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Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary
Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary is one of the reasonably sized elementary-level communitys in Rialto, California, operated by Rialto Unified, with 414 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary is one of 29 schools operated by Rialto Unified, a district that caters to 23,067 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary shows that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 9% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
In terms of school funding signals, Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 78% of students at Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.5%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).
The closest other public school is Ethel Kucera Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.9%.
Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.
Over the past 7-year window. Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 413 (now 414).
On allk12, the feed for Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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