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How has Ben F. Kolb Middle changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
917
Middle
DISTRICT 1,071 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237004994
Ben F. Kolb Middle
2351 North Spruce St., Rialto, CA 92377 · (909) 820-7849 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL917 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of California public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.4:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
747 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 310 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 293 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 34% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
46.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.6pp since 2014
Math
25.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.6% | 32.0% | 28.7% | 24.7% |
| Math | 12.5% | 13.3% | 24.9% | 49.3% |
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 | 46.6% | 25.8% |
| 2023-24 | 39.2% | 20.6% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 41.9% | 20.3% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 18.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.7% | 17.1% |
| 2016-17 | 27.3% | 15.9% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Ben F. Kolb Middle
Ben F. Kolb Middle's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ben F. Kolb Middle this school | 917 | 81.5% | 33.1% |
| Washington Middle Long Beach | 849 | 82.3% | 23.6% |
| Curran Middle Bakersfield | 973 | 87.4% | 19.3% |
| Terrace Hills Middle Grand Terrace | 852 | 79.5% | 19.6% |
| Hamilton Middle Long Beach | 748 | 84.6% | 25.7% |
| Rancho Medanos Junior High Pittsburg | 812 | 82.5% | 20.8% |
Matched among California middle 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 Ben F. Kolb Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #668 of 1,224 | #27 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.8% | #699 of 1,227 ▲ 79 | #27 of 76 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #561 of 1,227 ▲ 113 | #24 of 76 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #306 of 1,214 | #20 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 917 | #287 of 1,377 | #24 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.9:1 | #1,167 of 1,279 | #64 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #913 of 1,278 | #44 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #508 of 1,329 | #40 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #766 of 930 | #50 of 56 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
917
-125 (-12%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,736
Student : Teacher
24.9:1
was 26.7:1
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 | 917 | 36.8 | 24.9:1 | 81% (747) |
| 2023-24 | 898 | 37.1 | 24.2:1 | 85% (760) |
| 2022-23 | 901 | 36.1 | 24.9:1 | 80% (721) |
| 2020-21 | 1,042 | 39 | 26.7:1 | 87% (909) |
| 2017-18 | 985 | 39.8 | 24.7:1 | 83% (817) |
| 2015-16 | 960 | 37 | 25.9:1 | 81% (779) |
| 2010-11 | 1,013 | N/A | N/A | 83% (838) |
| 2000-01 | 1,337 | 54 | 24.8:1 | 66% (883) |
| 1990-91 | 1,736 | 66 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ben F. Kolb Middle.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (985 to 917); teachers down 8% (39.8 to 36.8).
About Ben F. Kolb Middle
Ben F. Kolb Middle is a mid-sized middle-grades school based in Rialto, California. It teaches 917 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in California have about 659 students on average; enrollment here is 39% higher.
Besides Ben F. Kolb Middle, Rialto Unified runs 28 other schools. The district enrolls 23,067 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Ben F. Kolb Middle is 81%. Next come 12% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ben F. Kolb Middle scores 33%.
Staffing at Ben F. Kolb Middle comes to 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 24.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. Ben F. Kolb Middle counts 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Ben F. Kolb Middle holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 60% of California public middle schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ben F. Kolb Middle lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.1%; the prediction is 31.8%.
The school's county is San Bernardino County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. San Bernardino County's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Ben F. Kolb Middle.
About 0.4 miles separate Ben F. Kolb Middle from the closest public school, W.J.C. Trapp Elementary. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ben F. Kolb Middle ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.1% against a local average of 37.2%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Ben F. Kolb Middle enrolled 1,042 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 917. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.7:1 to 24.9:1.
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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 Rialto Unified
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
Other schools in Rialto
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Ethel Kucera MiddleMiddle · 978 students
Nearby schools
- W.J.C. Trapp Elementary0.4 mi · 537
- Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary0.4 mi · 436
- Wilmer Amina Carter High0.9 mi · 1,951
- Lena M. Preston Elementary1.0 mi · 471
- Eisenhower High1.4 mi · 2,075
- A. H. Morgan Elementary1.6 mi · 487
Frequently asked questions
About Ben F. Kolb MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Ben F. Kolb Middle?
Ben F. Kolb Middle enrolls approximately 917 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ben F. Kolb Middle serve?
Ben F. Kolb Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ben F. Kolb Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ben F. Kolb Middle is approximately 24.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ben F. Kolb Middle?
Student demographics at Ben F. Kolb Middle are roughly 3% White, 81% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Ben F. Kolb Middle?
Ben F. Kolb Middle is overseen by Rialto Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.