Enrollment
372
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005370
Monterey Elementary
794 East Monterey Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92410 · (909) 388-6391 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of California public elementary schools
- FTest 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.
- 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
20.7:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
359 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 84% larger than its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
31%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
20.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.8pp since 2014
Math
10.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -7.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.2% | 16.1% | 25.9% | 53.9% |
| Math | 5.2% | 5.2% | 19.7% | 70.0% |
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 | 20.2% | 10.4% |
| 2023-24 | 13.5% | 5.9% |
| 2022-23 | 15.9% | 9.2% |
| 2021-22 | 19.6% | 9.9% |
| 2018-19 | 17.1% | 15.9% |
| 2017-18 | 16.5% | 12.8% |
| 2016-17 | 16.1% | 12.0% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
12.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% 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 Monterey Elementary
Monterey Elementary's state test result (12.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monterey Elementary this school | 372 | 96.5% | 12.7% |
| Kirk Elementary Fresno | 395 | 96.7% | 20.7% |
| Figueroa Street Elementary Los Angeles | 400 | 98.0% | 42.9% |
| Newmark Elementary San Bernardino | 392 | 93.4% | 14.0% |
| Cole Elementary Highland | 380 | 95.5% | 17.4% |
| Eastside Elementary Lancaster | 423 | 96.0% | 24.6% |
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 Monterey Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.7% | #5,035 of 5,151 | #310 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.4% | #5,025 of 5,172 ▲ 120 | #306 of 321 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #4,829 of 5,172 ▲ 244 | #296 of 321 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #3,198 of 5,116 | #239 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #4,034 of 5,915 | #291 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.7:1 | #1,310 of 5,352 | #53 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #3,902 of 5,354 | #211 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #254 of 5,625 | #13 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #698 of 3,837 | #29 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
372
-30 (-7%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 372 | 18 | 20.7:1 | 97% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 16.5 | 20.9:1 | 94% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 16.5 | 21.8:1 | 93% (336) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 16 | 25.1:1 | 95% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 21 | 24.6:1 | 95% (490) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 98% (547) |
| 2010-11 | 764 | N/A | N/A | 96% (732) |
| 2000-01 | 764 | 35 | 21.8:1 | 81% (620) |
| 1990-91 | 756 | 26 | 29.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Monterey Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (516 to 372); teachers down 14% (21 to 18).
About Monterey Elementary
Monterey Elementary is a small elementary school serving families in San Bernardino, California. Total enrollment is 372 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6.
Monterey Elementary is in San Bernardino City Unified, a district with 44,080 students across 72 schools.
At Monterey Elementary, 82% of students are Hispanic. It is also 12% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Monterey Elementary scores 31%.
Monterey Elementary reports a ratio of 20.7 students per teacher, from 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Monterey Elementary, 97% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 23 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Monterey Elementary lands at D, ahead of 6% of California public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 23.0% for Monterey Elementary. The school posts 12.7%, 10.3 points below the prediction.
San Bernardino County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 393,648, Monterey Elementary among them.
Savant Preparatory Academy of Business, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Monterey Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Monterey Elementary is 4th of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 372, down from 402 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 25.1 to 20.7 over 4 years.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Monterey Elementary. 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
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Other Monterey Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Monterey Elementary. Monterey Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Monterey ElementaryRoanoke, VA · 508 students
- Monterey Elementary SchoolGrove City, OH · 425 students
- Monterey Elementary SchoolCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Savant Preparatory Academy of Business0.2 mi · 228
- Anderson0.3 mi · 76
- Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino0.5 mi · 152
- Sierra High0.7 mi · 384
- E. Neal Roberts Elementary0.7 mi · 425
- Indian Springs High0.8 mi · 1,810
Frequently asked questions
About Monterey ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Monterey Elementary?
Monterey Elementary enrolls approximately 372 students in grades KG-06.
Is Monterey Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Monterey Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Monterey Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Monterey Elementary is approximately 20.7:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Monterey Elementary?
At Monterey Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 82% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Monterey Elementary public or private?
Monterey Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.