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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Chapman Heights Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YUCAIPA-CALIMESA JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 064356012266
Chapman Heights Elementary
33692 Cramer Rd., Yucaipa, CA 92399 · (909) 790-8080 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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.
- C+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
25.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
351 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 | 124 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
47.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.4pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp 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 43 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.0% | 24.4% | 22.3% | 30.3% |
| Math | 19.6% | 23.1% | 24.5% | 32.9% |
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 | 47.4% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.8% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 38.4% |
| 2021-22 | 40.4% | 34.2% |
| 2018-19 | 44.2% | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | 49.7% | 44.5% |
| 2016-17 | 49.5% | 44.6% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
43.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Chapman Heights Elementary
Chapman Heights Elementary's state test result (43.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman Heights Elementary this school | 597 | 58.8% | 43.9% |
| Hughson Elementary Hughson | 596 | 60.2% | 43.9% |
| Wildwood Elementary Yucaipa | 607 | 57.7% | 42.8% |
| Pine Grove Elementary Santa Maria | 569 | 58.7% | 51.4% |
| Northlake Hills Elementary Castaic | 556 | 59.2% | 53.8% |
| Monte Vista Elementary Vista | 556 | 55.6% | 39.1% |
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 Chapman Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,162 of 5,151 | #80 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,090 of 5,172 ▼ 70 | #73 of 321 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #2,243 of 5,172 ▲ 206 | #93 of 321 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.7pp | #985 of 5,116 | #64 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #1,435 of 5,915 | #107 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.0:1 | #4,452 of 5,352 | #287 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #2,413 of 5,354 | #93 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #3,531 of 5,625 | #275 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.0% | #997 of 3,837 | #55 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
597
-189 (-24%) vs 2017
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 717
Student : Teacher
25.0:1
was 25.6:1
% White
38%
was 51%
% Hispanic
56%
was 41%
% Black
1%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 4%
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 | 597 | 23.8 | 25.0:1 | 59% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 24.9 | 24.5:1 | 61% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 628 | 25.1 | 25.0:1 | 55% (345) |
| 2017-18 | 786 | 30.7 | 25.6:1 | 39% (308) |
| 2010-11 | 717 | N/A | N/A | 32% (228) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (786 to 597); teachers down 22% (30.7 to 23.8).
About Chapman Heights Elementary
Chapman Heights Elementary sits in Yucaipa, California, and is classified as an elementary school. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 597 students. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Federal data list 13 schools in Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified, with 8,519 students enrolled.
More than half of the students at Chapman Heights Elementary are Hispanic (56%). The remaining shares are 38% White and 4% multiracial. That is in line with San Bernardino County, where about 55% of residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Chapman Heights Elementary is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 25.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Chapman Heights Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 59%. Across public schools in San Bernardino County, the average is 74%.
Chapman Heights Elementary earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 57% of California public elementary schools.
The model predicts 45.1% for a school in California with Chapman Heights Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Chapman Heights Elementary posts 43.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for San Bernardino County show that median household income comes to about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. San Bernardino County counts 583 public schools with about 393,648 students.
The closest school to Chapman Heights Elementary is Valley Elementary, located about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Chapman Heights Elementary ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 43.9% against a local average of 37.6%.
Federal data place Chapman Heights Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 24% across 7 years, from 786 in 2017-18 to 597 in 2024-25. The Hispanic share was 41% in 2017-18 and 56% in 2024-25.
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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 Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
- Yucaipa HighHigh · 2,755 students
- Park View MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA)Elementary · 717 students
- Mesa View MiddleMiddle · 717 students
- Wildwood ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryElementary · 567 students
Other schools in Yucaipa
- Yucaipa HighHigh · 2,755 students
- Inland Leaders CharterElementary · 997 students
- Park View MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA)Elementary · 717 students
- Wildwood ElementaryElementary · 607 students
- Ridgeview ElementaryElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 518
- Yucaipa High1.0 mi · 2,755
- Oak View High School & Education Center1.0 mi · 90
- Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA)1.0 mi · 717
- Dunlap Elementary1.4 mi · 382
- Park View Middle1.7 mi · 870
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman Heights ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chapman Heights Elementary?
Chapman Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Chapman Heights Elementary serve?
Chapman Heights Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Chapman Heights Elementary?
Approximately 25.0:1 students per teacher at Chapman Heights Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chapman Heights Elementary?
At Chapman Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Chapman Heights Elementary in?
Chapman Heights Elementary is part of Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.