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Enrollment
739
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237012308
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary
1050 West Rialto Ave., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 820-6830 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL739 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
23.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
675 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 162 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (162) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
27%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
25.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.4pp since 2014
Math
14.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -10.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 18.1% | 21.1% | 53.3% |
| Math | 3.6% | 11.3% | 29.0% | 56.1% |
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 | 25.6% | 14.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 18.4% |
| 2022-23 | 18.8% | 10.4% |
| 2021-22 | 19.4% | 7.8% |
| 2018-19 | 29.3% | 19.4% |
| 2017-18 | 37.7% | 24.9% |
| 2016-17 | 32.6% | 24.7% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Charlotte N. Werner Elementary
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte N. Werner Elementary this school | 739 | 91.3% | 20.7% |
| Eucalyptus Hawthorne | 709 | 91.3% | 32.8% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Bakersfield | 709 | 90.1% | 10.6% |
| Armada Elementary Moreno Valley | 684 | 92.4% | 31.9% |
| Kelly Elementary Compton | 685 | 89.6% | 48.1% |
| College Heights Elementary Bakersfield | 761 | 94.7% | 13.5% |
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 Charlotte N. Werner Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,519 of 5,151 | #250 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #4,751 of 5,172 ▼ 395 | #276 of 321 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,427 of 5,172 ▼ 55 | #255 of 321 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.6pp | #1,227 of 5,116 | #83 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 739 | #584 of 5,915 | #42 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,625 of 5,352 | #216 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.4% | #4,062 of 5,354 | #228 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #919 of 5,625 | #57 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.3% | #1,986 of 3,837 | #125 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
739
-46 (-6%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 886
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 739 | 31 | 23.9:1 | 91% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 32 | 21.3:1 | 93% (634) |
| 2022-23 | 717 | 31.7 | 22.6:1 | 89% (638) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 34 | 23.1:1 | 91% (717) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 36 | 24.2:1 | 93% (809) |
| 2015-16 | 944 | 34 | 27.8:1 | 90% (848) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | N/A | N/A | 94% (836) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charlotte N. Werner Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (872 to 739); teachers down 14% (36 to 31).
About Charlotte N. Werner Elementary
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in California, with an address in Rialto. It serves 739 students in kindergarten through 5. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 59% larger than that.
In Rialto Unified, 29 schools enroll a combined 23,067 students.
Most students at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary are Hispanic: 84% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 11% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 29 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 27%.
The teaching staff at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary is 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 23.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. About 91% of students, or 675, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 17 points.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Charlotte N. Werner Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Charlotte N. Werner Elementary is 26.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 20.7%.
In San Bernardino County (population about 2,197,104), median household income is about $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. A total of 583 public schools operate in San Bernardino County, serving about 393,648 students.
The nearest public school is Rialto Middle, at about 0.2 miles. Charlotte N. Werner Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Charlotte N. Werner Elementary ranks 8th on proficiency.
NCES assigns Charlotte N. Werner Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 785 to 739.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Rialto Middle0.2 mi · 1,017
- Sam V. Curtis Elementary0.9 mi · 702
- Helen L. Dollahan Elementary1.1 mi · 608
- Ted Porter Elementary1.1 mi · 629
- Maple Elementary1.2 mi · 511
- Virginia Primrose Elementary1.2 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Charlotte N. Werner ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary?
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary enrolls approximately 739 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Charlotte N. Werner Elementary serve?
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Charlotte N. Werner Elementary?
At Charlotte N. Werner Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 84% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Charlotte N. Werner Elementary public or private?
Charlotte N. Werner Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.