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Does Cypress Elementary have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
517
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005355
Cypress Elementary
26825 Cypress St., Highland, CA 92346 · (909) 388-6514 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
18.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
487 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 107 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 57% larger than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
26%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
29.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.8pp since 2014
Math
24.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 16 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.4% | 17.4% | 24.8% | 45.5% |
| Math | 9.5% | 14.5% | 16.1% | 59.9% |
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 | 29.8% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 14.5% |
| 2022-23 | 30.4% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 21.5% |
| 2018-19 | 31.2% | 20.9% |
| 2017-18 | 26.3% | 20.3% |
| 2016-17 | 27.9% | 19.2% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Cypress Elementary
Cypress Elementary's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress Elementary this school | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
| Bradley Elementary San Bernardino | 530 | 94.9% | 34.3% |
| Tumbleweed Elementary Palmdale | 502 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Chollas/Mead Elementary San Diego | 534 | 94.2% | 30.6% |
| Ramona Elementary Moreno Valley | 528 | 91.7% | 17.2% |
| Mary B. Lewis Elementary Bloomington | 548 | 93.1% | 24.3% |
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 Cypress Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #4,265 of 5,151 | #230 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #3,883 of 5,172 ▲ 839 | #193 of 321 ▲ 72 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #4,013 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #218 of 321 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.7pp | #3,141 of 5,116 | #236 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #2,230 of 5,915 | #186 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #470 of 5,352 | #16 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #4,141 of 5,354 | #239 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #549 of 5,625 | #32 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #2,665 of 3,837 | #164 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
517
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 517 | 27.5 | 18.8:1 | 94% (487) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 24.5 | 20.2:1 | 92% (458) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 22.6 | 21.0:1 | 90% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 92% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 576 | 25 | 23.0:1 | 91% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 24 | 24.1:1 | 93% (538) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | N/A | N/A | 93% (515) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 37 | 20.7:1 | 87% (669) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 26 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (576 to 517); teachers up 10% (25 to 27.5).
About Cypress Elementary
Cypress Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Highland, California, (ZIP code 92346). It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 517 students.
San Bernardino City Unified has 72 schools; together they serve 44,080 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Cypress Elementary, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Black, 2% White, and 2% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Cypress Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
The school has about 18.8 students per teacher and 27.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, higher than at this school. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
allk12 grades Cypress Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with Cypress Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 24.4%. Cypress Elementary scores 23.2%, 1.1 points below that line.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and median household income is about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Cole Elementary is located about 0.8 miles from Cypress Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Cypress Elementary is ahead of the 22.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 495 in 2020-21 and 517 in 2024-25, a 4% gain.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Cypress 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 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 Cypress Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cypress Elementary. Cypress Elementary is the 6th largest of the 11.
- Cypress ElementaryFontana, CA · 572 students
- Cypress ElementaryTulare, CA · 562 students
- Cypress ElementaryCovina, CA · 558 students
- Cypress ElementaryNewbury Park, CA · 325 students
- Cypress ElementaryRedding, CA · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Cole Elementary0.8 mi · 380
- Lankershim Elementary0.9 mi · 551
- Thompson Elementary1.0 mi · 455
- San Andreas High1.1 mi · 420
- Highland Pacific Elementary1.1 mi · 285
- Warm Springs Elementary1.4 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Cypress Elementary?
Cypress Elementary enrolls approximately 517 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cypress Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cypress Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cypress Elementary is approximately 18.8:1 (27 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Cypress Elementary?
Student demographics at Cypress Elementary are roughly 2% White, 86% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cypress Elementary?
Cypress Elementary is overseen by San Bernardino City Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.