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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005365
Lankershim Elementary
7499 Lankershim Ave., Highland, CA 92346 · (909) 862-4213 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% 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
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
535 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 112 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 60 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (112) is 87% larger than its 6th grade class (60).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
21.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.7pp since 2014
Math
13.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.8% | 13.5% | 18.4% | 60.3% |
| Math | 3.5% | 10.1% | 23.8% | 62.6% |
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 | 21.3% | 13.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 16.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.5% | 17.1% |
| 2021-22 | 25.5% | 15.4% |
| 2018-19 | 34.4% | 27.8% |
| 2017-18 | 28.8% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 25.8% | 23.8% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 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
18.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Lankershim Elementary
Lankershim Elementary's state test result (18.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lankershim Elementary this school | 551 | 97.1% | 18.2% |
| Sixty-First Street Elementary Los Angeles | 541 | 98.9% | 37.7% |
| Menlo Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 531 | 98.9% | 35.4% |
| Ninety-Second Street Elementary Los Angeles | 568 | 98.6% | 38.8% |
| Mariposa Elementary Ontario | 537 | 94.8% | 28.8% |
| Prosperity Elementary Bakersfield | 543 | 98.5% | 24.3% |
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 Lankershim Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,729 of 5,151 | #274 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.6% | #4,862 of 5,172 ▼ 354 | #291 of 321 ▼ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #4,772 of 5,172 ▼ 142 | #287 of 321 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #963 of 5,116 | #32 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,857 of 5,915 | #155 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,160 of 5,352 | #45 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.7% | #4,147 of 5,354 | #240 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #194 of 5,625 | #8 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #978 of 3,837 | #53 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 2024-25Enrollment
551
-74 (-12%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 23.1:1
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 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 97% (535) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 25 | 21.1:1 | 96% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 93% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 27 | 23.1:1 | 95% (596) |
| 2017-18 | 727 | 29 | 25.1:1 | 95% (694) |
| 2015-16 | 762 | 30 | 25.4:1 | 97% (736) |
| 2010-11 | 780 | N/A | N/A | 91% (712) |
| 2000-01 | 954 | 46 | 20.7:1 | 86% (824) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 26 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lankershim Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (727 to 551); teachers down 7% (29 to 27).
About Lankershim Elementary
Lankershim Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in Highland, California. Enrollment stands at 551 students, covering kindergarten through 6.
Lankershim Elementary is run by San Bernardino City Unified, whose 72 schools enroll 44,080 students.
The share of students at Lankershim Elementary who are Hispanic is 86%. Other groups make up 9% Black and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 55% of San Bernardino County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
Lankershim Elementary lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.4 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 97% of the student body. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County, the school's rate is higher.
Lankershim Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Lankershim Elementary would score about 22.6%. It scores 18.2%, 4.5 points below that figure.
In the wider San Bernardino County area, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across San Bernardino County, 583 public schools serve about 393,648 students.
Warm Springs Elementary sits about 0.5 miles from Lankershim Elementary. Lankershim Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 18.2% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
Lankershim Elementary is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 625 (2020-21) to 551 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 23.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.4:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in Highland
- Beattie MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 716 students
- Belvedere ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Entrepreneur HighHigh · 528 students
- Arroyo Verde ElementaryElementary · 518 students
- Cypress ElementaryElementary · 517 students
Other Lankershim Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lankershim Elementary. Lankershim Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Lankershim ElementaryNorth Hollywood, CA · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Warm Springs Elementary0.5 mi · 490
- San Gorgonio High0.7 mi · 1,431
- iEmpire Academy0.9 mi · 418
- Cypress Elementary0.9 mi · 517
- Emmerton Elementary1.0 mi · 434
- Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy1.0 mi · 640
Frequently asked questions
About Lankershim ElementaryHow large is Lankershim Elementary?
Lankershim Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lankershim Elementary serve?
Lankershim Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lankershim Elementary?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Lankershim Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lankershim Elementary?
At Lankershim Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 86% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lankershim Elementary in?
Lankershim Elementary is part of San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.