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What's one thing Oehl Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005376
Oehl Elementary
2525 Palm Ave., Highland, CA 92346 · (909) 862-2261 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% 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.
- B-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
21.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
388 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
37%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
30.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +12.0pp since 2014
Math
18.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.7% | 21.3% | 24.5% | 45.5% |
| Math | 4.3% | 13.8% | 24.9% | 56.9% |
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 | 30.0% | 18.2% |
| 2023-24 | 24.1% | 20.7% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 16.2% |
| 2021-22 | 27.3% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 40.6% | 28.4% |
| 2017-18 | 33.1% | 18.6% |
| 2016-17 | 23.7% | 14.6% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Oehl Elementary
Oehl Elementary's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oehl Elementary this school | 436 | 89.0% | 23.1% |
| Thompson Elementary Highland | 455 | 88.8% | 33.1% |
| Billy Mitchell Elementary Lawndale | 471 | 87.5% | 37.5% |
| Parkside Elementary San Bernardino | 485 | 88.7% | 20.6% |
| Washington Elementary STEM Magnet Pasadena | 428 | 86.0% | 26.1% |
| Ramona Elementary Bellflower | 454 | 87.9% | 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 Oehl Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #4,279 of 5,151 | #231 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,471 of 5,172 ▼ 374 | #243 of 321 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,979 of 5,172 ▲ 409 | #215 of 321 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,487 of 5,116 | #183 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,211 of 5,915 | #247 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,055 of 5,352 | #98 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.5% | #3,585 of 5,354 | #187 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #1,224 of 5,625 | #86 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #1,626 of 3,837 | #100 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
436
-77 (-15%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 22.3:1
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 | 436 | 20 | 21.8:1 | 89% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 91% (421) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 23.5 | 20.4:1 | 87% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 23 | 22.3:1 | 85% (438) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 21 | 25.4:1 | 88% (471) |
| 2015-16 | 600 | 24 | 25.0:1 | 87% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 521 | N/A | N/A | 85% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 36 | 22.1:1 | 75% (594) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 28 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Oehl Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (533 to 436); teachers down 5% (21 to 20).
About Oehl Elementary
Oehl Elementary is an elementary school in Highland, California, according to federal school records. The school enrolls 436 students in kindergarten through 6.
San Bernardino City Unified has 44,080 students spread across 72 schools.
More than half of enrollment at Oehl Elementary is Hispanic: 78%. Enrollment also includes 9% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 23 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. The diversity index for Oehl Elementary is 37%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.8 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school reported 89% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Oehl Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 20% of California public elementary schools.
Oehl Elementary is 4.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (23.1% versus 27.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where median household income comes to about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. San Bernardino County's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Oehl Elementary.
Among nearby public schools, Serrano Middle is closest at about 0.7 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Oehl Elementary ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Oehl Elementary enrolled 513 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 436.
This page is set up for the Oehl Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in Highland
- Beattie MiddleMiddle · 1,072 students
- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 716 students
- Belvedere ElementaryElementary · 557 students
- Lankershim ElementaryElementary · 551 students
- Entrepreneur HighHigh · 528 students
- Arroyo Verde ElementaryElementary · 518 students
Nearby schools
- Serrano Middle0.7 mi · 716
- Highland Pacific Elementary0.9 mi · 285
- San Andreas High0.9 mi · 420
- New Vision Middle0.9 mi · 460
- Entrepreneur High0.9 mi · 528
- Cole Elementary1.2 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Oehl ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Oehl Elementary?
Oehl Elementary enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-06.
Is Oehl Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Oehl Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Oehl Elementary have?
Oehl Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Oehl Elementary?
At Oehl Elementary, the student body is approximately 5% White, 78% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Oehl Elementary public or private?
Oehl 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.