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Enrollment
380
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005353
Cole Elementary
1331 Cole Ave., Highland, CA 92346 · (909) 388-6510 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL380 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- 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
21.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
363 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
24.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
16.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.7% | 17.5% | 22.0% | 53.8% |
| Math | 4.9% | 11.6% | 19.6% | 63.8% |
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 | 24.2% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 18.2% | 8.8% |
| 2022-23 | 21.8% | 12.1% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 9.8% |
| 2018-19 | 34.3% | 22.2% |
| 2017-18 | 33.3% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 22.6% | 11.2% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Cole Elementary
Cole Elementary's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Elementary this school | 380 | 95.5% | 17.4% |
| Encanto Elementary San Diego | 386 | 93.5% | 26.4% |
| Eastside Elementary Lancaster | 423 | 96.0% | 24.6% |
| Bancroft Elementary Spring Valley | 391 | 93.1% | 18.3% |
| Monterey Elementary San Bernardino | 372 | 96.5% | 12.7% |
| Susan B. Anthony Elementary Fresno | 368 | 97.3% | 33.0% |
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 Cole Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,790 of 5,151 | #279 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #4,610 of 5,172 ▲ 444 | #260 of 321 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #4,557 of 5,172 ▲ 306 | #266 of 321 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,994 of 5,116 | #223 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 380 | #3,922 of 5,915 | #286 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #1,582 of 5,352 | #71 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #3,648 of 5,354 | #192 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #381 of 5,625 | #23 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #3,637 of 3,837 | #235 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
380
-52 (-12%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 380 | 18 | 21.1:1 | 96% (363) |
| 2023-24 | 397 | 18.5 | 21.5:1 | 95% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 19.5 | 22.5:1 | 95% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 18 | 24.0:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 15 | 25.9:1 | 93% (361) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 16 | 25.8:1 | 95% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | N/A | N/A | 93% (388) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 29 | 19.3:1 | 93% (519) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 22 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cole Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (388 to 380); teachers up 20% (15 to 18).
About Cole Elementary
Cole Elementary is an elementary school in Highland, California, according to federal school records. The latest federal count shows 380 students in kindergarten through 6.
San Bernardino City Unified enrolls 44,080 students in 72 schools, including Cole Elementary.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Cole Elementary, at 79%. The remaining shares are 9% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 36% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Cole Elementary total 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 21.1:1. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 96%. Among public schools in San Bernardino County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Cole Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Cole Elementary scores 17.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 23.6%.
Census Bureau estimates for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Cole Elementary is one of 583 public schools in the county.
Highland Pacific Elementary is the public school closest to Cole Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Cole Elementary ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Cole Elementary the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment declined 12% from its 2020-21 level of 432. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.0:1 to 21.1:1.
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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 San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in Highland
- Beattie MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 716 students
- Belvedere ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Lankershim ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Entrepreneur HighHigh · 528 students
- Arroyo Verde ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Other Cole Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Cole Elementary. Cole Elementary is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Cole ElementaryClovis, CA · 667 students
- Cole ElementaryAntioch, TN · 780 students
- Cole Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 769 students
- COLE ELEM.ST LOUIS, MO · 283 students
- Cole ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 164 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Pacific Elementary0.4 mi · 285
- San Andreas High0.5 mi · 420
- Thompson Elementary0.5 mi · 455
- Cypress Elementary0.8 mi · 517
- New Vision Middle1.0 mi · 460
- Entrepreneur High1.0 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Cole ElementaryHow many students attend Cole Elementary?
Cole Elementary enrolls approximately 380 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cole Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cole Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Cole Elementary have?
Cole Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Cole Elementary?
At Cole Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Cole Elementary public or private?
Cole Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.
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