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Alumni: what's one memory from Riley Elementary that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005381
Riley Elementary
1266 North G St., San Bernardino, CA 92405 · (909) 388-6460 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
21.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
443 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 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
16%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
30.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.4pp since 2014
Math
32.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.9pp 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 33 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 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.0% | 15.4% | 29.1% | 40.5% |
| Math | 13.0% | 19.9% | 22.5% | 44.6% |
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 | 30.4% | 32.9% |
| 2023-24 | 28.5% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 26.6% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 32.4% | 32.8% |
| 2018-19 | 38.0% | 35.1% |
| 2017-18 | 42.8% | 41.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 29.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Riley Elementary
Riley Elementary's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Elementary this school | 462 | 95.9% | 29.4% |
| Howard Tanner Paramount | 428 | 97.0% | 35.0% |
| Tumbleweed Elementary Palmdale | 502 | 95.0% | 22.4% |
| Estrella Elementary Los Angeles | 453 | 97.8% | 24.0% |
| Wesley Gaines Paramount | 449 | 97.1% | 41.8% |
| West Vernon Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 470 | 98.9% | 39.2% |
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 Riley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,595 of 5,151 | #173 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #2,920 of 5,172 ▲ 676 | #123 of 321 ▲ 46 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,948 of 5,172 ▼ 3 | #212 of 321 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.9pp | #1,519 of 5,116 | #63 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #2,888 of 5,915 | #225 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,511 of 5,352 | #65 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.7% | #4,665 of 5,354 | #298 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.9% | #329 of 5,625 | #19 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #1,586 of 3,837 | #98 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
462
-40 (-8%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 462 | 22 | 21.0:1 | 96% (443) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 21 | 22.5:1 | 96% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 22 | 21.7:1 | 95% (456) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 21 | 23.9:1 | 94% (473) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 22 | 25.8:1 | 97% (551) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 97% (614) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | N/A | N/A | 97% (747) |
| 2000-01 | 968 | 44 | 22.0:1 | 92% (894) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 33 | 28.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (567 to 462); teachers unchanged (22 to 22).
About Riley Elementary
Riley Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in San Bernardino, California. Total enrollment is 462 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5.
San Bernardino City Unified runs 72 schools with a combined 44,080 students. Riley Elementary is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Riley Elementary is Hispanic, at 92%. Other reported shares: 6% Black. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 36 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Riley Elementary scores 16%.
Riley Elementary reports a ratio of 21.0 students per teacher, from 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Riley Elementary, 96% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County.
Riley Elementary earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of California public elementary schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 23.4%. Riley Elementary scores 29.4%.
Looking at the county, San Bernardino County, median household income comes to about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Riley Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Lincoln Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Riley Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Riley Elementary is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 462, from 502 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 23.9:1 to 21.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The discussion board for Riley Elementary is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 San Bernardino
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- San Bernardino County Special EducationCombined · 1,860 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
Other Riley Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Riley Elementary. Riley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Riley ElementaryLakewood, CA · 490 students
- Riley Elementary SchoolRiley, IN · 401 students
- Riley Elementary SchoolSAINT JOHNS, MI · 299 students
- Riley ElemGreat Bend, KS · 296 students
- Riley Elementary SchoolLaPorte, IN · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elementary0.6 mi · 531
- San Bernardino High0.6 mi · 1,440
- Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary0.8 mi · 394
- Roosevelt Elementary0.8 mi · 512
- Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary0.8 mi · 338
- Mt. Vernon Elementary0.9 mi · 471
Frequently asked questions
About Riley ElementaryHow large is Riley Elementary?
Riley Elementary enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riley Elementary serve?
Riley Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Riley Elementary?
Approximately 21.0:1 students per teacher at Riley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Riley Elementary?
At Riley Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Riley Elementary in?
Riley Elementary is part of San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.