementary, about 68 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 13% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Among all residents of San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 51%.
The school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California is about 22.3:1. At Bear Gulch Elementary, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
Among California public elementary schools, Bear Gulch Elementary outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
In California, Bear Gulch Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 24.0% actual against a predicted 30.3%.
The county, San Bernardino County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $85,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. San Bernardino County has 583 public schools with about 393,648 students, including Bear Gulch Elementary.
Los Amigos Elementary, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Bear Gulch Elementary is 5th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (446) and 2024-25 (443).
The allk12 page for Bear Gulch Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Central Elementary
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
- Dona Merced ElementaryElementary · 547 students
- Valle Vista ElementaryElementary · 471 students
- Central ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other schools in Rancho Cucamonga
- Rancho Cucamonga HighHigh · 3,221 students
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Terra Vista ElementaryElementary · 855 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Rancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 770 students
Nearby schools
- Los Amigos Elementary0.8 mi · 550
- Cucamonga Elementary1.0 mi · 452
- Central Elementary1.0 mi · 436
- Chaffey Community Day1.0 mi · 20
- Cucamonga Middle1.0 mi · 662
- Valle Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Gulch ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bear Gulch Elementary?
Bear Gulch Elementary enrolls approximately 443 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Bear Gulch Elementary serve?
Bear Gulch Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Bear Gulch Elementary?
Approximately 22.1:1 students per teacher at Bear Gulch Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bear Gulch Elementary?
At Bear Gulch Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 68% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Bear Gulch Elementary?
Bear Gulch Elementary is overseen by Central Elementary in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.