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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005389
Urbita Elementary
771 South J St., San Bernardino, CA 92410 · (909) 388-6488 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- C-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
19.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
359 students
DISTRICT 92% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
23.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
19.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 17.4% | 24.3% | 51.8% |
| Math | 5.5% | 14.3% | 20.3% | 59.9% |
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 | 23.9% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.7% | 14.2% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 15.8% |
| 2021-22 | 28.7% | 20.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.0% | 30.3% |
| 2017-18 | 37.5% | 25.6% |
| 2016-17 | 24.9% | 20.9% |
| 2015-16 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Urbita Elementary
Urbita Elementary's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urbita Elementary this school | 390 | 92.1% | 18.3% |
| Everest Value Los Angeles | 380 | 92.1% | N/A |
| Janie P. Abbott Elementary Lynwood | 417 | 92.3% | 32.8% |
| Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary San Bernardino | 379 | 93.7% | 30.0% |
| Mark Keppel Paramount | 426 | 91.1% | 30.1% |
| Casa Loma Elementary Bakersfield | 424 | 92.7% | 15.2% |
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 Urbita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #4,707 of 5,151 | #269 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #4,324 of 5,172 ▲ 420 | #233 of 321 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.9% | #4,585 of 5,172 ▲ 410 | #268 of 321 ▲ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.8pp | #1,014 of 5,116 | #40 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #3,817 of 5,915 | #282 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #731 of 5,352 | #27 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #4,831 of 5,354 | #309 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.1% | #832 of 5,625 | #51 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #2,193 of 3,837 | #139 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
390
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 334
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 23.8:1
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 | 390 | 20 | 19.5:1 | 92% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 18 | 21.7:1 | 91% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 19 | 21.2:1 | 90% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 16 | 23.8:1 | 88% (334) |
| 2017-18 | 452 | 18 | 25.1:1 | 90% (407) |
| 2015-16 | 511 | 20 | 25.6:1 | 92% (472) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | N/A | N/A | 90% (398) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 17 | 26.6:1 | 88% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 334 | 11 | 30.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Urbita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (452 to 390); teachers up 11% (18 to 20).
About Urbita Elementary
Urbita Elementary is a public elementary school in San Bernardino, California. It educates 390 students in kindergarten through 6.
San Bernardino City Unified operates 72 schools. Combined enrollment is 44,080 students.
Urbita Elementary enrolls a student body that is 94% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 3% Black. Census figures show San Bernardino County is about 55% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Urbita Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
The teaching staff at Urbita Elementary is 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 19.5:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 92%. The rate at public schools in San Bernardino County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Urbita Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Urbita Elementary, the prediction is 25.6% and the result is 18.3%.
San Bernardino County has about 2,197,104 residents, and median household income is about $85,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of San Bernardino County number 583 and enroll about 393,648.
Richardson PREP HI Middle is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, Urbita Elementary is 4th among 5 schools close by.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 3%, from 380 to 390. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 19.5:1, from 23.8:1.
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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 San Bernardino City Unified
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
- Pacific HighHigh · 1,246 students
Other schools in San Bernardino
- Cajon HighHigh · 2,748 students
- Arroyo Valley HighHigh · 2,692 students
- San Bernardino County Special EducationCombined · 1,860 students
- Indian Springs HighHigh · 1,810 students
- San Bernardino HighHigh · 1,440 students
- San Gorgonio HighHigh · 1,431 students
Nearby schools
- Richardson PREP HI Middle0.5 mi · 583
- Middle College High0.5 mi · 269
- Alice Birney Elementary0.6 mi · 681
- Options for Youth-San Bernardino0.7 mi · 1,168
- Lytle Creek Elementary0.8 mi · 525
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary0.9 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About Urbita ElementaryHow many students attend Urbita Elementary?
Urbita Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Urbita Elementary serve?
Urbita Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Urbita Elementary?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at Urbita Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Urbita Elementary?
At Urbita Elementary, the student body is approximately 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Urbita Elementary?
Urbita Elementary is overseen by San Bernardino City Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.