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If you had an hour of school board time for Juniper Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HESPERIA UNIFIED·NCES 060001409075
Juniper Elementary
9400 I Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345 · (760) 244-6161 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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
24.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
640 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 147 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (147) is 25% larger than its 6th grade class (118).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
18.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -17.5pp since 2014
Math
15.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp 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 15 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 12.1% | 22.5% | 59.0% |
| Math | 2.9% | 12.5% | 28.6% | 56.0% |
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 | 18.5% | 15.4% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 14.5% |
| 2022-23 | 20.3% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 38.6% | 29.7% |
| 2017-18 | 37.3% | 22.5% |
| 2016-17 | 35.1% | 18.4% |
| 2015-16 | 41.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
16.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Juniper Elementary
Juniper Elementary's state test result (16.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juniper Elementary this school | 761 | 84.1% | 16.4% |
| Mesa Grande Elementary Hesperia | 715 | 83.5% | 18.5% |
| John Adams Elementary Madera | 736 | 85.5% | 30.4% |
| Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Vista | 740 | 81.6% | 31.3% |
| Mountain View Elementary Riverside | 851 | 82.8% | 33.8% |
| Railroad Canyon Elementary Lake Elsinore | 873 | 83.2% | 31.5% |
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 Juniper Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.4% | #4,856 of 5,151 | #285 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.4% | #4,712 of 5,172 ▲ 14 | #270 of 321 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #4,922 of 5,172 ▲ 25 | #305 of 321 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #998 of 5,116 | #38 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #492 of 5,915 | #37 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.6:1 | #4,130 of 5,352 | #259 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.8% | #3,956 of 5,354 | #216 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.1% | #1,753 of 5,625 | #145 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.4% | #463 of 1,139 | #30 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
761
+63 (+9%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
24.6:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 761 | 31 | 24.6:1 | 84% (640) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 30.1 | 24.1:1 | 71% (514) |
| 2022-23 | 725 | 29.1 | 25.0:1 | 68% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 31 | 22.5:1 | 71% (496) |
| 2017-18 | 683 | 30 | 22.8:1 | 87% (591) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 21 | 31.2:1 | 84% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 634 | N/A | N/A | 75% (473) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 30 | 22.5:1 | 61% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 23 | 26.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juniper Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (683 to 761); teachers up 3% (30 to 31).
About Juniper Elementary
Juniper Elementary is an elementary school in Hesperia, California, reachable at (760) 244-6161. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 6, with 761 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 64% above that mark.
Within Hesperia Unified, Juniper Elementary is one of 25 schools. The district enrolls 23,188 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Juniper Elementary is Hispanic, at 83%. Other reported shares: 10% White, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Juniper Elementary scores 30%.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Juniper Elementary, giving a ratio of 24.6:1. The school's 24.6:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. By family income, 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 10 points.
Juniper Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Juniper Elementary is -13.8 points: 16.4% actual, 30.3% predicted.
For San Bernardino County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $85,478 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in San Bernardino County number 583, with about 393,648 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, is the closest to Juniper Elementary. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 21.1%, higher than Juniper Elementary's 16.4%.
Juniper Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
The school's student count rose 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 24.6:1, from 22.5:1.
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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 Hesperia Unified
- Hesperia HighHigh · 2,405 students
- Oak Hills HighHigh · 2,370 students
- Sultana HighHigh · 2,098 students
- Hesperia Junior HighMiddle · 1,228 students
- Ranchero MiddleMiddle · 1,140 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,061 students
Other schools in Hesperia
- Alta Vista Innovation HighHigh · 2,812 students
- Hesperia HighHigh · 2,405 students
- Sultana HighHigh · 2,098 students
- Hesperia Junior HighMiddle · 1,228 students
- Ranchero MiddleMiddle · 1,140 students
- Cedar MiddleMiddle · 1,061 students
Other Juniper Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Juniper Elementary. Juniper Elementary is the largest of the 5.
- Juniper ElementaryEscondido, CA · 588 students
- Juniper ElementaryAtwater, CA · 495 students
- Juniper ElementaryFontana, CA · 446 students
- Juniper Elementary SchoolBend, OR · 432 students
Nearby schools
- LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 505
- Sultana High0.9 mi · 2,098
- Lime Street Elementary1.4 mi · 887
- Pathways to College K81.5 mi · 431
- Mesa Grande Elementary1.5 mi · 715
- Encore Jr./Sr. High Sch for the Perf and Visual Arts1.6 mi · 561
Frequently asked questions
About Juniper ElementaryHow many students attend Juniper Elementary?
Juniper Elementary enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-06.
Is Juniper Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juniper Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Juniper Elementary have?
Juniper Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Juniper Elementary?
Student demographics at Juniper Elementary are roughly 10% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Juniper Elementary?
Juniper Elementary is overseen by Hesperia Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.