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Enrollment
398
Elementary
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARSTOW UNIFIED·NCES 060402000360
Henderson Elementary
400 South Avenue E, Barstow, CA 92311 · (760) 255-6250 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL398 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
313 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% larger than its 4th grade class (74).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Henderson Elementary→BUSD School of Opportunity
Based on grade levels within Barstow Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.3pp since 2014
Math
16.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -12.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.8% | 13.9% | 20.5% | 60.8% |
| Math | 4.2% | 12.0% | 22.8% | 61.1% |
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 | 18.7% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 17.9% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 17.2% | 14.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 17.8% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 10.8% |
| 2018-19 | 25.9% | 23.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.1% | 25.4% |
| 2016-17 | 24.5% | 25.4% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Henderson Elementary
Henderson Elementary's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henderson Elementary this school | 398 | 78.6% | 18.5% |
| Belshaw Elementary Antioch | 431 | 83.3% | 14.1% |
| Robert P. Ulrich Elementary California City | 503 | 81.9% | N/A |
| Pendleton Elementary San Diego | 352 | 77.3% | 33.7% |
| Garfield Elementary San Diego | 308 | 77.6% | 60.0% |
| Kimball Elementary Antioch | 450 | 84.9% | 17.7% |
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 Henderson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #4,693 of 5,151 | #267 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #4,640 of 5,172 ▼ 611 | #264 of 321 ▼ 63 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,915 of 5,172 ▼ 35 | #303 of 321 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.1pp | #1,173 of 5,116 | #48 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 398 | #3,714 of 5,915 | #276 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,476 of 5,352 | #201 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.6% | #1,552 of 5,354 | #50 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.6% | #2,304 of 5,625 | #186 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.8% | #94 of 3,837 | #2 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
398
-176 (-31%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 26.1:1
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 | 398 | 16.8 | 23.6:1 | 79% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 20.1 | 25.2:1 | 75% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 605 | 21.4 | 28.2:1 | 75% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 22 | 26.1:1 | 80% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 24 | 29.0:1 | 79% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 659 | 22 | 29.9:1 | 76% (504) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 61% (303) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 22 | 19.3:1 | 44% (186) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 23 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henderson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 43% (696 to 398); teachers down 30% (24 to 16.8).
About Henderson Elementary
Henderson Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Barstow, California. The school reports 398 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Barstow Unified, has 6,118 students enrolled across 13 schools.
Henderson Elementary is 55% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 20% Black, 16% White, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 55% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Henderson Elementary counts 16.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 23.6 students for each one. This ratio sits 1.3 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 79% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Henderson Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Henderson Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California schools: 18.5% actual against 33.5% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in San Bernardino County, the median household income is $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Bernardino County is home to 583 public schools and about 393,648 public school students.
The shortest distance from Henderson Elementary to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to Barstow Fine Arts Academy. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 18.9% proficiency; Henderson Elementary posts 18.5%.
NCES describes the area around Henderson Elementary as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has fallen by 176 students since 2020-21, to 398. By 2024-25, the school had 23.6 students per teacher, compared with 26.1 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Henderson Elementary. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 Barstow Unified
- Barstow HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Barstow IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Barstow Junior HighMiddle · 646 students
- Barstow STEM AcademyMiddle · 454 students
- Cameron ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Barstow Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 405 students
Other schools in Barstow
- Barstow HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Barstow IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Mojave River Academy - Silver MountainCombined · 677 students
- Barstow Junior HighMiddle · 646 students
- Barstow STEM AcademyMiddle · 454 students
- Cameron ElementaryElementary · 436 students
Other Henderson Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 6 states are named Henderson Elementary. Henderson Elementary is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Henderson Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 819 students
- HENDERSON ELEM.ST CHARLES, MO · 653 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 633 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 580 students
- Henderson Elementary SchoolBRYAN, TX · 533 students
Nearby schools
- Barstow Fine Arts Academy0.2 mi · 405
- Barstow STEM Academy0.5 mi · 454
- Barstow High0.7 mi · 1,558
- Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain0.8 mi · 677
- BUSD School of Opportunity1.1 mi · 9
- Central High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 73
Frequently asked questions
About Henderson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Henderson Elementary?
Henderson Elementary enrolls approximately 398 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Henderson Elementary serve?
Henderson Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Henderson Elementary have?
Henderson Elementary employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Henderson Elementary?
Student demographics at Henderson Elementary are roughly 16% White, 55% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Henderson Elementary in?
Henderson Elementary is part of Barstow Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.