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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Upland Elementary this year?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 518 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UPLAND UNIFIED·NCES 060001609095
Upland Elementary
601 North Fifth Ave., Upland, CA 91786 · (909) 949-7800 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.9:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
353 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 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 68% larger than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
27%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
57.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +24.8pp since 2014
Math
45.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +20.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 25 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.0% | 31.8% | 22.4% | 19.8% |
| Math | 26.0% | 19.4% | 24.5% | 30.1% |
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 | 57.8% | 45.4% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 41.5% |
| 2022-23 | 46.2% | 31.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.3% | 33.6% |
| 2018-19 | 47.4% | 37.3% |
| 2017-18 | 44.3% | 34.9% |
| 2016-17 | 35.5% | 25.6% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Upland Elementary
Upland Elementary's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upland Elementary this school | 404 | 87.4% | 47.5% |
| Shadow Hills Elementary Fontana | 364 | 85.2% | 30.9% |
| North Tamarind Elementary Fontana | 373 | 88.2% | 17.2% |
| Rosemary Kennedy Elementary Riverside | 398 | 85.9% | 31.1% |
| Parthenia Academy of Arts and Technology North Hills | 421 | 90.3% | 31.1% |
| Ina Arbuckle Elementary Jurupa Valley | 407 | 89.2% | 13.9% |
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 Upland Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,891 of 5,151 | #66 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,892 of 5,172 ▲ 178 | #64 of 321 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,478 of 5,172 ▲ 659 | #55 of 321 ▲ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.2pp | #170 of 5,116 | #11 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #3,647 of 5,915 | #272 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,360 of 5,352 | #116 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.3% | #4,073 of 5,354 | #231 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #1,417 of 5,625 | #107 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #1,786 of 3,837 | #111 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
404
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
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 | 404 | 18.2 | 22.2:1 | 87% (353) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 17.7 | 23.5:1 | 86% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 18.2 | 23.0:1 | 87% (365) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 18 | 24.2:1 | 76% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 22.5 | 21.6:1 | 74% (360) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 21 | 26.3:1 | 67% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | N/A | N/A | 91% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 31 | 21.3:1 | 70% (459) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 21 | 26.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Upland Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (486 to 404); teachers down 19% (22.5 to 18.2).
About Upland Elementary
Upland Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Upland, California. Federal data show 404 students enrolled in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25.
Within Upland Unified, Upland Elementary is one of 14 schools. The district enrolls 9,461 students.
Upland Elementary is 85% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% White, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of San Bernardino County's population at about 55%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Upland Elementary scores 27%.
Its ratio of 22.2:1 is based on 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. In all, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Upland Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.5%, against a prediction of 28.3%.
Census data for San Bernardino County show the median household earns about $85,478 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in San Bernardino County number 583, with about 393,648 students.
Among nearby public schools, Upland Junior High is closest at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Upland Elementary is 3rd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Upland Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decrease, from 435 to 404. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.2:1 to 22.2:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Upland Elementary. 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 Upland Unified
- 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 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
Nearby schools
- Upland Junior High0.1 mi · 599
- Upland High0.8 mi · 2,797
- Foothill Knolls Academy of Innovation0.8 mi · 514
- Sierra Vista Elementary1.0 mi · 409
- Edison Elementary1.1 mi · 736
- Baldy View Elementary1.2 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Upland ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Upland Elementary?
Upland Elementary enrolls approximately 404 students in grades KG-06.
Is Upland Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Upland Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Upland Elementary?
Approximately 22.2:1 students per teacher at Upland Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Upland Elementary?
Student demographics at Upland Elementary are roughly 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Upland Elementary?
Upland Elementary is overseen by Upland Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.