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Levi Bemis Elementary

774 East Etiwanda Ave., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 820-7916 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public elementary schools
  • C-Test 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.
  • AThree-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
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
481 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten11220%
Grade 19016%
Grade 210819%
Grade 39316%
Grade 48114%
Grade 58214%

This year's kindergarten class (112) is 37% larger than its 5th grade class (82).

Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
173%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
48986%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
417%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
31%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
71%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
71%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
31255%
Female
25445%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
30.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.6pp since 2014
Math
25.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.8pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts16.1%14.5%22.6%46.8%
Math10.1%15.7%28.6%45.6%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2530.6%25.8%
2023-2420.9%17.2%
2022-2323.7%20.5%
2021-2219.8%16.0%
2018-1926.5%15.3%
2017-1822.0%13.6%
2016-1718.9%15.4%
2015-1618.0%18.0%
2014-1522.0%14.0%
% 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
23.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 24% 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 Levi Bemis Elementary

Levi Bemis Elementary's state test result (23.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Levi Bemis Elementary this school56685.0%23.8%
Sherman Elementary
San Diego
53585.4%34.9%
Perris Elementary
Perris
61786.5%18.0%
Helen L. Dollahan Elementary
Rialto
60882.2%30.7%
Pittman Charter
Stockton
61985.8%28.6%
Robert F. Kennedy Elementary
Compton
61088.0%36.9%
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 Levi Bemis Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn San Bernardino County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
23.8%#4,214 of 5,151#228 of 318
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
25.8%#3,687 of 5,172
▲ 783
#175 of 321
▲ 68
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
30.6%#3,924 of 5,172
▲ 735
#207 of 321
▲ 61
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+10.3pp#583 of 5,116#35 of 318
Enrollment
ranked largest first
566#1,694 of 5,915#140 of 340
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
22.6:1#2,719 of 5,352#142 of 328
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
24.7%#4,192 of 5,354#249 of 328
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
85.0%#1,668 of 5,625#137 of 331
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.2%#2,261 of 3,837#144 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
566
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 815
Student : Teacher
22.6:1
was 24.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-255662522.6:185% (481)
2023-245552522.2:190% (497)
2022-2355123.123.9:182% (450)
2020-215522324.0:191% (500)
2017-1865225.825.3:189% (582)
2015-166892330.0:190% (623)
2010-11660N/AN/A91% (602)
2000-018984420.4:170% (629)
1990-918153027.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Levi Bemis Elementary.

Since 2017-18: students down 13% (652 to 566); teachers down 3% (25.8 to 25).

About Levi Bemis Elementary

Levi Bemis Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Rialto, California. It serves 566 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.

Levi Bemis Elementary belongs to Rialto Unified, a district of 29 schools and 23,067 students.

Hispanic students are the large majority at Levi Bemis Elementary, with 86% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% Black and 3% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. Levi Bemis Elementary has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

At Levi Bemis Elementary, 25 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 22.6:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. Roughly 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points above the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.

The allk12 Grade for Levi Bemis Elementary is C. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 25% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Levi Bemis Elementary would be expected to post about 29.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 23.8%.

Levi Bemis Elementary is located in San Bernardino County, where median household income is about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 583 public schools in San Bernardino County, with a combined enrollment of about 393,648.

The nearest public school is Lida M. Henry Elementary, at about 0.4 miles. Levi Bemis Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Levi Bemis Elementary comes in 5th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES assigns Levi Bemis Elementary the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Levi Bemis Elementary saw enrollment rise 3% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.0:1 to 22.6:1 over the same years.

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San Bernardino County at a glance

View full county profile
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
Levi Bemis Elementary
District
Rialto Unified
Address
774 East Etiwanda Ave., Rialto, CA 92376
Phone
(909) 820-7916
County
San Bernardino County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
566
Teachers (FTE)
25
Student–teacher ratio
22.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
481 (85%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
063237004986
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Levi Bemis Elementary
How large is Levi Bemis Elementary?
Levi Bemis Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Levi Bemis Elementary serve?
Levi Bemis Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Levi Bemis Elementary have?
Levi Bemis Elementary employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Levi Bemis Elementary?
At Levi Bemis Elementary, the student body is approximately 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Levi Bemis Elementary in?
Levi Bemis Elementary is part of Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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