Howard Elementary

Howard Elementary is a mid-sized primary school in Montclair, California, operated by Ontario-Montclair. The school works with 433 students in grades K through 6.

Ontario-Montclair comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 17,640 students; Howard Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Howard Elementary lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 9% Asian, 2% White, 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Howard Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.5%, the actual is 35.3%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Howard Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Ramona Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Howard Elementary. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Howard Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 26%: 589 students in 2018 compared to 433 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the Howard Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.