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If you could change one rule at Citrus Elementary, what would it be?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FONTANA UNIFIED·NCES 061392008291
Citrus Elementary
16041 Randall Ave., Fontana, CA 92335 · (909) 357-5140 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of California public elementary schools
- CTest 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
22.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
515 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 42% smaller than its 6th grade class (103).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Citrus Elementary→Sequoia Middle
Based on grade levels within Fontana Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
38.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.2pp since 2014
Math
26.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 23.3% | 21.9% | 39.8% |
| Math | 11.1% | 15.7% | 29.5% | 43.8% |
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 | 38.2% | 26.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.5% | 21.7% |
| 2022-23 | 30.3% | 18.4% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 14.2% |
| 2018-19 | 27.6% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 31.8% | 18.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.4% | 15.5% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
30.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Citrus Elementary
Citrus Elementary's state test result (30.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citrus Elementary this school | 596 | 86.4% | 30.2% |
| Gerald A. Smith Elementary Bloomington | 565 | 86.9% | 29.5% |
| Fremont Elementary Riverside | 593 | 88.0% | 29.8% |
| Ruth Grimes Elementary Bloomington | 606 | 85.5% | 44.3% |
| South Tamarind Elementary Fontana | 565 | 83.7% | 23.9% |
| Perris Elementary Perris | 617 | 86.5% | 18.0% |
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 Citrus Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,478 of 5,151 | #163 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.8% | #3,571 of 5,172 ▲ 414 | #168 of 321 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.2% | #3,117 of 5,172 ▲ 278 | #148 of 321 ▲ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.4pp | #205 of 5,116 | #13 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #1,440 of 5,915 | #108 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,575 of 5,352 | #131 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.8% | #4,659 of 5,354 | #297 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.4% | #1,530 of 5,625 | #122 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #1,001 of 3,837 | #56 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
596
-151 (-20%) vs 2020
-24% since 2000-01, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.0:1
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 | 596 | 26.5 | 22.5:1 | 86% (515) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 30.7 | 20.5:1 | 93% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 86% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 747 | 34 | 22.0:1 | 90% (671) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 29.8 | 26.3:1 | 88% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 816 | 30 | 27.2:1 | 91% (743) |
| 2010-11 | 806 | N/A | N/A | 89% (719) |
| 2000-01 | 785 | 38 | 20.7:1 | 100% (782) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Citrus Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (783 to 596); teachers down 11% (29.8 to 26.5).
About Citrus Elementary
Citrus Elementary is a public elementary school run by Fontana Unified in Fontana, California. The school serves 596 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Fontana Unified counts 32,735 students in its 44 schools, and Citrus Elementary is one of them.
The large majority of students at Citrus Elementary, 92%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 4% Black and 3% White. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Citrus Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 16%.
The school has about 22.5 students per teacher and 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 86%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
allk12 grades Citrus Elementary a B-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Citrus Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 30.2% actual against 28.9% predicted.
Among San Bernardino County residents, median household income is about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Nearby, Fontana High is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Citrus Elementary places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
NCES describes the area around Citrus Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Citrus Elementary had 747 students in 2020-21 and 596 in 2024-25, a 20% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at Citrus Elementary. 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 Fontana Unified
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Wayne Ruble MiddleMiddle · 1,394 students
Other schools in Fontana
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Options for Youth-ActonHigh · 2,171 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
Other Citrus Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Citrus Elementary. Citrus Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Citrus ElementaryUpland, CA · 494 students
- CITRUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVERO BEACH, FL · 630 students
- CITRUS ELEMENTARYOCOEE, FL · 506 students
Nearby schools
- Fontana High0.2 mi · 2,534
- West Randall Elementary0.5 mi · 304
- Date Elementary0.6 mi · 533
- Harry S. Truman Middle0.7 mi · 883
- Randall Pepper Elementary0.8 mi · 455
- Poplar Elementary0.8 mi · 450
Frequently asked questions
About Citrus ElementaryHow many students attend Citrus Elementary?
Citrus Elementary enrolls approximately 596 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Citrus Elementary serve?
Citrus Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Citrus Elementary have?
Citrus Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Citrus Elementary?
Student demographics at Citrus Elementary are roughly 3% White, 92% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Citrus Elementary?
Citrus Elementary is overseen by Fontana Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.