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If you could change one rule at Sierra Vista Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLAND UNIFIED·NCES 060001609093
Sierra Vista Elementary
253 East 14th St., Upland, CA 91786 · (909) 949-7780 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
25.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
303 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
54%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
56.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.4pp since 2014
Math
42.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +11.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.8% | 36.6% | 28.6% | 15.0% |
| Math | 19.4% | 23.4% | 34.8% | 22.5% |
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 | 56.4% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 35.5% |
| 2022-23 | 44.8% | 40.8% |
| 2021-22 | 34.5% | 31.9% |
| 2018-19 | 56.3% | 34.8% |
| 2017-18 | 58.2% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 46.1% | 35.9% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Sierra Vista Elementary
Sierra Vista Elementary's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Vista Elementary this school | 409 | 74.1% | 45.2% |
| Highlands Elementary Spring Valley | 357 | 73.9% | 35.2% |
| Sycamore Elementary Upland | 412 | 75.0% | 42.3% |
| Central Elementary Rancho Cucamonga | 436 | 75.2% | 34.8% |
| Rancho Cordova Elementary Rancho Cordova | 407 | 77.6% | 19.4% |
| Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation Upland | 514 | 73.9% | 40.1% |
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 Sierra Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #2,055 of 5,151 | #72 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #2,084 of 5,172 ▲ 471 | #71 of 321 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #1,589 of 5,172 ▲ 528 | #62 of 321 ▲ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.4pp | #130 of 5,116 | #7 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,567 of 5,915 | #267 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,647 of 5,352 | #309 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #2,429 of 5,354 | #95 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.1% | #2,683 of 5,625 | #219 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #2,795 of 3,837 | #170 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
409
-29 (-7%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 643
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 31.3:1
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 | 409 | 16.1 | 25.5:1 | 74% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 15.2 | 27.6:1 | 76% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 13.2 | 32.6:1 | 76% (324) |
| 2020-21 | 438 | 14 | 31.3:1 | 65% (283) |
| 2017-18 | 450 | 18.1 | 24.9:1 | 58% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 454 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 53% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | N/A | N/A | 51% (199) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 25 | 22.3:1 | 43% (241) |
| 1990-91 | 643 | 24 | 26.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sierra Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (450 to 409); teachers down 11% (18.1 to 16.1).
About Sierra Vista Elementary
Upland, California, is home to Sierra Vista Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 409 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
District-wide, Upland Unified has 14 schools and 9,461 students.
About 64% of the student body at Sierra Vista Elementary is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 18% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. County-wide, 55% of San Bernardino County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at Sierra Vista Elementary are from different groups.
Teacher count: 16.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 25.5:1. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 74%. The average for public schools in San Bernardino County is similar, at 74%.
Sierra Vista Elementary holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 78% of California public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Sierra Vista Elementary is 9.1 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 45.2% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
In San Bernardino County, 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.
Measured in a straight line, Magnolia Elementary is about 0.6 miles from Sierra Vista Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Sierra Vista Elementary ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Sierra Vista Elementary enrolled 438 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 409. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 31.3:1 in 2020-21 to 25.5:1 in 2024-25.
The Sierra Vista Elementary discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Upland Unified
- Upland HighHigh · 2,797 students
- Pioneer Junior HighMiddle · 771 students
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- Valencia ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Other schools in Upland
- Upland HighHigh · 2,797 students
- Pioneer Junior HighMiddle · 771 students
- Pepper Tree ElementaryElementary · 719 students
- Baldy View ElementaryElementary · 624 students
- Upland Junior HighMiddle · 599 students
- Valencia ElementaryElementary · 571 students
Other Sierra Vista Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sierra Vista Elementary. Sierra Vista Elementary is the 8th largest of the 12.
- Sierra Vista ElementaryPerris, CA · 867 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryMadera, CA · 740 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryArvin, CA · 690 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryLa Habra, CA · 467 students
- Sierra Vista ElementaryClovis, CA · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Magnolia Elementary0.6 mi · 506
- Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation0.8 mi · 514
- Upland Junior High0.9 mi · 599
- Upland High1.0 mi · 2,797
- Upland Elementary1.0 mi · 404
- Pioneer Junior High1.1 mi · 771
Frequently asked questions
About Sierra Vista ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Sierra Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sierra Vista Elementary serve?
Sierra Vista Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sierra Vista Elementary?
Approximately 25.5:1 students per teacher at Sierra Vista Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sierra Vista Elementary?
At Sierra Vista Elementary, the student body is approximately 18% White, 64% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sierra Vista Elementary public or private?
Sierra Vista Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Upland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.