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Enrollment
743
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOWLINE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063697007875
Phelan Elementary
4167 Phelan Rd., Phelan, CA 92371 · (760) 868-3252 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- 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
24.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
632 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 138 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
24.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.5pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 25 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 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.3% | 17.2% | 25.6% | 49.9% |
| Math | 5.3% | 12.4% | 22.0% | 60.3% |
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 | 24.5% | 17.8% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 24.1% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 15.9% |
| 2018-19 | 33.3% | 28.7% |
| 2017-18 | 27.2% | 25.3% |
| 2016-17 | 23.7% | 21.0% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Phelan Elementary
Phelan Elementary's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phelan Elementary this school | 743 | 85.1% | 20.1% |
| Valle Vista Elementary Hemet | 672 | 87.9% | 26.5% |
| Carmel Elementary Hesperia | 804 | 82.7% | 24.2% |
| Garden Elementary Tulare | 689 | 79.5% | 35.3% |
| Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts Vista | 740 | 81.6% | 31.3% |
| John Stallings Elementary Corona | 627 | 87.4% | 31.9% |
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 Phelan Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #4,576 of 5,151 | #255 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,502 of 5,172 ▲ 208 | #248 of 321 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #4,529 of 5,172 ▼ 100 | #264 of 321 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,776 of 5,116 | #213 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #567 of 5,915 | #41 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.0:1 | #3,727 of 5,352 | #226 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.3% | #3,166 of 5,354 | #150 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #1,655 of 5,625 | #135 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #232 of 1,139 | #15 of 67 |
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
743
+233 (+46%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 785
Student : Teacher
24.0:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 743 | 31 | 24.0:1 | 85% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 30 | 23.2:1 | 81% (564) |
| 2022-23 | 642 | 27 | 23.8:1 | 78% (502) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 21 | 24.3:1 | 85% (432) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 23 | 26.7:1 | 83% (509) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 22 | 24.8:1 | 81% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 640 | N/A | N/A | 75% (477) |
| 2000-01 | 650 | 33 | 19.7:1 | 66% (426) |
| 1990-91 | 785 | 34 | 23.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phelan Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (614 to 743); teachers up 35% (23 to 31).
About Phelan Elementary
Families in Phelan, California, are served by Phelan Elementary, a large elementary school. It enrolls 743 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. It has 60% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Phelan Elementary sits within Snowline Joint Unified, which has 12 schools and 8,074 students.
More than half of enrollment at Phelan Elementary is Hispanic: 72%. Other groups include 20% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. The diversity index for Phelan Elementary is 44%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Phelan Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.0:1, with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 85% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in San Bernardino County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Phelan Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of California public elementary schools.
A school with Phelan Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 29.7%. Phelan Elementary scores 20.1%, 9.6 points below that line.
San Bernardino County is the school's county. There, 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. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 393,648, Phelan Elementary among them.
Mojave River Academy - Marble City, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Phelan Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Phelan Elementary places 4th out of 5 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Phelan Elementary reported 510 students in 2020-21 and 743 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
This page collects posts and questions about Phelan Elementary, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. 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 Snowline Joint Unified
- Serrano HighHigh · 2,163 students
- Baldy Mesa ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Quail Valley MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Pinon Mesa MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- Vista Verde ElementaryElementary · 774 students
- Pinon Hills ElementaryElementary · 566 students
Other schools in Phelan
- Serrano HighHigh · 2,163 students
- Baldy Mesa ElementaryElementary · 985 students
- Quail Valley MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Pinon Mesa MiddleMiddle · 835 students
- HeritageElementary · 563 students
- Mojave River Academy - Marble CityCombined · 259 students
Other Phelan Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Phelan Elementary. Phelan Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Phelan Elementary SchoolRICHMOND, TX · 743 students
Nearby schools
- Mojave River Academy - Marble City0.3 mi · 259
- Snowline Academy0.5 mi · 85
- Pinon Mesa Middle0.6 mi · 835
- Chaparral High0.7 mi · 130
- Eagle Summit Community Day0.7 mi · 24
- Serrano High0.9 mi · 2,163
Frequently asked questions
About Phelan ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Phelan Elementary?
Phelan Elementary enrolls approximately 743 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Phelan Elementary serve?
Phelan Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Phelan Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Phelan Elementary is approximately 24.0:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Phelan Elementary?
Student demographics at Phelan Elementary are roughly 20% White, 72% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Phelan Elementary public or private?
Phelan Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Snowline Joint Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.