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What's the most underrated thing about Terra Vista Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
855
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ETIWANDA ELEMENTARY·NCES 061296003831
Terra Vista Elementary
7497 Mountain View Dr., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 · (909) 945-5715 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL855 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of California public elementary schools
- A-Test 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.
- DThree-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
24.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
315 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 175 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 147 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (175) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (147).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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% . -1.7pp since 2014
Math
62.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.9pp 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 63 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 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 39.1% | 27.2% | 13.6% | 20.1% |
| Math | 41.9% | 21.0% | 18.9% | 18.2% |
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% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.7% | 65.6% |
| 2021-22 | 72.6% | 66.2% |
| 2018-19 | 80.6% | 76.8% |
| 2017-18 | 81.2% | 76.6% |
| 2016-17 | 82.3% | 75.5% |
| 2015-16 | 82.0% | 71.0% |
| 2014-15 | 68.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Terra Vista Elementary
Terra Vista Elementary's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra Vista Elementary this school | 855 | 36.8% | 66.3% |
| Muraoka (Saburo) Elementary Chula Vista | 832 | 32.5% | 57.8% |
| Wolf Canyon Elementary Chula Vista | 954 | 30.7% | 67.4% |
| Camarena (Enrique S.) Elementary Chula Vista | 889 | 37.8% | 64.2% |
| Perdew Elementary Etiwanda | 589 | 37.7% | 54.8% |
| River Islands Technology Academy II Lathrop | 954 | 35.2% | N/A |
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 Terra Vista Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #827 of 5,151 | #16 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #930 of 5,172 ▼ 154 | #21 of 321 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #948 of 5,172 ▼ 211 | #29 of 321 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #597 of 5,116 | #17 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 855 | #247 of 5,915 | #24 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #3,992 of 5,352 | #248 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.5% | #237 of 5,354 | #2 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #4,472 of 5,625 | #315 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.6% | #3,680 of 3,837 | #240 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
855
-82 (-9%) vs 2020
+39% since 2000-01, when it was 616
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 855 | 35.1 | 24.3:1 | 37% (315) |
| 2023-24 | 912 | 36.3 | 25.1:1 | 39% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 944 | 36.6 | 25.8:1 | 57% (539) |
| 2020-21 | 937 | 37 | 25.3:1 | 35% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 869 | 26.5 | 32.8:1 | 38% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 804 | 35 | 23.0:1 | 33% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | N/A | N/A | 24% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 616 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 27% (168) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Terra Vista Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (869 to 855); teachers up 33% (26.5 to 35.1).
About Terra Vista Elementary
Terra Vista Elementary runs as a high-enrollment elementary school in Rancho Cucamonga, California. The student body numbers 855 students, from kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 84% above that.
Terra Vista Elementary is in Etiwanda Elementary, a district with 13,666 students across 18 schools.
Terra Vista Elementary has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 39%. The rest of enrollment is 27% Asian, 13% White, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. Terra Vista Elementary's diversity index is 74%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 35.1 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 24.3:1. That is 2.0 students per teacher above the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Terra Vista Elementary is 37%. That rate is below the 74% average among public schools in San Bernardino County.
allk12 grades Terra Vista Elementary an A-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Terra Vista Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.3%, compared with a predicted 58.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and the median household income is $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Terra Vista Elementary, San Bernardino County has 582 other public schools.
Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary is the public school closest to Terra Vista Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Terra Vista Elementary is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
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.
Over 4 years, Terra Vista Elementary's enrollment dropped 9%, to 855.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Terra Vista Elementary covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Etiwanda Elementary
- Day Creek IntermediateMiddle · 1,326 students
- Etiwanda IntermediateMiddle · 1,181 students
- Heritage IntermediateMiddle · 1,175 students
- Summit IntermediateMiddle · 1,065 students
- John L. Golden ElementaryElementary · 916 students
- Carleton P. Lightfoot ElementaryElementary · 878 students
Other schools in Rancho Cucamonga
- Rancho Cucamonga HighHigh · 3,221 students
- Los Osos HighHigh · 2,759 students
- Ruth Musser MiddleMiddle · 941 students
- Coyote Canyon ElementaryElementary · 817 students
- Rancho Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 770 students
- Cucamonga MiddleMiddle · 662 students
Nearby schools
- Carleton P. Lightfoot Elementary0.7 mi · 878
- Coyote Canyon Elementary0.8 mi · 817
- Rancho Cucamonga High1.0 mi · 3,221
- Ruth Musser Middle1.1 mi · 941
- Victoria Groves Elementary1.2 mi · 452
- Windrows Elementary1.4 mi · 593
Frequently asked questions
About Terra Vista ElementaryHow many students attend Terra Vista Elementary?
Terra Vista Elementary enrolls approximately 855 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Terra Vista Elementary serve?
Terra Vista Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Terra Vista Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Terra Vista Elementary is approximately 24.3:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Terra Vista Elementary?
Terra Vista Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 27% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Terra Vista Elementary?
Terra Vista Elementary is overseen by Etiwanda Elementary in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.