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If you had an hour of school board time for Central Language Academy, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847009417
Central Language Academy
415 East G St., Ontario, CA 91764 · (909) 983-8522 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of California public elementary schools
- BTest 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
480 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 84 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 132% larger than its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
49.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.4pp since 2014
Math
36.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +25.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.3% | 32.1% | 23.6% | 26.9% |
| Math | 13.3% | 22.7% | 31.4% | 32.5% |
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 | 49.4% | 36.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.3% | 29.7% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 48.7% | 24.7% |
| 2018-19 | 49.4% | 26.6% |
| 2017-18 | 40.9% | 20.8% |
| 2016-17 | 33.5% | 17.8% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Central Language Academy
Central Language Academy's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Language Academy this school | 736 | 65.2% | 42.9% |
| Mann (Horace) Elementary Anaheim | 705 | 67.2% | 26.8% |
| Ponderosa Elementary Anaheim | 785 | 67.4% | 14.7% |
| Gallatin Elementary Downey | 788 | 66.9% | 45.7% |
| Alpine Elementary Littlerock | 591 | 64.8% | 20.3% |
| Orange County Educational Arts Academy Santa Ana | 643 | 64.1% | 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 Central Language Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,241 of 5,151 | #83 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #2,639 of 5,172 ▲ 473 | #104 of 321 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #2,079 of 5,172 ▲ 84 | #82 of 321 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,373 of 5,116 | #96 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #600 of 5,915 | #46 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,468 of 5,352 | #289 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #4,509 of 5,354 | #279 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #3,221 of 5,625 | #251 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #833 of 1,139 | #50 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
736
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 24.5:1
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 | 736 | 29.4 | 25.1:1 | 65% (480) |
| 2023-24 | 733 | 29.5 | 24.9:1 | 67% (494) |
| 2022-23 | 733 | 29.5 | 24.9:1 | 68% (499) |
| 2020-21 | 734 | 30 | 24.5:1 | 59% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 29.3 | 24.2:1 | 71% (500) |
| 2015-16 | 707 | 30 | 23.6:1 | 71% (502) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | N/A | N/A | 86% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 28 | 21.6:1 | 93% (566) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 18 | 29.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Language Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (709 to 736); teachers unchanged (29.3 to 29.4).
About Central Language Academy
Students in Ontario, California, attend Central Language Academy, a large elementary school. Classes run from kindergarten through 8, and the school has 736 students. Against the 465-student average for elementary schools in California, enrollment here is 58% higher.
Ontario-Montclair oversees Central Language Academy and 32 other schools, with 17,640 students in total.
Central Language Academy's enrollment is 90% Hispanic. Next come 4% White and 3% Black. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. Central Language Academy's diversity index is 18%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 25.1:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Eligible students account for 65% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Bernardino County is 74%.
The allk12 Grade for Central Language Academy is B. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 59% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with Central Language Academy's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 41.3%. Central Language Academy scores 42.9%, 1.6 points above that line.
In San Bernardino County (population about 2,197,104), the median household income is $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, enrolling about 393,648 students in all.
The nearest other public school, Vina Danks Middle, is about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Central Language Academy is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Central Language Academy had 734 students in 2020-21 and 736 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Discussions about Central Language Academy may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Ontario-Montclair
- Edison ElementaryElementary · 736 students
- Ray Wiltsey MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Oaks MiddleMiddle · 668 students
- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 657 students
- Richard Haynes ElementaryElementary · 641 students
- Berlyn ElementaryElementary · 639 students
Other schools in Ontario
- Chaffey HighHigh · 3,127 students
- Colony HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Ontario HighHigh · 1,994 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 844 students
- Ranch View ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Edison ElementaryElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Vina Danks Middle0.6 mi · 544
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 530
- Chaffey High0.7 mi · 3,127
- Berlyn Elementary0.9 mi · 639
- Edison Elementary1.0 mi · 736
- Hawthorne Elementary1.2 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Central Language AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Central Language Academy?
Central Language Academy enrolls approximately 736 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Central Language Academy serve?
Central Language Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Central Language Academy?
Approximately 25.1:1 students per teacher at Central Language Academy.
What is the student diversity at Central Language Academy?
Student demographics at Central Language Academy are roughly 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Central Language Academy in?
Central Language Academy is part of Ontario-Montclair.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.