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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Caryn Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
553
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETIWANDA ELEMENTARY·NCES 061296009365
Caryn Elementary
6290 Sierra Crest View Loop, Alta Loma, CA 91737 · (909) 941-9551 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL553 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
24.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
133 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 | 103 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (108).
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
70.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.2pp since 2014
Math
66.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +1.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 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 | 44.0% | 26.8% | 16.9% | 12.3% |
| Math | 38.6% | 28.3% | 21.0% | 12.1% |
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 | 70.8% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 67.7% | 70.5% |
| 2022-23 | 68.9% | 72.5% |
| 2021-22 | 69.1% | 66.8% |
| 2018-19 | 77.4% | 74.2% |
| 2017-18 | 77.7% | 71.1% |
| 2016-17 | 75.3% | 70.3% |
| 2015-16 | 70.0% | 64.0% |
| 2014-15 | 72.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
69.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Caryn Elementary
Caryn Elementary's state test result (69.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caryn Elementary this school | 553 | 24.1% | 69.1% |
| Nesbit Elementary Belmont | 566 | 27.0% | 55.6% |
| Arma J. Shull Elementary San Dimas | 633 | 26.1% | 79.8% |
| McKinley Elementary Burlingame | 541 | 25.7% | 64.7% |
| Lietz Elementary San Jose | 501 | 23.2% | 62.1% |
| La Fetra Elementary Glendora | 613 | 22.7% | 60.9% |
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 Caryn Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #695 of 5,151 | #12 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #737 of 5,172 ▼ 159 | #12 of 321 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #709 of 5,172 ▲ 121 | #16 of 321 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.9pp | #3,044 of 5,116 | #230 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 553 | #1,830 of 5,915 | #153 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,729 of 5,352 | #227 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #510 of 5,354 | #6 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #5,009 of 5,625 | #326 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #3,251 of 3,837 | #204 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
553
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-6% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 553 | 23.1 | 24.0:1 | 24% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 23.3 | 24.0:1 | 25% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 544 | 23.6 | 23.0:1 | 39% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 582 | 24 | 24.3:1 | 23% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 19.9 | 29.4:1 | 28% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 21 | 27.1:1 | 22% (128) |
| 2010-11 | 432 | N/A | N/A | 17% (72) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 27 | 22.6:1 | 5% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 19 | 30.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caryn Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (586 to 553); teachers up 16% (19.9 to 23.1).
About Caryn Elementary
Families in Alta Loma, California, are served by Caryn Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 553 students on the rolls.
Within Etiwanda Elementary, Caryn Elementary is one of 18 schools. The district enrolls 13,666 students.
The largest group at Caryn Elementary is Hispanic students, at 42%. Smaller groups are 24% Asian, 22% White, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 24.0:1 is based on 23.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 24% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 50 points below the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
Among California public elementary schools, Caryn Elementary outscored 76%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Caryn Elementary would score about 65.4%. It scores 69.1%, 3.7 points above that figure.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where the median household earns about $85,478 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Caryn Elementary shares San Bernardino County with 582 other public schools.
Caryn Elementary's nearest public school is Los Osos High (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Caryn Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%.
Caryn Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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 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
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Alta Loma
- Alta Loma HighHigh · 2,386 students
- Vineyard Junior HighMiddle · 933 students
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Alta Loma Junior HighMiddle · 831 students
- Floyd M. Stork ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Banyan ElementaryElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Los Osos High0.4 mi · 2,759
- Rancho Cucamonga High0.7 mi · 3,221
- Banyan Elementary0.9 mi · 572
- Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary0.9 mi · 878
- John L. Golden Elementary1.0 mi · 916
- Victoria Groves Elementary1.1 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About Caryn ElementaryHow many students attend Caryn Elementary?
Caryn Elementary enrolls approximately 553 students in grades KG-05.
Is Caryn Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caryn Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Caryn Elementary have?
Caryn Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Caryn Elementary?
Student demographics at Caryn Elementary are roughly 22% White, 42% Hispanic, 3% Black, 24% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Caryn Elementary public or private?
Caryn 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.