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Enrollment
702
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237007622
Sam V. Curtis Elementary
451 South Lilac Ave., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 421-7366 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL702 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
600 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 163 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (163) is 42% larger than its 5th grade class (115).
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
36.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.2pp since 2014
Math
24.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +8.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 8 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 17.1% | 19.1% | 19.1% | 44.8% |
| Math | 11.5% | 12.7% | 22.3% | 53.5% |
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 | 36.2% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 22.7% |
| 2022-23 | 33.3% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 34.9% | 21.7% |
| 2018-19 | 44.7% | 31.6% |
| 2017-18 | 47.7% | 29.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.7% | 21.7% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
30.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Sam V. Curtis Elementary
Sam V. Curtis Elementary's state test result (30.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sam V. Curtis Elementary this school | 702 | 85.5% | 30.3% |
| Eucalyptus Elementary Hesperia | 737 | 86.8% | 19.1% |
| Cloverdale Elementary Moreno Valley | 694 | 86.6% | 23.6% |
| J.P. Kelley Elementary Rialto | 661 | 87.1% | 23.0% |
| Roeding Elementary Fresno | 704 | 88.8% | 29.8% |
| Linda Verde Elementary Lancaster | 680 | 88.5% | 17.1% |
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 Sam V. Curtis Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.3% | #3,470 of 5,151 | #162 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #3,857 of 5,172 ▲ 24 | #189 of 321 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #3,309 of 5,172 ▼ 340 | #165 of 321 ▼ 28 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.9pp | #2,689 of 5,116 | #202 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 702 | #750 of 5,915 | #55 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #4,066 of 5,352 | #257 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #4,230 of 5,354 | #253 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,608 of 5,625 | #130 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #355 of 1,139 | #22 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
702
+75 (+12%) vs 2020
-26% since 2000-01, when it was 953
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 702 | 28.7 | 24.4:1 | 85% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 29.1 | 23.1:1 | 87% (583) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 83% (534) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 26 | 24.1:1 | 89% (559) |
| 2017-18 | 609 | 22 | 27.7:1 | 91% (554) |
| 2015-16 | 649 | 22 | 29.5:1 | 92% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | N/A | N/A | 88% (606) |
| 2000-01 | 953 | 46 | 20.7:1 | 79% (757) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sam V. Curtis Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (609 to 702); teachers up 31% (22 to 28.7).
About Sam V. Curtis Elementary
Sam V. Curtis Elementary is an elementary school in Rialto, California, reachable at (909) 421-7366. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 702 students. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 51% above average.
Rialto Unified has 23,067 students spread across 29 schools.
About 87% of the student body at Sam V. Curtis Elementary is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 8% Black and 2% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Sam V. Curtis Elementary was 24.4:1. This ratio sits 2.1 above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 85%. It compares with 74% for public schools in San Bernardino County.
On BeatsExpectations, Sam V. Curtis Elementary is within a point of its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
San Bernardino County census figures show that the median household income is $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. San Bernardino County is home to 583 public schools and about 393,648 public school students.
The closest other public school is Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation, about 0.6 miles away. Sam V. Curtis Elementary has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Sam V. Curtis Elementary ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 30.3% against a local average of 34.5%.
In the federal locale system, Sam V. Curtis Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment climbed 12% from its 2020-21 level of 627.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Sam V. Curtis Elementary covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Rialto Unified
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
Other schools in Rialto
- Rialto HighHigh · 2,623 students
- Eisenhower HighHigh · 2,075 students
- Wilmer Amina Carter HighHigh · 1,951 students
- Rialto MiddleMiddle · 1,017 students
- Warren F. Frisbie MiddleMiddle · 1,000 students
- Ethel Kucera MiddleMiddle · 978 students
Nearby schools
- Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation0.6 mi · 190
- Zupanic Virtual Academy0.6 mi · 90
- J. Calvin Boyd Elementary0.8 mi · 569
- Samuel W. Simpson Elementary0.8 mi · 638
- Charlotte N. Werner Elementary0.9 mi · 739
- Rialto Middle1.1 mi · 1,017
Frequently asked questions
About Sam V. Curtis ElementaryHow large is Sam V. Curtis Elementary?
Sam V. Curtis Elementary enrolls approximately 702 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Sam V. Curtis Elementary serve?
Sam V. Curtis Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Sam V. Curtis Elementary have?
Sam V. Curtis Elementary employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Sam V. Curtis Elementary?
Student demographics at Sam V. Curtis Elementary are roughly 2% White, 87% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Sam V. Curtis Elementary public or private?
Sam V. Curtis Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rialto Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.