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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETIWANDA ELEMENTARY·NCES 061296011841
Perdew Elementary
13051 Miller Ave., Etiwanda, CA 91739 · (909) 803-3316 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
222 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
57.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -1.0pp since 2014
Math
55.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 31.4% | 25.6% | 21.8% | 21.1% |
| Math | 32.5% | 22.9% | 26.8% | 17.8% |
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 | 57.0% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 53.1% |
| 2022-23 | 56.4% | 58.8% |
| 2021-22 | 57.7% | 51.3% |
| 2018-19 | 68.8% | 64.5% |
| 2017-18 | 67.8% | 56.3% |
| 2016-17 | 67.5% | 57.5% |
| 2015-16 | 67.0% | 58.0% |
| 2014-15 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Perdew Elementary
Perdew Elementary's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perdew Elementary this school | 589 | 37.7% | 54.8% |
| Olympic View Elementary Chula Vista | 544 | 39.3% | 56.9% |
| East Heritage Elementary Fontana | 612 | 36.3% | 64.2% |
| Heritage Elementary Chula Vista | 732 | 38.3% | 66.5% |
| Sonia Sotomayor Elementary Chula Vista | 488 | 41.8% | 57.2% |
| Marshall (Thurgood) Elementary Chula Vista | 431 | 38.1% | 63.0% |
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 Perdew Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #1,421 of 5,151 | #45 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,290 of 5,172 ▲ 45 | #38 of 321 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,536 of 5,172 ▲ 201 | #59 of 321 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,746 of 5,116 | #210 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #1,489 of 5,915 | #114 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,585 of 5,352 | #133 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #733 of 5,354 | #14 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.7% | #4,434 of 5,625 | #313 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.9% | #832 of 3,837 | #40 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
589
-123 (-17%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 589 | 26.2 | 22.5:1 | 38% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 677 | 27.5 | 24.6:1 | 43% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 28.7 | 23.1:1 | 62% (411) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 29 | 24.6:1 | 44% (315) |
| 2017-18 | 795 | 30.2 | 26.3:1 | 50% (395) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 31 | 26.4:1 | 44% (357) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | N/A | N/A | 35% (227) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Perdew Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (795 to 589); teachers down 13% (30.2 to 26.2).
About Perdew Elementary
Perdew Elementary is one of the public schools in Etiwanda, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. There are 589 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. The school is 27% bigger than the average for elementary schools in California.
Perdew Elementary is among 18 schools run by Etiwanda Elementary, which serves 13,666 students.
The largest group at Perdew Elementary is Hispanic students, at 47%. It is also 24% Asian, 10% White, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. The diversity index for Perdew Elementary is 69%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Perdew Elementary has 26.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 22.5:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 38% at Perdew Elementary. For comparison, public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Perdew Elementary is 2.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.8% actual, 57.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In San Bernardino County, home to about 2,197,104 people, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Perdew Elementary shares San Bernardino County with 582 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Grapeland Elementary, is about 0.8 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Perdew Elementary is 6th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Perdew Elementary has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment fell 17% over 4 years, reaching 589 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 24.6:1 to 22.5:1 over the same years.
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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 Etiwanda Elementary
- Day Creek IntermediateMiddle · 1,326 students
- Etiwanda IntermediateMiddle · 1,181 students
- Heritage IntermediateMiddle · 1,175 students
- Summit IntermediateMiddle · 1,065 students
- John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · 916 students
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Etiwanda
- Etiwanda HighHigh · 3,446 students
- Day Creek IntermediateMiddle · 1,326 students
- Etiwanda IntermediateMiddle · 1,181 students
- Summit IntermediateMiddle · 1,065 students
- John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · 916 students
- Grapeland ElementaryElementary · 620 students
Nearby schools
- Grapeland Elementary0.8 mi · 620
- West Heritage Elementary0.8 mi · 611
- Etiwanda Intermediate1.0 mi · 1,181
- Heritage Intermediate1.2 mi · 1,175
- Etiwanda High1.3 mi · 3,446
- Windrows Elementary1.4 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Perdew ElementaryHow many students attend Perdew Elementary?
Perdew Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades KG-05.
Is Perdew Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Perdew Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Perdew Elementary have?
Perdew Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Perdew Elementary?
Student demographics at Perdew Elementary are roughly 10% White, 47% Hispanic, 9% Black, 24% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Perdew Elementary in?
Perdew Elementary is part of Etiwanda Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.