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What's something Pinon Hills Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
566
Elementary
DISTRICT 661 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SNOWLINE JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 063697009640
Pinon Hills Elementary
878 Mono Rd., Pinon Hills, CA 92372 · (760) 868-4424 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL566 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
23.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
477 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 | 107 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
50%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
21.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -23.4pp since 2014
Math
17.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -28.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 15.8% | 23.2% | 55.2% |
| Math | 3.1% | 14.2% | 29.5% | 53.3% |
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 | 21.6% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 10.6% |
| 2022-23 | 21.8% | 17.2% |
| 2021-22 | 31.6% | 16.5% |
| 2018-19 | 50.9% | 39.9% |
| 2017-18 | 48.5% | 37.9% |
| 2016-17 | 43.0% | 38.6% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% 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 Pinon Hills Elementary
Pinon Hills Elementary's state test result (16.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinon Hills Elementary this school | 566 | 84.3% | 16.0% |
| Calimesa Elementary Yucaipa | 511 | 83.2% | 17.4% |
| Valley Elementary Yucaipa | 518 | 81.3% | 30.6% |
| Burns Valley Clearlake | 568 | 82.2% | 15.2% |
| Mesa Verde Elementary Oakdale | 529 | 81.7% | 18.1% |
| Winifred Pifer Elementary Paso Robles | 492 | 81.7% | 30.1% |
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 Pinon Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #4,881 of 5,151 | #289 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #4,554 of 5,172 ▲ 445 | #254 of 321 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #4,750 of 5,172 ▲ 293 | #285 of 321 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.6pp | #642 of 5,116 | #19 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 566 | #1,696 of 5,915 | #141 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,426 of 5,352 | #197 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #2,741 of 5,354 | #119 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #1,731 of 5,625 | #143 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.0% | #199 of 1,139 | #10 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
566
+174 (+44%) vs 2020
+33% since 1990-91, when it was 424
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 566 | 24 | 23.6:1 | 84% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 24 | 22.3:1 | 74% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 85% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 392 | 18 | 21.8:1 | 82% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 17.5 | 26.3:1 | 73% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 17 | 25.4:1 | 66% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | N/A | N/A | 66% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 401 | 19 | 21.1:1 | 48% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 424 | 16 | 26.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pinon Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 23% (460 to 566); teachers up 37% (17.5 to 24).
About Pinon Hills Elementary
Pinon Hills Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Pinon Hills, California. Enrolled students number 566 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Pinon Hills Elementary reports to Snowline Joint Unified, which has 12 schools and 8,074 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Pinon Hills Elementary, at 65%. The next largest groups are 27% White and 6% multiracial. In San Bernardino County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Pinon Hills Elementary employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 23.6:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Pinon Hills Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 84%. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
allk12 grades Pinon Hills Elementary an F. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Pinon Hills Elementary, the prediction is 30.2% and the result is 16.0%.
Within San Bernardino County, the median household income is $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County has 583 public schools and roughly 393,648 students.
The next-closest public school is Chaparral High, about 4.4 miles away. Pinon Hills Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with 7 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 31.3% on proficiency, and Pinon Hills Elementary is below that at 16.0%.
Pinon Hills Elementary is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Reported enrollment: 392 (2020-21) and 566 (2024-25). These figures may describe different sets of grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 23.6:1, from 21.8:1.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Pinon Hills Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Phelan ElementaryElementary · 743 students
Other Pinon Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Pinon Hills Elementary. Pinon Hills Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Pinon Hills Elementary SchoolMinden, NV · 256 students
Nearby schools
- Chaparral High4.4 mi · 130
- Eagle Summit Community Day4.4 mi · 24
- Snowline Academy4.5 mi · 85
- Phelan Elementary4.5 mi · 743
- Pinon Mesa Middle4.6 mi · 835
- Mojave River Academy - Marble City4.8 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About Pinon Hills ElementaryHow large is Pinon Hills Elementary?
Pinon Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 566 students in grades KG-05.
Is Pinon Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pinon Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Pinon Hills Elementary have?
Pinon Hills Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pinon Hills Elementary?
At Pinon Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 27% White, 65% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Pinon Hills Elementary?
Pinon Hills Elementary is overseen by Snowline Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.