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Enrollment
476
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847004396
El Camino Elementary
1525 West Fifth St., Ontario, CA 91762 · (909) 986-6402 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL476 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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.
- A-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
18.3:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
428 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 105 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (105) is 94% larger than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
43.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.9pp since 2014
Math
35.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.9% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 34.1% |
| Math | 13.7% | 21.9% | 32.9% | 31.5% |
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 | 43.9% | 35.6% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 29.5% |
| 2022-23 | 33.8% | 26.4% |
| 2021-22 | 32.3% | 26.1% |
| 2018-19 | 34.1% | 28.2% |
| 2017-18 | 46.0% | 25.7% |
| 2016-17 | 41.0% | 21.8% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
36.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 El Camino Elementary
El Camino Elementary's state test result (36.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Camino Elementary this school | 476 | 89.9% | 36.7% |
| Audubon K-8 San Diego | 495 | 87.9% | 27.2% |
| Roosevelt Elementary Hanford | 490 | 90.6% | 39.0% |
| Fremont Elementary Fresno | 443 | 91.6% | 20.4% |
| William Green Elementary Lawndale | 516 | 88.0% | 34.6% |
| Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology North Hills | 421 | 90.3% | 31.1% |
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 El Camino Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.7% | #2,797 of 5,151 | #120 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #2,689 of 5,172 ▲ 451 | #107 of 321 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.9% | #2,559 of 5,172 ▲ 459 | #110 of 321 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #534 of 5,116 | #31 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 476 | #2,728 of 5,915 | #219 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #337 of 5,352 | #10 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.3% | #3,981 of 5,354 | #218 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #1,118 of 5,625 | #70 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #526 of 1,139 | #32 of 67 |
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
476
+64 (+16%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 577
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 476 | 26 | 18.3:1 | 90% (428) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 26.1 | 18.3:1 | 87% (417) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 26.1 | 18.1:1 | 81% (382) |
| 2020-21 | 412 | 22 | 18.7:1 | 92% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 85% (369) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 20 | 22.6:1 | 85% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | N/A | N/A | 82% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 825 | 40 | 20.6:1 | 67% (556) |
| 1990-91 | 577 | 23 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for El Camino Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (434 to 476); teachers up 18% (22 to 26).
About El Camino Elementary
El Camino Elementary is a public elementary school in Ontario, California. In all, 476 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6.
Ontario-Montclair (33 schools, 17,640 students) runs El Camino Elementary.
Of every 100 students at El Camino Elementary, about 84 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% Black, 5% White, and 5% Asian. Census figures show San Bernardino County is about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 26 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 18.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. El Camino Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 90%. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, El Camino Elementary lands at B+, ahead of 67% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, El Camino Elementary's results are 9.8 points above predicted: 36.7% against 26.9%.
In the surrounding county, San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
El Camino Elementary's nearest public school is Buena Vista Arts-Integrated (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, El Camino Elementary ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, El Camino Elementary had a net gain of 64 students, or 16%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Ontario-Montclair
- Central Language AcademyElementary · 736 students
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- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 657 students
- Richard Haynes ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Other schools in Ontario
- Chaffey HighHigh · 3,127 students
- Colony HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Ontario HighHigh · 1,994 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 844 students
- Ranch View ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Central Language AcademyElementary · 736 students
Other El Camino Elementary schools
One other US public school is named El Camino Elementary. El Camino Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- El Camino ElementarySanta Barbara, CA · 350 students
Nearby schools
- Buena Vista Arts-Integrated0.3 mi · 369
- Vernon Middle0.4 mi · 580
- Elderberry Elementary0.5 mi · 544
- Kingsley Elementary1.0 mi · 494
- Hawthorne Elementary1.0 mi · 549
- Hillside High1.0 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About El Camino ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at El Camino Elementary?
El Camino Elementary enrolls approximately 476 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does El Camino Elementary serve?
El Camino Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at El Camino Elementary?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at El Camino Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at El Camino Elementary?
At El Camino Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 84% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is El Camino Elementary in?
El Camino Elementary is part of Ontario-Montclair.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.