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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939010300
Cooley Ranch Elementary
1000 South Cooley Dr., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5023 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
427 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 16% larger than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
25.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.0pp since 2014
Math
17.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 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 down 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 | 8.0% | 17.0% | 24.7% | 50.3% |
| Math | 5.0% | 12.5% | 28.4% | 54.1% |
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 | 25.0% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 20.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 26.3% |
| 2021-22 | 31.7% | 21.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.7% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 33.0% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.1% | 24.9% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Cooley Ranch Elementary
Cooley Ranch Elementary's state test result (22.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooley Ranch Elementary this school | 530 | 80.6% | 22.3% |
| Ocotillo Elementary Palmdale | 588 | 79.1% | 30.4% |
| Quail Valley Elementary Palmdale | 503 | 86.5% | 22.3% |
| TEAM Charter Stockton | 511 | 85.7% | N/A |
| McKinley Pasadena | 538 | 78.4% | 21.8% |
| Burbank Elementary Long Beach | 538 | 81.8% | 40.1% |
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 Cooley Ranch Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.3% | #4,366 of 5,151 | #236 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #4,519 of 5,172 ▼ 436 | #251 of 321 ▼ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,477 of 5,172 ▼ 198 | #261 of 321 ▼ 30 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.2pp | #524 of 5,116 | #14 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,082 of 5,915 | #174 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.8:1 | #2,861 of 5,352 | #155 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #3,300 of 5,354 | #160 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.6% | #2,140 of 5,625 | #178 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #2,360 of 3,837 | #151 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
530
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-34% since 2000-01, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
22.8:1
was 23.4:1
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 | 530 | 23.2 | 22.8:1 | 81% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 21 | 24.1:1 | 78% (392) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 20 | 24.9:1 | 84% (420) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 23 | 23.4:1 | 75% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 25.5 | 23.8:1 | 79% (476) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 27 | 23.9:1 | 79% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | N/A | N/A | 70% (449) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 39 | 20.5:1 | 55% (440) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cooley Ranch Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (606 to 530); teachers down 9% (25.5 to 23.2).
About Cooley Ranch Elementary
Cooley Ranch Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Colton, California. It educates 530 students in kindergarten through 6.
Cooley Ranch Elementary falls under Colton Joint Unified, which has 27 schools enrolling 18,397 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Cooley Ranch Elementary, with 74% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 18% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 19 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. Cooley Ranch Elementary's diversity index is 42%, against a US figure of 70%.
Dividing enrollment by its 23.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 22.8:1. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. Cooley Ranch Elementary reports 81% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
Cooley Ranch Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 22.3%, compared with a predicted 32.3%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, enrolling about 393,648 students in all.
San Bernardino County Special Education is located about 0.9 miles from Cooley Ranch Elementary. The five-mile area around Cooley Ranch Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 26.5%, higher than Cooley Ranch Elementary's 22.3%.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (537) to 2024-25 (530).
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Cooley Ranch Elementary, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
Other schools in Colton
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Mojave River Academy - National TrailsCombined · 801 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryElementary · 608 students
Nearby schools
- San Bernardino County Special Education0.9 mi · 1,860
- Mojave River Academy - National Trails1.1 mi · 801
- Terrace View Elementary1.2 mi · 625
- Reche Canyon Elementary1.4 mi · 547
- Washington High1.7 mi · 126
- Terrace Hills Middle1.9 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Cooley Ranch ElementaryHow large is Cooley Ranch Elementary?
Cooley Ranch Elementary enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Cooley Ranch Elementary serve?
Cooley Ranch Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cooley Ranch Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cooley Ranch Elementary is approximately 22.8:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Cooley Ranch Elementary?
Cooley Ranch Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 74% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Cooley Ranch Elementary?
Cooley Ranch Elementary is overseen by Colton Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.