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Enrollment
640
Middle
DISTRICT 696 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417012143
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy
1985 North Guthrie St., San Bernardino, CA 92404 · (909) 884-6030 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 99% of California public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
571 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 161 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 240 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 239 | 37% |
Student demographics
27%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
83.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +42.5pp since 2014
Math
66.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +36.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 42 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.8% | 45.7% | 13.9% | 2.6% |
| Math | 32.5% | 34.4% | 26.7% | 6.4% |
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 | 83.5% | 66.9% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 61.7% |
| 2022-23 | 72.6% | 52.2% |
| 2021-22 | 69.8% | 45.2% |
| 2018-19 | 69.0% | 62.4% |
| 2017-18 | 66.2% | 62.2% |
| 2016-17 | 61.3% | 52.5% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+45.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 46 points, placing it in California's top 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 Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy this school | 640 | 89.2% | 73.0% |
| Richardson PREP HI Middle San Bernardino | 583 | 88.0% | 84.7% |
| Serrano Middle Montclair | 657 | 91.5% | 49.3% |
| Oaks Middle Ontario | 668 | 89.5% | 40.2% |
| Tenaya Middle Merced | 607 | 91.6% | 20.7% |
| Vernon Middle Montclair | 580 | 85.9% | 34.3% |
Matched among California middle 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 Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #95 of 1,224 | #3 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #117 of 1,227 ▲ 30 | #3 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #39 of 1,227 ▲ 31 | #2 of 76 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.7pp | #7 of 1,214 | #1 of 73 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #693 of 1,377 | #56 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #861 of 1,279 | #46 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #977 of 1,278 | #51 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #308 of 1,329 | #24 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #627 of 930 | #42 of 56 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
640
-191 (-23%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 799
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 640 | 28.7 | 22.3:1 | 89% (571) |
| 2023-24 | 699 | 29.3 | 23.8:1 | 88% (618) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 29.8 | 24.8:1 | 87% (641) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 31 | 26.8:1 | 90% (745) |
| 2017-18 | 718 | 31 | 23.1:1 | 89% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 31 | 25.0:1 | 91% (708) |
| 2010-11 | 799 | N/A | N/A | 88% (705) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (718 to 640); teachers down 8% (31 to 28.7).
About Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy operates as a medium-sized middle school in San Bernardino, California. School enrollment was 640 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.
Federal data list 72 schools in San Bernardino City Unified, with 44,080 students enrolled.
About 85% of the student body at Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is Hispanic. The remaining students are 5% White, 4% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy's diversity index is 27%, against a US figure of 70%.
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy employs 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.3:1. This ratio sits 1.6 above the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 89% in 2024-25. The 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 15 points lower.
The allk12 Grade for Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is A+. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 99% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After accounting for student poverty, Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is in the top 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.0% is 45.7 points above the 27.3% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is located in San Bernardino County, where the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is one of 583 public schools in the county.
Emmerton Elementary is the public school closest to Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy, about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.3% on proficiency, and Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is above that at 73.0%.
In the federal locale system, Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 23% from 2020-21, when Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy had 831 students, to 2024-25, when it had 640. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.8:1 to 22.3:1 over the same years.
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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
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Frequently asked questions
About Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP AcademyHow large is Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy?
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy enrolls approximately 640 students in grades 06-08.
Is Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is approximately 22.3:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy?
At Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy, the student body is approximately 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy in?
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy is part of San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.