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Enrollment
565
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939010608
Sycamore Hills Elementary
11036 Mahogany Dr., Fontana, CA 92337 · (909) 580-5029 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL565 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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.
- C+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
21.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
452 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (96).
Student demographics
34%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
38.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -8.7pp since 2014
Math
26.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 25.4% | 25.1% | 36.6% |
| Math | 9.7% | 16.9% | 28.1% | 45.3% |
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 | 38.3% | 26.7% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 23.2% |
| 2022-23 | 29.3% | 24.5% |
| 2021-22 | 37.9% | 21.6% |
| 2018-19 | 44.8% | 36.0% |
| 2017-18 | 49.6% | 34.0% |
| 2016-17 | 49.5% | 36.2% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
32.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Sycamore Hills Elementary
Sycamore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Hills Elementary this school | 565 | 80.0% | 30.9% |
| Thomas B. Moffitt Elementary Norwalk | 509 | 80.0% | 26.7% |
| Willow Cove Elementary Pittsburg | 592 | 76.9% | 19.0% |
| Cypress Elementary Covina | 558 | 79.0% | 39.8% |
| Lugonia Elementary Redlands | 527 | 83.7% | 21.8% |
| Reche Canyon Elementary Colton | 547 | 80.1% | 26.8% |
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 Sycamore Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #3,401 of 5,151 | #155 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #3,585 of 5,172 ▲ 237 | #169 of 321 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #3,105 of 5,172 ▲ 332 | #146 of 321 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #2,394 of 5,116 | #176 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 565 | #1,700 of 5,915 | #143 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #1,979 of 5,352 | #94 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #3,773 of 5,354 | #203 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #2,187 of 5,625 | #180 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.2% | #280 of 3,837 | #7 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
565
-160 (-22%) vs 2020
-35% since 2010-11, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 565 | 26 | 21.7:1 | 80% (452) |
| 2023-24 | 580 | 25.4 | 22.8:1 | 80% (465) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 28.2 | 22.9:1 | 82% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 725 | 30 | 24.2:1 | 79% (575) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 34 | 25.6:1 | 74% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 879 | 35 | 25.1:1 | 70% (618) |
| 2010-11 | 870 | N/A | N/A | 60% (523) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sycamore Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (872 to 565); teachers down 24% (34 to 26).
About Sycamore Hills Elementary
Sycamore Hills Elementary is a public mid-sized elementary school in Fontana, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 565 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 22% above that mark.
The district, Colton Joint Unified, has 18,397 students enrolled across 27 schools.
The share of students at Sycamore Hills Elementary who are Hispanic is 81%. Other groups make up 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% White. County-wide, 55% of San Bernardino County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 34%.
Its staff includes 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.7 students per teacher. That is in line with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Roughly 80% of students at Sycamore Hills Elementary can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Sycamore 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 34% of California public elementary schools.
Sycamore Hills Elementary is 1.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.9% versus 32.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
The school's county is San Bernardino County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. There are 583 public schools in the county, enrolling about 393,648, Sycamore Hills Elementary among them.
About 0.4 miles separate Sycamore Hills Elementary from the closest public school, Ruth O. Harris Middle. The five-mile area around Sycamore Hills Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Sycamore Hills Elementary's average proficiency of 30.9% compares with 26.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 22% drop took enrollment from 725 in 2020-21 to 565 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.2:1 to 21.7:1.
On allk12, people connected to Sycamore Hills Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 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 Sycamore Hills Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sycamore Hills Elementary. Sycamore Hills Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SYCAMORE HILLS ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Ruth O. Harris Middle0.4 mi · 562
- Bloomington High0.7 mi · 1,794
- Options for Youth-Acton0.8 mi · 2,171
- Citrus High (Continuation)1.1 mi · 335
- Walter Zimmerman Elementary1.4 mi · 512
- Jurupa Hills High1.4 mi · 1,739
Frequently asked questions
About Sycamore Hills ElementaryHow many students attend Sycamore Hills Elementary?
Sycamore Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 565 students in grades KG-06.
Is Sycamore Hills Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sycamore Hills Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Sycamore Hills Elementary have?
Sycamore Hills Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sycamore Hills Elementary?
At Sycamore Hills Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 81% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Sycamore Hills Elementary?
Sycamore Hills Elementary is overseen by Colton Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.