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Enrollment
713
Elementary
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HESPERIA UNIFIED·NCES 060001411119
Cypress School of the Arts
10365 Cypress Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345 · (760) 949-2596 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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.
- DBeats 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
24.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
449 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 125 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
29.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.9pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 20.1% | 26.9% | 43.9% |
| Math | 8.7% | 15.9% | 33.6% | 41.8% |
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 | 29.1% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 23.9% |
| 2022-23 | 30.2% | 23.8% |
| 2021-22 | 35.1% | 22.8% |
| 2018-19 | 38.8% | 30.2% |
| 2017-18 | 34.4% | 26.0% |
| 2016-17 | 30.6% | 21.9% |
| 2015-16 | 36.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 43% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 School of the Arts
Cypress School of the Arts's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cypress School of the Arts this school | 713 | 63.0% | 27.3% |
| Imperial Beach Charter Imperial Beach | 724 | 62.8% | 28.1% |
| Washington Elementary Riverside | 818 | 63.7% | 28.5% |
| Terrace View Elementary Grand Terrace | 625 | 58.9% | 40.9% |
| Peggy Heller Elementary Atwater | 712 | 63.8% | 41.5% |
| Mesquite Trails Elementary Hesperia | 882 | 65.1% | 40.0% |
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 Cypress School of the Arts ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #3,825 of 5,151 | #187 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #3,811 of 5,172 ▼ 68 | #182 of 321 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #4,067 of 5,172 ▼ 312 | #222 of 321 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #1,204 of 5,116 | #52 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #693 of 5,915 | #53 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,875 of 5,352 | #237 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #3,524 of 5,354 | #181 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.0% | #3,332 of 5,625 | #263 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #1,924 of 3,837 | #118 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
713
-98 (-12%) vs 2020
-8% since 2010-11, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 26.2:1
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 | 713 | 29.5 | 24.2:1 | 63% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 29.5 | 22.9:1 | 61% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 29.5 | 23.7:1 | 58% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 811 | 31 | 26.2:1 | 58% (474) |
| 2017-18 | 847 | 32 | 26.5:1 | 77% (654) |
| 2015-16 | 828 | 27 | 30.7:1 | 71% (589) |
| 2010-11 | 773 | N/A | N/A | 67% (519) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cypress School of the Arts.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (847 to 713); teachers down 8% (32 to 29.5).
About Cypress School of the Arts
Cypress School of the Arts is a large elementary school in Hesperia, California, (ZIP code 92345). It reported 713 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 53% higher.
Cypress School of the Arts is among 25 schools run by Hesperia Unified, which serves 23,188 students.
The student body at Cypress School of the Arts is 77% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 16% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 55%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 38%.
Classroom staffing at Cypress School of the Arts totals 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 24.2:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Cypress School of the Arts is about 63%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County, the school's rate is lower.
Cypress School of the Arts holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 11% of California public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 27.3%, is 15.3 points below the 42.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of California schools.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where the median household earns about $85,478 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Cypress School of the Arts shares San Bernardino County with 582 other public schools.
Cypress School of the Arts's closest public school neighbor is Hesperia Junior High, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Cypress School of the Arts, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 5 nearby schools with scores, Cypress School of the Arts ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Cypress School of the Arts in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Cypress School of the Arts had a net loss of 98 students, or 12%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.2:1 to 24.2:1 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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Other schools in Hesperia Unified
- Hesperia HighHigh · 2,405 students
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- Sultana HighHigh · 2,098 students
- Hesperia Junior HighMiddle · 1,228 students
- Ranchero MiddleMiddle · 1,140 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,061 students
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- Alta Vista Innovation HighHigh · 2,812 students
- Hesperia HighHigh · 2,405 students
- Sultana HighHigh · 2,098 students
- Hesperia Junior HighMiddle · 1,228 students
- Ranchero MiddleMiddle · 1,140 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,061 students
Nearby schools
- Hesperia Junior High0.2 mi · 1,228
- Joshua Circle Elementary0.5 mi · 643
- Shadow Ridge1.0 mi · 378
- Eucalyptus Elementary1.1 mi · 737
- Pathways to College K81.2 mi · 431
- Mojave High1.3 mi · 277
Frequently asked questions
About Cypress School of the ArtsWhat is the total enrollment at Cypress School of the Arts?
Cypress School of the Arts enrolls approximately 713 students in grades KG-06.
Is Cypress School of the Arts an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cypress School of the Arts is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Cypress School of the Arts?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Cypress School of the Arts.
How diverse is Cypress School of the Arts?
Cypress School of the Arts reports a student body of 16% White, 77% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Cypress School of the Arts in?
Cypress School of the Arts is part of Hesperia Unified.
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