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How has Merle S. Casey Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
563
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237004988
Merle S. Casey Elementary
219 North Eucalyptus Ave., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 820-7904 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL563 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
22.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
524 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (129) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
26.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +7.9pp since 2014
Math
19.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.0% | 18.0% | 24.5% | 48.6% |
| Math | 6.4% | 12.8% | 25.2% | 55.6% |
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 | 26.9% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 17.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.1% | 17.9% |
| 2021-22 | 19.2% | 12.9% |
| 2018-19 | 26.2% | 21.0% |
| 2017-18 | 28.9% | 17.3% |
| 2016-17 | 18.3% | 14.5% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Merle S. Casey Elementary
Merle S. Casey Elementary's state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merle S. Casey Elementary this school | 563 | 93.1% | 22.0% |
| Bubbling Wells Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 581 | 93.3% | 20.9% |
| Dyer Street Elementary Sylmar | 539 | 92.4% | 42.6% |
| Paul Rogers Elementary Colton | 602 | 92.4% | 26.0% |
| KIPP Valiant Community Prep Menlo Park | 587 | 90.8% | N/A |
| Palmetto Elementary Fontana | 577 | 92.7% | 24.9% |
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 Merle S. Casey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,387 of 5,151 | #239 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,371 of 5,172 ▲ 113 | #237 of 321 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #4,274 of 5,172 ▲ 34 | #243 of 321 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,139 of 5,116 | #77 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 563 | #1,724 of 5,915 | #147 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,613 of 5,352 | #135 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #4,904 of 5,354 | #312 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.1% | #692 of 5,625 | #37 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.8% | #1,336 of 3,837 | #80 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
563
-61 (-10%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 781
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.0:1
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 | 563 | 25 | 22.5:1 | 93% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 25.1 | 22.7:1 | 94% (536) |
| 2022-23 | 592 | 26 | 22.8:1 | 90% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 26 | 24.0:1 | 93% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 711 | 27.9 | 25.5:1 | 93% (660) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 31 | 27.2:1 | 95% (800) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | N/A | N/A | 95% (798) |
| 2000-01 | 855 | 43 | 19.9:1 | 84% (722) |
| 1990-91 | 781 | 30 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Merle S. Casey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (711 to 563); teachers down 10% (27.9 to 25).
About Merle S. Casey Elementary
Merle S. Casey Elementary is a public medium-sized elementary school in Rialto, California. It enrolled 563 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
Besides Merle S. Casey Elementary, Rialto Unified runs 28 other schools. The district enrolls 23,067 students.
The student body at Merle S. Casey Elementary is 94% Hispanic. Other groups make up 2% White and 2% Black. County-wide, 55% of San Bernardino County residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 22.5 students per teacher and 25 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 93%. That rate is above the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Merle S. Casey Elementary receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at Merle S. Casey Elementary are 3.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (22.0% actual, 25.0% predicted).
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Merle S. Casey Elementary, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
The closest public school, J.P. Kelley Elementary, is about 0.7 miles from Merle S. Casey Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Merle S. Casey Elementary ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Merle S. Casey Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Merle S. Casey Elementary's enrollment dropped from 624 in 2020-21 to 563 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.0:1 to 22.5:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Merle S. Casey Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Rialto Unified
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
Other schools in Rialto
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Ethel Kucera MiddleMiddle · 978 students
Nearby schools
- J.P. Kelley Elementary0.7 mi · 661
- Levi Bemis Elementary0.8 mi · 566
- Lida M. Henry Elementary0.9 mi · 391
- J. Calvin Boyd Elementary0.9 mi · 569
- Rialto High1.0 mi · 2,623
- Winn A. Myers Elementary1.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About Merle S. Casey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Merle S. Casey Elementary?
Merle S. Casey Elementary enrolls approximately 563 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Merle S. Casey Elementary serve?
Merle S. Casey Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Merle S. Casey Elementary?
Approximately 22.5:1 students per teacher at Merle S. Casey Elementary.
How diverse is Merle S. Casey Elementary?
Merle S. Casey Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Merle S. Casey Elementary?
Merle S. Casey Elementary is overseen by Rialto Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.