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Enrollment
808
Elementary
DISTRICT 799 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HESPERIA UNIFIED·NCES 060001409079
Kingston Elementary
7473 Kingston Ave., Hesperia, CA 92345 · (760) 244-8869 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL808 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
616 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 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 121 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (144) is 19% larger than its 6th grade class (121).
Student demographics
38%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
25.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.4pp since 2014
Math
20.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 18.1% | 23.9% | 50.8% |
| Math | 5.1% | 15.3% | 24.6% | 55.0% |
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 | 25.4% | 20.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 15.8% |
| 2022-23 | 19.3% | 11.5% |
| 2021-22 | 16.3% | 7.0% |
| 2018-19 | 27.1% | 18.3% |
| 2017-18 | 22.0% | 17.2% |
| 2016-17 | 22.1% | 15.1% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Kingston Elementary
Kingston Elementary's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingston Elementary this school | 808 | 76.2% | 21.1% |
| Garden Elementary Tulare | 689 | 79.5% | 35.3% |
| George Washington Elementary Norco | 861 | 77.9% | 34.1% |
| Shasta Elementary Manteca | 726 | 78.9% | 24.1% |
| Baldy Mesa Elementary Phelan | 985 | 78.5% | 24.0% |
| Carmel Elementary Hesperia | 804 | 82.7% | 24.2% |
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 Kingston Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,477 of 5,151 | #247 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,268 of 5,172 ▲ 344 | #229 of 321 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.4% | #4,451 of 5,172 ▲ 36 | #257 of 321 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.2pp | #468 of 5,116 | #28 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 808 | #368 of 5,915 | #30 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,870 of 5,352 | #319 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.3% | #3,535 of 5,354 | #184 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.2% | #2,526 of 5,625 | #205 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.0% | #286 of 1,139 | #17 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
808
+58 (+8%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 984
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 25.0:1
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 | 808 | 31 | 26.1:1 | 76% (616) |
| 2023-24 | 802 | 31 | 25.9:1 | 67% (535) |
| 2022-23 | 784 | 31 | 25.3:1 | 56% (438) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 64% (481) |
| 2017-18 | 685 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 80% (546) |
| 2015-16 | 646 | 20 | 32.3:1 | 78% (501) |
| 2010-11 | 754 | N/A | N/A | 60% (453) |
| 2000-01 | 890 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 43% (384) |
| 1990-91 | 984 | 37 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingston Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (685 to 808); teachers up 19% (26 to 31).
About Kingston Elementary
Kingston Elementary is a large elementary school in Hesperia, California, one of the schools in Hesperia Unified. The school enrolls 808 students in kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 74% bigger than average.
Besides Kingston Elementary, Hesperia Unified runs 24 other schools. The district enrolls 23,188 students.
The largest group at Kingston Elementary is Hispanic students, at 76%. The remaining students are 19% White and 2% Black. Among people living in San Bernardino County, the Hispanic share is about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kingston Elementary scores 38%.
The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 616 students, or 76%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Bernardino County average a similar 74%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kingston Elementary would score about 34.9%. It scores 21.1%, 13.7 points below that figure.
Looking at the county, San Bernardino County, 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. Counting Kingston Elementary, San Bernardino County has 583 public schools.
Kingston Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Ranchero Middle, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Kingston Elementary's average proficiency of 21.1% compares with 24.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Kingston Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
In 2020-21, Kingston Elementary enrolled 750 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 808. Federal data show the ratio rising from 25.0:1 to 26.1:1.
Kingston Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as 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
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 Kingston Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 14 states are named Kingston Elementary. Kingston Elementary is the largest of the 15.
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBenton, LA · 768 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, TN · 736 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolBerea, KY · 608 students
- Kingston Elementary SchoolKingston, OK · 601 students
- Kingston ElementaryKingston, MA · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Ranchero Middle0.4 mi · 1,140
- Krystal School of Science Math & Technology1.0 mi · 912
- Lime Street Elementary1.7 mi · 887
- Sultana High1.8 mi · 2,098
- Juniper Elementary2.5 mi · 761
- Mesa Grande Elementary2.9 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About Kingston ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Kingston Elementary?
Kingston Elementary enrolls approximately 808 students in grades KG-06.
Is Kingston Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingston Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Kingston Elementary?
Approximately 26.1:1 students per teacher at Kingston Elementary.
How diverse is Kingston Elementary?
Kingston Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Kingston Elementary public or private?
Kingston Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Hesperia Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.