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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
638
Elementary
DISTRICT 567 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIALTO UNIFIED·NCES 063237009183
Samuel W. Simpson Elementary
1050 South Lilac Ave., Rialto, CA 92376 · (909) 820-7954 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
526 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 | 150 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (150) is 43% larger than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
18%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
66.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +26.3pp since 2014
Math
49.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +24.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 26 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 37.0% | 29.3% | 17.9% | 15.8% |
| Math | 23.5% | 25.5% | 26.2% | 24.8% |
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 | 66.3% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 48.3% |
| 2022-23 | 53.3% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.7% | 31.5% |
| 2018-19 | 57.1% | 42.4% |
| 2017-18 | 49.7% | 43.3% |
| 2016-17 | 42.2% | 30.9% |
| 2015-16 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 40.0% | 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in California's top 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 Samuel W. Simpson Elementary
Samuel W. Simpson Elementary's state test result (56.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel W. Simpson Elementary this school | 638 | 82.4% | 56.3% |
| Kingsley Elementary Pomona | 656 | 83.8% | 19.2% |
| Helen L. Dollahan Elementary Rialto | 608 | 82.2% | 30.7% |
| Joshua Circle Elementary Hesperia | 643 | 84.8% | 11.5% |
| Georgia F. Morris Elementary Colton | 604 | 81.5% | 36.7% |
| South Tamarind Elementary Fontana | 565 | 83.7% | 23.9% |
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 Samuel W. Simpson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #1,324 of 5,151 | #41 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,659 of 5,172 ▼ 28 | #53 of 321 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #942 of 5,172 ▲ 286 | #28 of 321 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.1pp | #63 of 5,116 | #5 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #1,110 of 5,915 | #80 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,129 of 5,352 | #258 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.2% | #4,515 of 5,354 | #280 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.4% | #1,919 of 5,625 | #165 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.4% | #2,513 of 3,837 | #157 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
638
-47 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 960
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 638 | 26 | 24.5:1 | 82% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 635 | 27 | 23.5:1 | 87% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 27 | 23.7:1 | 84% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 26 | 26.4:1 | 88% (603) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 28 | 25.7:1 | 81% (586) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 26 | 28.4:1 | 85% (625) |
| 2010-11 | 699 | N/A | N/A | 88% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 38 | 21.2:1 | 72% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 960 | 35 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Samuel W. Simpson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (720 to 638); teachers down 7% (28 to 26).
About Samuel W. Simpson Elementary
Federal records list Samuel W. Simpson Elementary as an elementary school in Rialto, California. It enrolls 638 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That is 37% larger than the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Rialto Unified is made up of 29 schools with 23,067 students in all.
At Samuel W. Simpson Elementary, 90% of students are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 4% Black and 4% White. For comparison, the population of San Bernardino County is roughly 55% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Samuel W. Simpson Elementary scores 18%.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 24.5 students per teacher. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 82% of students at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 74% for public schools in San Bernardino County.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 31.2%. Samuel W. Simpson Elementary posts 56.3%, 25.1 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for San Bernardino County show that median household income comes to about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 583, with about 393,648 students.
Dr. John H. Milor High Continuation is about 0.4 miles from Samuel W. Simpson Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 56.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 7 nearby schools.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Samuel W. Simpson Elementary had a net loss of 47 students, or 7%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 26.4:1 in 2020-21, and 24.5:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Continuation0.4 mi · 190
- Zupanic Virtual Academy0.4 mi · 90
- Sam V. Curtis Elementary0.8 mi · 702
- Joe Baca0.8 mi · 705
- Ruth Grimes Elementary0.8 mi · 606
- J. Calvin Boyd Elementary1.1 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About Samuel W. Simpson ElementaryHow many students attend Samuel W. Simpson Elementary?
Samuel W. Simpson Elementary enrolls approximately 638 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Samuel W. Simpson Elementary serve?
Samuel W. Simpson Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary?
Approximately 24.5:1 students per teacher at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Samuel W. Simpson Elementary?
At Samuel W. Simpson Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Samuel W. Simpson Elementary public or private?
Samuel W. Simpson Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rialto Unified.
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