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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the David W. Long Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
757
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETIWANDA ELEMENTARY·NCES 061296008289
David W. Long Elementary
5383 Bridlepath Dr., Fontana, CA 92236 · (909) 463-1626 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL757 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of California public elementary schools
- A-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.
- AThree-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
25.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
176 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 150 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 134 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (134).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
65.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
64.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.0% | 29.2% | 19.5% | 15.3% |
| Math | 34.1% | 30.2% | 24.9% | 10.8% |
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 | 65.3% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 63.3% | 66.2% |
| 2022-23 | 63.6% | 62.6% |
| 2021-22 | 61.8% | 51.8% |
| 2018-19 | 71.3% | 63.8% |
| 2017-18 | 64.6% | 62.9% |
| 2016-17 | 62.5% | 56.4% |
| 2015-16 | 59.0% | 59.0% |
| 2014-15 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 David W. Long Elementary
David W. Long Elementary's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| David W. Long Elementary this school | 757 | 23.2% | 64.9% |
| Windrows Elementary Etiwanda | 593 | 23.4% | 59.5% |
| Etiwanda Colony Elementary Etiwanda | 571 | 22.4% | 66.3% |
| Stone Creek Elementary Madera | 672 | 25.6% | 55.4% |
| La Fetra Elementary Glendora | 613 | 22.7% | 60.9% |
| Newcomb Academy Long Beach | 914 | 20.1% | 75.9% |
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 David W. Long Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #887 of 5,151 | #20 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #863 of 5,172 ▼ 98 | #18 of 321 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.3% | #1,005 of 5,172 ▲ 65 | #31 of 321 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #910 of 5,116 | #60 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 757 | #506 of 5,915 | #38 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.1:1 | #4,488 of 5,352 | #293 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #945 of 5,354 | #24 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #5,032 of 5,625 | #328 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #2,732 of 3,837 | #167 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
757
-56 (-7%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
25.1:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 757 | 30.1 | 25.1:1 | 23% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 771 | 31.5 | 24.4:1 | 25% (191) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 33.7 | 23.2:1 | 43% (332) |
| 2020-21 | 813 | 33 | 24.6:1 | 28% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 838 | 32.7 | 25.6:1 | 29% (246) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | 36 | 23.1:1 | 26% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 724 | N/A | N/A | 22% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 35 | 22.9:1 | 9% (73) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for David W. Long Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (838 to 757); teachers down 8% (32.7 to 30.1).
About David W. Long Elementary
Federal records list David W. Long Elementary as an elementary school in Fontana, California. The school enrolls 757 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in California) has about 465 students.
Etiwanda Elementary is made up of 18 schools with 13,666 students in all.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at David W. Long Elementary is Hispanic (50%). Enrollment also includes 22% White, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at David W. Long Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 68%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.1:1 at David W. Long Elementary, with 30.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 23%. Public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
David W. Long Elementary is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 64.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.9%.
Census estimates describe San Bernardino County this way: median household income is about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
The closest other public school is Falcon Ridge Elementary, about 1.0 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, David W. Long Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 813 to 757.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Etiwanda Elementary
- Day Creek IntermediateMiddle · 1,326 students
- Etiwanda IntermediateMiddle · 1,181 students
- Heritage IntermediateMiddle · 1,175 students
- Summit IntermediateMiddle · 1,065 students
- John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · 916 students
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Fontana
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Options for Youth-ActonHigh · 2,171 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
Nearby schools
- Falcon Ridge Elementary1.0 mi · 546
- Summit High1.3 mi · 2,725
- Summit Intermediate1.8 mi · 1,065
- Etiwanda Community Day1.8 mi · 5
- Sierra Lakes Elementary1.9 mi · 902
- Cecilia Lucero Solorio Elementary1.9 mi · 813
Frequently asked questions
About David W. Long ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at David W. Long Elementary?
David W. Long Elementary enrolls approximately 757 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does David W. Long Elementary serve?
David W. Long Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at David W. Long Elementary?
Approximately 25.1:1 students per teacher at David W. Long Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at David W. Long Elementary?
At David W. Long Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 50% Hispanic, 5% Black, 12% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees David W. Long Elementary?
David W. Long Elementary is overseen by Etiwanda Elementary in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.