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What advice would you give to incoming students at Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237009427
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary
2241 North Apple Ave., Rialto, CA 92377 · (909) 820-7970 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of California public elementary schools
- C-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.
- C-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
23.0:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
340 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 | 94 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
34%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
29.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.3pp since 2014
Math
15.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 19.2% | 25.1% | 45.2% |
| Math | 4.1% | 11.8% | 32.6% | 51.6% |
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 | 29.7% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 24.3% |
| 2022-23 | 28.8% | 20.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.1% | 18.8% |
| 2018-19 | 42.6% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 31.9% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 28.0% | 18.0% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary this school | 436 | 78.0% | 25.2% |
| Rocketship Mateo Sheedy Elementary San Jose | 454 | 79.5% | N/A |
| Cimarron Elementary Palmdale | 497 | 77.9% | 22.7% |
| Jurupa Vista Elementary Fontana | 388 | 82.0% | 25.0% |
| Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary Rialto | 414 | 77.8% | 26.6% |
| Jenny Oropeza Elementary Long Beach | 519 | 80.2% | 36.0% |
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 Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #4,050 of 5,151 | #210 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,669 of 5,172 ▼ 973 | #267 of 321 ▼ 90 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #4,021 of 5,172 ▼ 373 | #220 of 321 ▼ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.7pp | #812 of 5,116 | #22 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,210 of 5,915 | #246 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.0:1 | #2,960 of 5,352 | #163 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.7% | #3,766 of 5,354 | #202 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #2,363 of 5,625 | #191 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,254 of 3,837 | #69 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
436
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
23.0:1
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 | 436 | 19 | 23.0:1 | 78% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 19 | 22.9:1 | 80% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 436 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 73% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 17 | 25.8:1 | 81% (354) |
| 2017-18 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 82% (456) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 21 | 29.3:1 | 79% (486) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | N/A | N/A | 74% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 780 | 37 | 21.1:1 | 44% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 656 | 26 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (556 to 436); teachers down 14% (22 to 19).
About Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Rialto, California, administered by Rialto Unified. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend, and enrollment is 436 students.
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is among 29 schools run by Rialto Unified, which serves 23,067 students.
Federal enrollment data show Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is 80% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 12% Black and 3% White. The school's Hispanic share is 25 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 23.0 students per teacher. That matches the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 78%.
The allk12 Grade for Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is D. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In California, Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 25.2% actual against a predicted 33.9%.
Among San Bernardino County residents, the median household income is $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Besides Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
Ben F. Kolb Middle is located about 0.4 miles from Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary. The five-mile area around Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 25.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (438) and 2024-25 (436). Federal data show the ratio falling from 25.8:1 to 23.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 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 Rialto
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Ethel Kucera MiddleMiddle · 978 students
Nearby schools
- Ben F. Kolb Middle0.4 mi · 917
- W.J.C. Trapp Elementary0.7 mi · 537
- Lena M. Preston Elementary0.8 mi · 471
- A. H. Morgan Elementary1.2 mi · 487
- Eisenhower High1.3 mi · 2,075
- Wilmer Amina Carter High1.4 mi · 1,951
Frequently asked questions
About Elizabeth T. Hughbanks ElementaryHow large is Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary?
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-05.
Is Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary?
Approximately 23.0:1 students per teacher at Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary.
How diverse is Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary?
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary public or private?
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.