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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237003848
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary
1390 West Randall Ave., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 421-7620 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- B-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.
- A-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
25.2:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
468 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
36.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.9pp since 2014
Math
35.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.8% | 24.2% | 24.8% | 38.3% |
| Math | 13.4% | 21.8% | 28.5% | 36.2% |
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 | 36.9% | 35.2% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 32.8% |
| 2022-23 | 33.5% | 29.1% |
| 2021-22 | 32.5% | 25.9% |
| 2018-19 | 29.4% | 31.9% |
| 2017-18 | 30.3% | 25.0% |
| 2016-17 | 33.7% | 27.7% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary this school | 608 | 77.0% | 36.4% |
| Redwood Elementary Fontana | 654 | 76.1% | 29.8% |
| Rice (Lilian J.) Elementary Chula Vista | 613 | 74.6% | 34.2% |
| Revere (Paul) Elementary Anaheim | 622 | 79.7% | 28.6% |
| Unsworth (Edith) Elementary Downey | 633 | 75.0% | 58.9% |
| Franklin (Benjamin) Elementary Anaheim | 604 | 75.2% | 34.7% |
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 Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #2,827 of 5,151 | #121 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #2,725 of 5,172 ▲ 75 | #111 of 321 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #3,229 of 5,172 ▼ 567 | #159 of 321 ▼ 41 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.9pp | #1,165 of 5,116 | #80 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,329 of 5,915 | #98 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,522 of 5,352 | #294 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #4,538 of 5,354 | #283 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,462 of 5,625 | #200 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #2,959 of 3,837 | #185 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
608
+15 (+3%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 863
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 608 | 24.1 | 25.2:1 | 77% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 622 | 25.5 | 24.4:1 | 79% (490) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 75% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 23 | 25.8:1 | 84% (501) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 25 | 26.4:1 | 83% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 693 | 25 | 27.7:1 | 79% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 719 | N/A | N/A | 77% (556) |
| 2000-01 | 863 | 40 | 21.6:1 | 67% (577) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (660 to 608); teachers down 3% (25 to 24.1).
About Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Colton, California, administered by Rialto Unified. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 608 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 31% larger than that mark.
Enrollment across the 29 schools in Rialto Unified totals 23,067 students.
At Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary, 90% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 4% Black and 2% White. Census figures show San Bernardino County is about 55% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
There are 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary, giving a ratio of 25.2:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 2.9 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 468 students, or 77%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 53% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.4% for Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary. The school posts 36.4%, 2.0 points above the prediction.
Census data for San Bernardino County show median household income comes to about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 583 public schools and about 393,648 students.
Measured in a straight line, William G. Jehue Middle is about 0.5 miles from Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 593 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 608 by 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary. 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 Rialto Unified
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
Other schools in Colton
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Mojave River Academy - National TrailsCombined · 801 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Georgia F. Morris ElementaryElementary · 604 students
Nearby schools
- William G. Jehue Middle0.5 mi · 1,444
- Paul Rogers Elementary0.5 mi · 602
- Rialto High0.5 mi · 2,623
- Georgia F. Morris Elementary0.6 mi · 604
- J.P. Kelley Elementary0.7 mi · 661
- Colton Middle0.9 mi · 870
Frequently asked questions
About Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary?
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-05.
Is Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary?
At Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary in?
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is part of Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.