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Enrollment
433
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847007805
Howard Elementary
4650 West Howard St., Montclair, CA 91763 · (909) 591-2339 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL433 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
385 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 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
27%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
47.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.9pp since 2014
Math
38.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 20.2% | 27.6% | 19.8% | 32.3% |
| Math | 16.3% | 22.2% | 24.5% | 37.0% |
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 | 47.9% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 31.6% |
| 2022-23 | 38.6% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.7% | 25.8% |
| 2018-19 | 54.4% | 46.5% |
| 2017-18 | 53.4% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 44.4% | 34.4% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 Howard Elementary
Howard Elementary's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Elementary this school | 433 | 88.9% | 39.1% |
| Benjamin F. Beswick Elementary Tustin | 426 | 90.8% | 33.1% |
| Grunsky Elementary Stockton | 456 | 90.1% | 24.8% |
| Olivewood National City | 424 | 86.6% | 25.6% |
| Chase Street Elementary Panorama City | 436 | 91.5% | 35.1% |
| Workman Avenue Elementary West Covina | 455 | 86.4% | 39.3% |
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 Howard Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,576 of 5,151 | #102 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #2,404 of 5,172 ▲ 506 | #90 of 321 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #2,202 of 5,172 ▲ 502 | #89 of 321 ▲ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #441 of 5,116 | #23 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 433 | #3,246 of 5,915 | #250 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,685 of 5,352 | #222 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #4,070 of 5,354 | #230 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.9% | #1,232 of 5,625 | #87 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.5% | #790 of 3,837 | #34 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
433
-70 (-14%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 433 | 18.1 | 23.9:1 | 89% (385) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 18.1 | 24.8:1 | 90% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 20 | 23.1:1 | 90% (418) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 88% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 589 | 24 | 24.5:1 | 88% (516) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 26 | 24.3:1 | 85% (539) |
| 2010-11 | 626 | N/A | N/A | 83% (517) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 31 | 21.4:1 | 77% (509) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 22 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howard Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (589 to 433); teachers down 25% (24 to 18.1).
About Howard Elementary
Families in Montclair, California, are served by Howard Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It had 433 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6.
Ontario-Montclair serves 17,640 students across 33 schools.
Roughly 85% of students at Howard Elementary are Hispanic. Other students are 9% Asian, 2% White, and 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Howard Elementary scores 27%.
Its ratio of 23.9:1 is based on 18.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Bernardino County is 74%.
Howard Elementary scores 39.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 27.4%.
In the wider San Bernardino County area, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across San Bernardino County, 583 public schools serve about 393,648 students.
Ramona Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Howard Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Howard Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Howard Elementary comes in 4th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 14% decrease took enrollment from 503 in 2020-21 to 433 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Howard Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
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Other Howard Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named Howard Elementary. Howard Elementary is the 6th largest of the 14.
- Howard ElementaryMadera, CA · 487 students
- Howard ElementaryGallatin, TN · 591 students
- HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLGRAND ISLAND, NE · 484 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolEugene, OR · 474 students
- Howard Elementary SchoolDEARBORN, MI · 436 students
Nearby schools
- Ramona Elementary0.6 mi · 556
- Montera Elementary0.9 mi · 564
- Mission Elementary1.1 mi · 571
- Lehigh Elementary1.2 mi · 477
- Park West High (Continuation)1.2 mi · 225
- Pomona Alternative1.2 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About Howard ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Howard Elementary?
Howard Elementary enrolls approximately 433 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Howard Elementary serve?
Howard Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howard Elementary is approximately 23.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Howard Elementary?
At Howard Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 85% Hispanic, 2% Black, 9% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Howard Elementary?
Howard Elementary is overseen by Ontario-Montclair in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.