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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847004412
Sultana Elementary
1845 South Sultana Ave., Ontario, CA 91761 · (909) 986-1215 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
19.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
521 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 110 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 45% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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
40.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.5pp since 2014
Math
30.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 26.8% | 21.2% | 38.2% |
| Math | 11.0% | 19.8% | 25.6% | 43.5% |
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 | 40.5% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 29.4% |
| 2022-23 | 37.4% | 25.1% |
| 2021-22 | 39.8% | 26.7% |
| 2018-19 | 50.1% | 41.3% |
| 2017-18 | 46.4% | 41.3% |
| 2016-17 | 40.0% | 31.1% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Sultana Elementary
Sultana Elementary's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sultana Elementary this school | 589 | 88.5% | 34.6% |
| Mercey Springs Elementary Los Banos | 608 | 89.3% | 21.3% |
| Euclid Elementary Ontario | 572 | 89.3% | 31.4% |
| Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary Indio | 560 | 89.5% | 17.1% |
| Foothill Oak Elementary Vista | 556 | 89.6% | 15.5% |
| J. Calvin Boyd Elementary Rialto | 569 | 87.0% | 25.3% |
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 Sultana Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #3,000 of 5,151 | #133 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #3,143 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #132 of 321 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,875 of 5,172 ▲ 35 | #127 of 321 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #2,508 of 5,116 | #185 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #1,492 of 5,915 | #115 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #886 of 5,352 | #30 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.7% | #4,610 of 5,354 | #290 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.5% | #1,283 of 5,625 | #93 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.3% | #1,162 of 3,837 | #63 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
589
-86 (-13%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 21.8:1
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 | 589 | 29.6 | 19.9:1 | 88% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 621 | 30 | 20.7:1 | 91% (568) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 32.1 | 20.2:1 | 90% (587) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 31 | 21.8:1 | 92% (619) |
| 2017-18 | 758 | 33.1 | 22.9:1 | 84% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 35 | 22.3:1 | 86% (675) |
| 2010-11 | 858 | N/A | N/A | 93% (794) |
| 2000-01 | 1,031 | 49 | 21.0:1 | 94% (969) |
| 1990-91 | 767 | 28 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sultana Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (758 to 589); teachers down 11% (33.1 to 29.6).
About Sultana Elementary
Sultana Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school located in Ontario, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 589 students in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Sultana Elementary is one of the 33 schools that make up Ontario-Montclair (17,640 students in total).
The share of Hispanic students at Sultana Elementary is 91%. The next largest groups are 4% White and 2% Asian. The school's Hispanic share is 36 points above the 55% share among San Bernardino County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 17%.
Sultana Elementary has 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 19.9:1. Elementary schools in California have an average ratio of 22.3:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 88%. The rate at public schools in San Bernardino County averages 74%, lower than here.
Among California public elementary schools, Sultana Elementary outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Sultana Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 27.7%. Sultana Elementary scores 34.6%, 6.9 points above that line.
The county, San Bernardino County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $85,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. San Bernardino County has 583 public schools with about 393,648 students, including Sultana Elementary.
De Anza Middle is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: Sultana Elementary ranks 6th of 8 nearby schools, at 34.6% versus a 39.5% average.
NCES describes the area around Sultana Elementary as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 675 students in 2020-21 to 589 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 21.8:1 in 2020-21 to 19.9:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Sultana Elementary lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Ontario-Montclair
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- Richard Haynes ElementaryElementary · 641 students
Other schools in Ontario
- Chaffey HighHigh · 3,127 students
- Colony HighHigh · 2,109 students
- Ontario HighHigh · 1,994 students
- Park View ElementaryElementary · 844 students
- Ranch View ElementaryElementary · 738 students
- Central Language AcademyElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- De Anza Middle0.5 mi · 510
- Online Academy0.6 mi · 125
- Bon View Elementary0.6 mi · 598
- Euclid Elementary0.9 mi · 572
- Richard Haynes Elementary1.0 mi · 641
- Woodcrest Junior High1.1 mi · 324
Frequently asked questions
About Sultana ElementaryHow large is Sultana Elementary?
Sultana Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Sultana Elementary serve?
Sultana Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Sultana Elementary?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at Sultana Elementary.
How diverse is Sultana Elementary?
Sultana Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Sultana Elementary?
Sultana Elementary is overseen by Ontario-Montclair in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.