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Alumni: what's one memory from Beech Avenue Elementary that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FONTANA UNIFIED·NCES 061392011837
Beech Avenue Elementary
9206 Beech Ave., Fontana, CA 92335 · (909) 357-5060 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
23.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
534 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 97 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (97).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Beech Avenue Elementary→Sequoia Middle
Based on grade levels within Fontana Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
41.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.1pp since 2014
Math
37.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.3% | 25.8% | 26.9% | 32.0% |
| Math | 15.6% | 22.1% | 29.2% | 33.1% |
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 | 41.1% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 35.8% | 31.2% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 34.9% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 26.0% |
| 2018-19 | 47.6% | 44.6% |
| 2017-18 | 44.2% | 39.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.5% | 29.1% |
| 2015-16 | 44.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
36.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Beech Avenue Elementary
Beech Avenue Elementary's state test result (36.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Avenue Elementary this school | 615 | 86.8% | 36.9% |
| Crestmore Elementary Bloomington | 586 | 87.0% | 31.5% |
| Caswell Elementary Ceres | 653 | 86.7% | 24.8% |
| J. W. Oakley Elementary Brawley | 654 | 86.1% | 25.5% |
| Rosewood Park City Of Commerce | 585 | 86.3% | 28.8% |
| Ulysses Grant Elementary Colton | 589 | 87.3% | 32.3% |
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 Beech Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #2,762 of 5,151 | #113 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,467 of 5,172 ▲ 481 | #95 of 321 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #2,815 of 5,172 ▲ 323 | #124 of 321 ▲ 23 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.3pp | #571 of 5,116 | #34 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #1,263 of 5,915 | #93 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.2:1 | #3,143 of 5,352 | #180 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #5,075 of 5,354 | #323 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.8% | #1,491 of 5,625 | #119 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.6% | #1,355 of 3,837 | #81 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
615
-127 (-17%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
23.2:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 615 | 26.5 | 23.2:1 | 87% (534) |
| 2023-24 | 630 | 30.8 | 20.4:1 | 90% (569) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 30.7 | 21.6:1 | 87% (579) |
| 2020-21 | 742 | 34 | 21.8:1 | 90% (665) |
| 2017-18 | 775 | 30.7 | 25.2:1 | 91% (707) |
| 2015-16 | 838 | 30 | 27.9:1 | 87% (730) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | N/A | N/A | 92% (743) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beech Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (775 to 615); teachers down 14% (30.7 to 26.5).
About Beech Avenue Elementary
Beech Avenue Elementary is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in Fontana, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 615 students. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 32% larger than average.
Beech Avenue Elementary belongs to Fontana Unified, a district of 44 schools and 32,735 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Beech Avenue Elementary is Hispanic, at 96%. Among all residents of San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. The diversity index for Beech Avenue Elementary is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Beech Avenue Elementary lists 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 23.2 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. About 87% of students at Beech Avenue Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 13 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Beech Avenue Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 66% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Beech Avenue Elementary's results are 8.2 points above predicted: 36.9% against 28.7%.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where 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. Across San Bernardino County, 583 public schools serve about 393,648 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon, is the closest to Beech Avenue Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 36.9% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 742 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 615 by 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 23.2:1, from 21.8:1.
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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 Fontana Unified
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Wayne Ruble MiddleMiddle · 1,394 students
Other schools in Fontana
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Options for Youth-ActonHigh · 2,171 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
Nearby schools
- Mojave River Academy - Gold Canyon0.3 mi · 221
- Sequoia Middle0.4 mi · 791
- West Randall Elementary0.4 mi · 304
- Live Oak Elementary0.7 mi · 434
- Citrus Elementary1.0 mi · 596
- Redwood Elementary1.1 mi · 654
Frequently asked questions
About Beech Avenue ElementaryHow large is Beech Avenue Elementary?
Beech Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 615 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Beech Avenue Elementary serve?
Beech Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Beech Avenue Elementary have?
Beech Avenue Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Beech Avenue Elementary?
Student demographics at Beech Avenue Elementary are roughly 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Beech Avenue Elementary?
Beech Avenue Elementary is overseen by Fontana Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.