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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Vista Grande Elementary administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
358
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTARIO-MONTCLAIR·NCES 062847011354
Vista Grande Elementary
1390 West Francis St., Ontario, CA 91762 · (909) 988-2234 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL358 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
23.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
279 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 7% smaller than its 6th grade class (54).
Student demographics
37%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
56.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +30.9pp since 2014
Math
38.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 31 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 26.5% | 30.3% | 22.8% | 20.4% |
| Math | 17.8% | 21.0% | 31.5% | 29.7% |
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 | 56.9% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.8% | 44.2% |
| 2022-23 | 54.8% | 41.5% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 32.5% |
| 2018-19 | 55.2% | 48.7% |
| 2017-18 | 50.5% | 38.4% |
| 2016-17 | 43.6% | 31.6% |
| 2015-16 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 34% 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 16 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 Vista Grande Elementary
Vista Grande Elementary's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vista Grande Elementary this school | 358 | 77.9% | 49.4% |
| La Presa Elementary Spring Valley | 346 | 79.8% | 33.9% |
| Aspen Valley Prep Academy Fresno | 320 | 76.6% | N/A |
| Willow Elementary Lakewood | 346 | 80.3% | 25.6% |
| Queen Anne Place Elementary Los Angeles | 337 | 80.4% | 56.7% |
| Decker Elementary Pomona | 437 | 76.4% | 29.6% |
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 Vista Grande Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,752 of 5,151 | #58 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #2,380 of 5,172 ▼ 500 | #88 of 321 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #1,551 of 5,172 ▼ 171 | #60 of 321 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.1pp | #1,118 of 5,116 | #76 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 358 | #4,203 of 5,915 | #299 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.9:1 | #3,641 of 5,352 | #217 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.4% | #3,593 of 5,354 | #189 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.9% | #2,370 of 5,625 | #192 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.2% | #1,180 of 3,837 | #65 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
358
-84 (-19%) vs 2020
-34% since 2010-11, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
23.9:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 358 | 15 | 23.9:1 | 78% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 17 | 22.6:1 | 82% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 17 | 23.6:1 | 75% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 18 | 24.6:1 | 85% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 460 | 18 | 25.6:1 | 73% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 19 | 24.7:1 | 79% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | N/A | N/A | 74% (402) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vista Grande Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (460 to 358); teachers down 17% (18 to 15).
About Vista Grande Elementary
Located in Ontario, California, Vista Grande Elementary is a small elementary school. Enrollment is 358 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 23% smaller than average.
Vista Grande Elementary is one school in a 33-school district, Ontario-Montclair, which enrolls 17,640 students.
At 78%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Vista Grande Elementary combined. It is also 8% White, 6% Black, and 6% Asian. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 23 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Vista Grande Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
With 15 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Vista Grande Elementary was 23.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%.
allk12 grades Vista Grande Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Vista Grande Elementary ranks in the top 10% in California. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.4%, against a prediction of 33.9%.
San Bernardino County census figures show that median household income is about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Vista Grande Elementary is among the 583 public schools in San Bernardino County.
The nearest other public school, Ontario High, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Vista Grande Elementary. On state test proficiency, Vista Grande Elementary ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Vista Grande Elementary is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 19%, from 442 to 358.
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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 Ontario-Montclair
- Central Language AcademyElementary · 736 students
- Edison ElementaryElementary · 736 students
- Ray Wiltsey MiddleMiddle · 727 students
- Oaks MiddleMiddle · 668 students
- Serrano MiddleMiddle · 657 students
- 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
Other Vista Grande Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 2 states are named Vista Grande Elementary. Vista Grande Elementary is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Vista Grande ElementaryEl Cajon, CA · 633 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryDanville, CA · 544 students
- Vista Grande ElementarySan Diego, CA · 364 students
- Vista Grande ElementaryRancho Palos Verdes, CA · 355 students
- VISTA GRANDE ELEMENTARYRIO RANCHO, NM · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Ontario High0.6 mi · 1,994
- Oaks Middle0.6 mi · 668
- Richard Haynes Elementary0.7 mi · 641
- Mission Elementary0.8 mi · 571
- E. J. Marshall Elementary1.2 mi · 417
- Walnut Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Vista Grande ElementaryHow many students attend Vista Grande Elementary?
Vista Grande Elementary enrolls approximately 358 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Vista Grande Elementary serve?
Vista Grande Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Vista Grande Elementary have?
Vista Grande Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Vista Grande Elementary?
Student demographics at Vista Grande Elementary are roughly 8% White, 78% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Vista Grande Elementary in?
Vista Grande Elementary is part of Ontario-Montclair.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.