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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Newman Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060846000845
Newman Elementary
4150 Walnut Ave., Chino, CA 91710 · (909) 627-9758 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
374 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 51% smaller than its 6th grade class (74).
Student demographics
30%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
38.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.1pp since 2014
Math
24.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.2% | 25.9% | 20.0% | 41.9% |
| Math | 9.1% | 15.6% | 25.7% | 49.6% |
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 | 38.1% | 24.6% |
| 2023-24 | 39.9% | 26.3% |
| 2022-23 | 35.7% | 23.1% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 23.4% |
| 2018-19 | 41.5% | 28.1% |
| 2017-18 | 30.2% | 23.8% |
| 2016-17 | 35.7% | 29.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Newman Elementary
Newman Elementary's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newman Elementary this school | 427 | 87.6% | 32.4% |
| Oak Grove Elementary Porterville | 393 | 87.3% | 33.0% |
| Keyes Elementary Keyes | 477 | 87.6% | 31.3% |
| Joel J. Hidahl Elementary Ceres | 393 | 86.0% | 24.9% |
| E. J. Marshall Elementary Chino | 417 | 89.2% | 43.7% |
| Del Rey Woods Elementary Seaside | 390 | 87.9% | 26.4% |
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 Newman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #3,235 of 5,151 | #145 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #3,812 of 5,172 ▼ 346 | #183 of 321 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.1% | #3,122 of 5,172 ▼ 385 | #151 of 321 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,495 of 5,116 | #184 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #3,317 of 5,915 | #255 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.1:1 | #2,276 of 5,352 | #112 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #3,950 of 5,354 | #215 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.6% | #1,386 of 5,625 | #103 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.5% | #511 of 3,837 | #19 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
427
-76 (-15%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 794
Student : Teacher
22.1:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 427 | 19.3 | 22.1:1 | 88% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 21.2 | 22.3:1 | 81% (385) |
| 2022-23 | 493 | 21.4 | 23.1:1 | 83% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 22 | 22.9:1 | 73% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 22 | 27.9:1 | 77% (470) |
| 2015-16 | 651 | 25 | 26.0:1 | 76% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 836 | N/A | N/A | 64% (534) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 41 | 21.7:1 | 43% (382) |
| 1990-91 | 794 | 34 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (614 to 427); teachers down 12% (22 to 19.3).
About Newman Elementary
Newman Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in Chino, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 427 students.
Chino Valley Unified enrolls 25,548 students in 35 schools, including Newman Elementary.
A large majority of enrollment at Newman Elementary is Hispanic, at 83%. It is also 8% White and 5% Asian. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 28 points below the school's share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
For every teacher at Newman Elementary, there are about 22.1 students; the school has 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is similar, at 22.3:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
The model predicts 28.2% for a school in California with Newman Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Newman Elementary posts 32.4%.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where the median household earns about $85,478 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Newman Elementary shares San Bernardino County with 582 other public schools.
Newman Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Ramona Junior High, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Newman Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.7% on proficiency, and Newman Elementary is below that at 32.4%.
The federal government classifies Newman Elementary's location as City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 76 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Newman Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Chino Valley Unified
- Chino Hills HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Ruben S. Ayala HighHigh · 2,541 students
- Chino HighHigh · 2,077 students
- Don Antonio Lugo HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Canyon Hills Junior HighMiddle · 1,070 students
- Cal Aero Preserve AcademyElementary · 982 students
Other schools in Chino
- Chino HighHigh · 2,077 students
- Don Antonio Lugo HighHigh · 1,256 students
- Cal Aero Preserve AcademyElementary · 982 students
- Allegiance STEAM Academy - ThriveElementary · 950 students
- Legacy AcademyElementary · 866 students
- Edwin Rhodes ElementaryElementary · 860 students
Other Newman Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Newman Elementary. Newman Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Newman ElementaryNeedham, MA · 696 students
- Newman Elementary SchoolFRISCO, TX · 594 students
- Newman Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 365 students
- Newman Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Ramona Junior High0.6 mi · 417
- Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts - Chino Valley0.7 mi · 305
- Dickson Elementary0.8 mi · 566
- Lyle S. Briggs Fundamental0.8 mi · 643
- Anna A. Borba Fundamental Elementary1.3 mi · 362
- Don Antonio Lugo High1.3 mi · 1,256
Frequently asked questions
About Newman ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Newman Elementary?
Newman Elementary enrolls approximately 427 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Newman Elementary serve?
Newman Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Newman Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newman Elementary is approximately 22.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Newman Elementary?
Student demographics at Newman Elementary are roughly 8% White, 83% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Newman Elementary in?
Newman Elementary is part of Chino Valley Unified.
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