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What advice would you give to incoming students at George Brown Jr. Elementary?
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Enrollment
733
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417013112
George Brown Jr. Elementary
2525 North G St., San Bernardino, CA 92405 · (909) 881-5010 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL733 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% 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.
- 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
22.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
675 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 85 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
28.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.1pp since 2014
Math
16.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.5pp since 2014
What 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 16 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.5% | 17.6% | 18.7% | 53.2% |
| Math | 5.4% | 11.1% | 22.1% | 61.4% |
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 | 28.1% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 32.9% | 20.9% |
| 2022-23 | 28.7% | 19.3% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.6% | 18.0% |
| 2017-18 | 31.9% | 17.2% |
| 2016-17 | 27.0% | 15.6% |
| 2015-16 | 27.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 George Brown Jr. Elementary
George Brown Jr. Elementary's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Brown Jr. Elementary this school | 733 | 92.1% | 24.3% |
| W. A. Kendrick Elementary Bakersfield | 699 | 92.8% | 63.1% |
| Val Verde Elementary Perris | 693 | 90.3% | 27.2% |
| Valle Verde Elementary Bakersfield | 768 | 92.8% | 32.8% |
| Raffaello Palla Elementary Bakersfield | 770 | 94.5% | 29.6% |
| Fremont Elementary Bakersfield | 707 | 95.0% | 18.9% |
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 George Brown Jr. Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,156 of 5,151 | #221 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #4,617 of 5,172 ▼ 546 | #262 of 321 ▼ 52 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.1% | #4,167 of 5,172 ▼ 715 | #230 of 321 ▼ 62 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,693 of 5,116 | #203 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 733 | #610 of 5,915 | #47 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,341 of 5,352 | #115 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.3% | #4,506 of 5,354 | #278 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #829 of 5,625 | #50 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #2,619 of 3,837 | #161 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
733
-48 (-6%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 733 | 33 | 22.2:1 | 92% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 781 | 32.5 | 24.0:1 | 90% (702) |
| 2022-23 | 752 | 32 | 23.5:1 | 89% (672) |
| 2020-21 | 781 | 33 | 23.7:1 | 89% (692) |
| 2017-18 | 820 | 32 | 25.6:1 | 90% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 771 | 29 | 26.6:1 | 92% (712) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for George Brown Jr. Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (820 to 733); teachers up 3% (32 to 33).
About George Brown Jr. Elementary
George Brown Jr. Elementary is a large elementary school with an address in San Bernardino, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 733 students. The school's enrollment is 58% above the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
San Bernardino City Unified has a total of 72 schools and 44,080 students, George Brown Jr. Elementary among them.
Most students at George Brown Jr. Elementary are Hispanic: 90% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% Black and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at George Brown Jr. Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 18%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 22.2:1, with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The school's lunch program data list 92% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 74%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, George Brown Jr. Elementary receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for George Brown Jr. Elementary is 25.6%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 24.3%.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and median household income is about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.
Arrowview Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 25.9% on proficiency, and George Brown Jr. Elementary is below that at 24.3%.
Locale data from NCES put George Brown Jr. Elementary inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
George Brown Jr. Elementary had 781 students in 2020-21 and 733 in 2024-25, a 6% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.7:1 to 22.2:1.
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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 San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in San Bernardino
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- San Bernardino County Special EducationCombined · 1,860 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
Nearby schools
- Arrowview Middle0.1 mi · 917
- San Bernardino High0.5 mi · 1,440
- Davidson Elementary0.8 mi · 408
- Marshall Elementary0.8 mi · 384
- Roosevelt Elementary1.1 mi · 512
- Wilson Elementary1.1 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About George Brown Jr. ElementaryHow many students attend George Brown Jr. Elementary?
George Brown Jr. Elementary enrolls approximately 733 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does George Brown Jr. Elementary serve?
George Brown Jr. Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at George Brown Jr. Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at George Brown Jr. Elementary is approximately 22.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
How diverse is George Brown Jr. Elementary?
George Brown Jr. Elementary reports a student body of 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is George Brown Jr. Elementary public or private?
George Brown Jr. Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.