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If you could change one rule at Mentone Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDLANDS UNIFIED·NCES 063207004942
Mentone Elementary
1320 Crafton Ave., Mentone, CA 92359 · (909) 794-8610 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
25.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
299 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 81 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 31% larger than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
43.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.6pp since 2014
Math
33.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 12 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.6% | 25.0% | 26.6% | 29.8% |
| Math | 13.3% | 19.7% | 26.6% | 40.4% |
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 | 43.6% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.7% | 27.1% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 30.6% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 46.4% | 31.5% |
| 2017-18 | 50.9% | 41.3% |
| 2016-17 | 47.5% | 35.0% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Mentone Elementary
Mentone Elementary's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mentone Elementary this school | 378 | 79.1% | 36.0% |
| Alice N. Stroud Elementary Modesto | 379 | 81.3% | 26.3% |
| Dunlap Elementary Yucaipa | 382 | 83.0% | 25.9% |
| Gretchen Higgins Elementary Dixon | 353 | 75.9% | 22.2% |
| Conyer Elementary Visalia | 377 | 74.3% | 32.7% |
| James M. Burchfield Primary Colusa | 430 | 78.4% | 37.0% |
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 Mentone Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #2,866 of 5,151 | #123 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,917 of 5,172 ▲ 449 | #122 of 321 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #2,585 of 5,172 ▲ 73 | #112 of 321 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,820 of 5,116 | #132 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #3,954 of 5,915 | #289 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,527 of 5,352 | #296 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.2% | #2,976 of 5,354 | #138 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #2,265 of 5,625 | #185 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.2% | #748 of 3,837 | #30 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
378
-50 (-12%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 378 | 15 | 25.2:1 | 79% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 17 | 25.2:1 | 81% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 17.5 | 24.8:1 | 80% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 20 | 21.4:1 | 83% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 519 | 21 | 24.7:1 | 80% (417) |
| 2015-16 | 491 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 82% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | N/A | N/A | 73% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 29 | 21.5:1 | 53% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 665 | 24 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mentone Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (519 to 378); teachers down 29% (21 to 15).
About Mentone Elementary
Students in Mentone, California, attend Mentone Elementary, a small elementary school. The school counted 378 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 5.
Besides Mentone Elementary, Redlands Unified runs 24 other schools. The district enrolls 19,105 students.
About 70% of the student body at Mentone Elementary is Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 15 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Mentone Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 50% of California public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mentone Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 36.0% actual against 33.2% predicted.
The county, San Bernardino County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Of the public schools around it, Mentone Elementary is closest to Redlands East Valley High, about 0.8 miles away. Mentone Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Mentone Elementary at 5th of 6.
The federal government classifies Mentone Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Mentone Elementary enrolled 428 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 378. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (25.2:1) than in 2020-21 (21.4:1).
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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 Redlands Unified
- Redlands Senior HighHigh · 2,189 students
- Citrus Valley HighHigh · 2,110 students
- Redlands East Valley HighHigh · 1,845 students
- Cope MiddleMiddle · 1,191 students
- Beattie MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Clement MiddleMiddle · 1,023 students
Other Mentone Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mentone Elementary. Mentone Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mentone Elementary SchoolMentone, IN · 384 students
Nearby schools
- Redlands East Valley High0.8 mi · 1,845
- Crafton Elementary1.4 mi · 694
- Judson & Brown Elementary2.0 mi · 484
- Moore Middle2.1 mi · 988
- Sage Oak Charter2.9 mi · 3,879
- Sage Oak Charter School - South2.9 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Mentone ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Mentone Elementary?
Mentone Elementary enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
Is Mentone Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mentone Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Mentone Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Mentone Elementary is approximately 25.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mentone Elementary?
At Mentone Elementary, the student body is approximately 20% White, 70% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Mentone Elementary in?
Mentone Elementary is part of Redlands Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.