Enrollment
364
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FONTANA UNIFIED·NCES 061392009546
Shadow Hills Elementary
14300 Shadow Dr., Fontana, CA 92337 · (909) 357-5750 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL364 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
20.5:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
310 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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% . +5.2pp since 2014
Math
22.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.4pp 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 22 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 14.8% | 21.4% | 25.5% | 38.3% |
| Math | 7.7% | 14.8% | 36.7% | 40.8% |
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 | 36.2% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 27.5% |
| 2022-23 | 35.4% | 21.6% |
| 2021-22 | 33.1% | 14.6% |
| 2018-19 | 50.5% | 36.5% |
| 2017-18 | 51.4% | 38.9% |
| 2016-17 | 43.3% | 26.7% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
30.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Shadow Hills Elementary
Shadow Hills Elementary's state test result (30.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Hills Elementary this school | 364 | 85.2% | 30.9% |
| Ford Elementary Richmond | 371 | 85.4% | 13.8% |
| Upland Elementary Upland | 404 | 87.4% | 47.5% |
| Tokay Elementary Fontana | 378 | 81.7% | 26.6% |
| North Tamarind Elementary Fontana | 373 | 88.2% | 17.2% |
| Virginia Primrose Elementary Fontana | 336 | 81.8% | 25.5% |
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 Shadow Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,405 of 5,151 | #156 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,052 of 5,172 ▼ 717 | #208 of 321 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #3,307 of 5,172 ▼ 396 | #164 of 321 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,505 of 5,116 | #103 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 364 | #4,133 of 5,915 | #295 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,194 of 5,352 | #47 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #4,116 of 5,354 | #234 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #1,641 of 5,625 | #134 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #2,817 of 3,837 | #172 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
364
-47 (-11%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 19.6:1
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 | 364 | 17.8 | 20.5:1 | 85% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 350 | 20 | 17.5:1 | 81% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 18.2 | 19.9:1 | 72% (260) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 21 | 19.6:1 | 77% (316) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 17.6 | 22.8:1 | 84% (335) |
| 2015-16 | 489 | 18 | 27.2:1 | 87% (427) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | N/A | N/A | 87% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 672 | 34 | 19.8:1 | 67% (453) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 21 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (400 to 364); teachers up 1% (17.6 to 17.8).
About Shadow Hills Elementary
In Fontana, California, part of San Bernardino County, Shadow Hills Elementary is an elementary school. It reports enrollment of 364 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 22% below the average for elementary schools in California.
Fontana Unified operates 44 schools. Combined enrollment is 32,735 students.
The share of students at Shadow Hills Elementary who are Hispanic is 85%. Other groups include 5% Black, 5% White, and 3% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Shadow Hills Elementary are from different groups.
For every teacher at Shadow Hills Elementary, there are about 20.5 students; the school has 17.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 85%. Compared with the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County, the school's rate is higher.
Shadow Hills 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 42% of California public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Shadow Hills Elementary would be expected to post about 29.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 30.9%.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where median household income comes to about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. San Bernardino County's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Shadow Hills Elementary.
Shadow Hills Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Southridge Tech Middle, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Shadow Hills Elementary ranks 4th of 9 nearby schools, at 30.9% versus a 32.5% average.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 11%.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Fontana Unified
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
- Wayne Ruble MiddleMiddle · 1,394 students
Other schools in Fontana
- Summit HighHigh · 2,725 students
- Fontana HighHigh · 2,534 students
- Options for Youth-ActonHigh · 2,171 students
- Fontana A. B. Miller HighHigh · 1,950 students
- Jurupa Hills HighHigh · 1,739 students
- Henry J. Kaiser HighHigh · 1,660 students
Other Shadow Hills Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Shadow Hills Elementary. Shadow Hills Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Shadow Hills ElementaryAlpine, CA · 377 students
- SHADOW HILLS ELEMENTARYBOISE, ID · 404 students
Nearby schools
- Southridge Tech Middle0.3 mi · 923
- Chaparral Academy of Technology0.4 mi · 205
- Henry J. Kaiser High0.4 mi · 1,660
- Canyon Crest Elementary0.6 mi · 420
- Oak Park Elementary0.6 mi · 340
- Michael D'Arcy Elementary1.6 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Shadow Hills Elementary?
Shadow Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 364 students in grades KG-05.
Is Shadow Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shadow Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Shadow Hills Elementary?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Shadow Hills Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Shadow Hills Elementary?
Student demographics at Shadow Hills Elementary are roughly 5% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Shadow Hills Elementary public or private?
Shadow Hills Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fontana Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.