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Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary

700 North F St., San Bernardino, CA 92410 · (909) 386-2020 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
387 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4211%
Grade 15714%
Grade 26918%
Grade 35815%
Grade 45414%
Grade 56316%
Grade 65113%

This year's kindergarten class (42) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).

Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
72%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
34487%
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
246%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
154%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
20452%
Female
19048%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
27.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.2pp since 2014
Math
11.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts7.8%19.4%22.8%50.0%
Math2.4%8.8%21.5%67.3%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2527.2%11.2%
2023-2423.4%11.4%
2022-2327.3%12.7%
2021-2222.7%15.2%
2018-1939.2%28.2%
2017-1843.2%32.9%
2016-1740.1%22.1%
2015-1631.0%11.0%
2014-1517.0%6.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary

Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary this school39498.2%18.2%
Edward M. Downer Elementary
San Pablo
38896.1%14.4%
Madison Elementary
Pomona
38297.4%31.4%
Davidson Elementary
San Bernardino
40895.3%25.0%
Gardena Elementary
Gardena
39895.2%30.2%
Howard Tanner
Paramount
42897.0%35.0%
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 Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn San Bernardino County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
18.2%#4,718 of 5,151#272 of 318
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
11.2%#4,994 of 5,172
▼ 42
#300 of 321
▼ 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
27.2%#4,254 of 5,172
▲ 198
#240 of 321
▲ 11
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+0.3pp#3,256 of 5,116#241 of 318
Enrollment
ranked largest first
394#3,766 of 5,915#278 of 340
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
19.2:1#614 of 5,352#22 of 328
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
23.2%#4,259 of 5,354#255 of 328
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
98.2%#78 of 5,625#1 of 331
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-8.4%#2,897 of 3,837#183 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 2024-25
Enrollment
394
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
19.2:1
was 20.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2539420.519.2:198% (387)
2023-2440720.519.9:197% (393)
2022-233992119.0:196% (382)
2020-213891920.5:198% (380)
2017-184301823.9:195% (410)
2015-164301725.3:197% (417)
2010-11494N/AN/A96% (474)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 8% (430 to 394); teachers up 14% (18 to 20.5).

About Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary

Families in San Bernardino, California, are served by Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary, a small elementary school. There are 394 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.

San Bernardino City Unified is the local district for Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary. It runs 72 schools with 44,080 students.

A large majority of enrollment at Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is Hispanic, at 87%. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 23%.

The school lists 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 98% of the student body. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County, the school's rate is higher.

Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 15% of California public elementary schools.

Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary's results are 3.8 points below predicted: 18.2% against 22.0%.

The school is in San Bernardino County, where median household income comes to about $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's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary.

About 0.2 miles separate Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary from the closest public school, Community School/Independent Alternative Education. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (389) to 2024-25 (394). The ratio was 20.5:1 in 2020-21 and 19.2:1 in 2024-25.

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San Bernardino County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary
District
San Bernardino City Unified
Address
700 North F St., San Bernardino, CA 92410
Phone
(909) 386-2020
County
San Bernardino County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–06
Total enrollment
394
Teachers (FTE)
20
Student–teacher ratio
19.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
387 (98%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
063417011741
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary
How large is Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary?
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary enrolls approximately 394 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary serve?
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary have?
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.2:1.
How diverse is Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary?
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 87% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary?
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is overseen by San Bernardino City Unified in San Bernardino County.
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