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Enrollment
878
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETIWANDA ELEMENTARY·NCES 061296003826
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary
6989 Kenyon Way, Alta Loma, CA 91701 · (909) 989-6120 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL878 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of California public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
25.0:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
286 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 156 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 150 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 154 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (154).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
73.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.3pp since 2014
Math
71.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +17.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 50.5% | 22.7% | 12.1% | 14.6% |
| Math | 48.6% | 23.2% | 16.7% | 11.5% |
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 | 73.3% | 71.8% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 75.4% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 72.1% |
| 2021-22 | 76.1% | 68.8% |
| 2018-19 | 81.3% | 76.7% |
| 2017-18 | 77.7% | 68.0% |
| 2016-17 | 67.6% | 60.8% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
74.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary's state test result (74.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary this school | 878 | 32.6% | 74.1% |
| Victor Elementary Torrance | 965 | 34.4% | 63.9% |
| Cordelia Hills Elementary Fairfield | 754 | 33.6% | 55.6% |
| Patton Elementary Garden Grove | 904 | 37.4% | 81.4% |
| Beechwood Elementary Fullerton | 872 | 28.0% | 77.8% |
| Joseph Arnold Elementary Torrance | 628 | 29.8% | 67.6% |
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 Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #459 of 5,151 | #8 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.8% | #525 of 5,172 ▼ 128 | #6 of 321 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.3% | #575 of 5,172 ▼ 156 | #12 of 321 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #3,291 of 5,116 | #243 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 878 | #203 of 5,915 | #20 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,438 of 5,352 | #286 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #487 of 5,354 | #5 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #4,657 of 5,625 | #320 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.1% | #31 of 1,139 | #2 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
878
+237 (+37%) vs 2020
+23% since 2000-01, when it was 711
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 878 | 35.1 | 25.0:1 | 33% (286) |
| 2023-24 | 863 | 35.1 | 24.6:1 | 31% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 33.3 | 25.0:1 | 48% (399) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 26 | 24.6:1 | 31% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 20.1 | 28.2:1 | 40% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 577 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 31% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 627 | N/A | N/A | 18% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 711 | 30 | 23.7:1 | 9% (65) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 55% (566 to 878); teachers up 75% (20.1 to 35.1).
About Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is a large elementary school with an address in Alta Loma, California. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 878 students. The school is 89% larger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Etiwanda Elementary is the local district for Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary. It runs 18 schools with 13,666 students.
No group is above 50% at Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary; the largest is Asian, at 40%. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Hispanic, 15% White, 10% multiracial, and 3% Black. The Asian share of the county population is lower, at 8%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary scores 71%.
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary has 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 25.0:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 33% at Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
On the allk12 Grade, Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary lands at A, ahead of 91% of California public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is 13.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
For San Bernardino County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 583 public schools and about 393,648 students.
The closest school to Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is Rancho Cucamonga High, located about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 74.1% versus a 59.9% average.
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 878, up from 641 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Etiwanda Elementary
- Day Creek IntermediateMiddle · 1,326 students
- Etiwanda IntermediateMiddle · 1,181 students
- Heritage IntermediateMiddle · 1,175 students
- Summit IntermediateMiddle · 1,065 students
- John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · 916 students
- Terra Vista ElementaryElementary · 855 students
Other schools in Alta Loma
- Alta Loma HighHigh · 2,386 students
- Vineyard Junior HighMiddle · 933 students
- Alta Loma Junior HighMiddle · 831 students
- Floyd M. Stork ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Banyan ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Caryn ElementaryElementary · 553 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Cucamonga High0.4 mi · 3,221
- Terra Vista Elementary0.7 mi · 855
- Victoria Groves Elementary0.9 mi · 452
- Caryn Elementary0.9 mi · 553
- Windrows Elementary1.1 mi · 593
- Los Osos High1.2 mi · 2,759
Frequently asked questions
About Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryHow large is Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary?
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary enrolls approximately 878 students in grades KG-05.
Is Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary have?
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.0:1.
How diverse is Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary?
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary reports a student body of 15% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 40% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary public or private?
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Etiwanda Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.