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What's one thing J. Calvin Boyd Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237004987
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary
310 East Merrill St., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 820-7929 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
495 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 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 111 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 104 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (104).
Student demographics
13%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
32.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
24.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.4% | 22.2% | 25.2% | 42.2% |
| Math | 8.0% | 16.1% | 27.7% | 48.2% |
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 | 32.6% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 16.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.8% | 8.9% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 13.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.6% | 24.1% |
| 2017-18 | 36.8% | 17.4% |
| 2016-17 | 35.6% | 23.4% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 J. Calvin Boyd Elementary
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Calvin Boyd Elementary this school | 569 | 87.0% | 25.3% |
| Ulysses Grant Elementary Colton | 589 | 87.3% | 32.3% |
| Ruth Grimes Elementary Bloomington | 606 | 85.5% | 44.3% |
| Roseland Creek Elementary Santa Rosa | 534 | 87.5% | 24.9% |
| Sultana Elementary Ontario | 589 | 88.5% | 34.6% |
| Euclid Elementary Ontario | 572 | 89.3% | 31.4% |
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 J. Calvin Boyd Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #4,042 of 5,151 | #209 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #3,869 of 5,172 ▲ 706 | #191 of 321 ▲ 60 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #3,717 of 5,172 ▲ 441 | #194 of 321 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.2pp | #730 of 5,116 | #43 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #1,663 of 5,915 | #135 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.7:1 | #4,275 of 5,352 | #271 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.8% | #4,814 of 5,354 | #308 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.0% | #1,474 of 5,625 | #115 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #968 of 1,139 | #60 of 67 |
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
569
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 804
Student : Teacher
24.7:1
was 23.5:1
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 | 569 | 23 | 24.7:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 24 | 24.0:1 | 88% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 81% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 91% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 23.1 | 24.2:1 | 93% (517) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 19 | 29.6:1 | 95% (533) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | N/A | N/A | 95% (543) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 32 | 20.7:1 | 77% (508) |
| 1990-91 | 804 | 31 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J. Calvin Boyd Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (558 to 569); teachers unchanged (23.1 to 23).
About J. Calvin Boyd Elementary
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary is an elementary school in Rialto, California, according to federal school records. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 569 students. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 22% larger than that mark.
Rialto Unified is the local district for J. Calvin Boyd Elementary. It runs 29 schools with 23,067 students.
By race and ethnicity, J. Calvin Boyd Elementary is 93% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 2% White and 2% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 38 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at J. Calvin Boyd Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, J. Calvin Boyd Elementary has a ratio of 24.7:1. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 87% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in San Bernardino County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.3%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 28.6%.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where the median household earns about $85,478 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across San Bernardino County, 583 public schools serve about 393,648 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Rialto High, is about 0.6 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. J. Calvin Boyd Elementary places 5th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 569, compared with 611 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 23.5 in 2020-21 to 24.7 in 2024-25.
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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 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
- Rialto High0.6 mi · 2,623
- Zupanic Virtual Academy0.7 mi · 90
- Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation0.7 mi · 190
- Georgia F. Morris Elementary0.7 mi · 604
- Sam V. Curtis Elementary0.8 mi · 702
- William G. Jehue Middle0.8 mi · 1,444
Frequently asked questions
About J. Calvin Boyd ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at J. Calvin Boyd Elementary?
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-05.
Is J. Calvin Boyd Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does J. Calvin Boyd Elementary have?
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.7:1.
How diverse is J. Calvin Boyd Elementary?
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is J. Calvin Boyd Elementary in?
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary is part of Rialto Unified.
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