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Enrollment
496
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALTA LOMA ELEMENTARY·NCES 060216007640
Deer Canyon Elementary
10225 Hamilton St., Alta Loma, CA 91701 · (909) 484-5030 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL496 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
26.4:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
227 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 204% larger than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.7pp since 2014
Math
57.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +21.4pp 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 57 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 36.1% | 28.6% | 18.4% | 16.9% |
| Math | 31.3% | 26.2% | 27.3% | 15.2% |
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 | 64.7% | 57.4% |
| 2023-24 | 62.6% | 55.4% |
| 2022-23 | 61.9% | 51.1% |
| 2021-22 | 62.2% | 48.4% |
| 2018-19 | 64.9% | 57.8% |
| 2017-18 | 61.8% | 53.3% |
| 2016-17 | 60.6% | 49.7% |
| 2015-16 | 61.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
58.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Deer Canyon Elementary
Deer Canyon Elementary's state test result (58.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Canyon Elementary this school | 496 | 45.8% | 58.7% |
| Latimer San Jose | 491 | 47.5% | 52.3% |
| Mayflower Elementary Monrovia | 524 | 45.4% | 61.1% |
| Red Hawk Elementary Temecula | 496 | 44.2% | 65.4% |
| Victoria Groves Elementary Alta Loma | 452 | 41.2% | 62.2% |
| Skyblue Mesa Elementary Canyon Country | 569 | 48.9% | 45.2% |
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 Deer Canyon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.7% | #1,188 of 5,151 | #34 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.4% | #1,174 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #31 of 321 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #1,037 of 5,172 ▲ 57 | #32 of 321 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.7pp | #1,445 of 5,116 | #101 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 496 | #2,476 of 5,915 | #203 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.4:1 | #4,976 of 5,352 | #324 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.0% | #1,264 of 5,354 | #40 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #4,096 of 5,625 | #299 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.5% | #1,259 of 3,837 | #70 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
496
-83 (-14%) vs 2020
-55% since 1990-91, when it was 1,103
Student : Teacher
26.4:1
was 26.3:1
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 | 496 | 18.8 | 26.4:1 | 46% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 22.3 | 26.2:1 | 38% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 22.1 | 25.8:1 | 43% (246) |
| 2020-21 | 579 | 22 | 26.3:1 | 36% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 22.6 | 28.0:1 | 45% (282) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 22 | 27.4:1 | 41% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 35% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 35 | 21.3:1 | 22% (168) |
| 1990-91 | 1,103 | 39 | 28.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Deer Canyon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (632 to 496); teachers down 17% (22.6 to 18.8).
About Deer Canyon Elementary
Deer Canyon Elementary is one of the public schools in Alta Loma, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 496 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
Alta Loma Elementary (10 schools, 5,535 students) runs Deer Canyon Elementary.
The share of Hispanic students at Deer Canyon Elementary is 52%, a majority. After that, the student body is 23% White, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put San Bernardino County at about 55% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 65, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 18.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 26.4:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Of all students at Deer Canyon Elementary, 46% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 28 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Deer Canyon Elementary outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 52.7%. Deer Canyon Elementary scores 58.7%.
San Bernardino County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in San Bernardino County number 583, with about 393,648 students.
About 0.4 miles separate Deer Canyon Elementary from the closest public school, Vineyard Junior High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Deer Canyon Elementary is 4th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Deer Canyon Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 579 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 496 by 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Deer Canyon Elementary can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Alta Loma Elementary
- Vineyard Junior HighMiddle · 933 students
- Alta Loma Junior HighMiddle · 831 students
- Floyd M. Stork ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Banyan ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- Victoria Groves ElementaryElementary · 452 students
- Hermosa ElementaryElementary · 442 students
Other schools in Alta Loma
- Alta Loma HighHigh · 2,386 students
- Vineyard Junior HighMiddle · 933 students
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
- Alta Loma Junior HighMiddle · 831 students
- Floyd M. Stork ElementaryElementary · 642 students
- Banyan ElementaryElementary · 572 students
Other Deer Canyon Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Deer Canyon Elementary. Deer Canyon Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Deer Canyon ElementarySan Diego, CA · 354 students
Nearby schools
- Vineyard Junior High0.4 mi · 933
- Victoria Groves Elementary0.9 mi · 452
- Dona Merced Elementary1.0 mi · 547
- Alta Loma Elementary1.0 mi · 328
- Banyan Elementary1.2 mi · 572
- Ruth Musser Middle1.2 mi · 941
Frequently asked questions
About Deer Canyon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Deer Canyon Elementary?
Deer Canyon Elementary enrolls approximately 496 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Deer Canyon Elementary serve?
Deer Canyon Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Deer Canyon Elementary have?
Deer Canyon Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Deer Canyon Elementary?
At Deer Canyon Elementary, the student body is approximately 23% White, 52% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Deer Canyon Elementary in?
Deer Canyon Elementary is part of Alta Loma Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.