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What's the most underrated thing about Warm Springs Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
490
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAN BERNARDINO CITY UNIFIED·NCES 063417005391
Warm Springs Elementary
7497 Sterling Ave., San Bernardino, CA 92410 · (909) 388-6500 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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.
- 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
20.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
474 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 14% larger than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
30%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
24.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
22.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.4pp 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 22 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 16.1% | 23.2% | 52.8% |
| Math | 5.1% | 17.3% | 21.3% | 56.3% |
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 | 24.0% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.2% | 16.9% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 12.4% |
| 2018-19 | 31.4% | 23.4% |
| 2017-18 | 28.3% | 20.8% |
| 2016-17 | 15.7% | 14.3% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
20.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Warm Springs Elementary
Warm Springs Elementary's state test result (20.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Springs Elementary this school | 490 | 96.7% | 20.4% |
| Margaret Sheehy Elementary Merced | 481 | 94.4% | 19.6% |
| Don Stowell Elementary Merced | 501 | 96.0% | 17.7% |
| Serrano Elementary Moreno Valley | 496 | 94.4% | 22.7% |
| Wesley Gaines Paramount | 449 | 97.1% | 41.8% |
| Cypress Elementary Highland | 517 | 94.2% | 23.2% |
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 Warm Springs Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.4% | #4,550 of 5,151 | #253 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,055 of 5,172 ▲ 631 | #209 of 321 ▲ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,571 of 5,172 ▲ 189 | #267 of 321 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.1pp | #1,351 of 5,116 | #95 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #2,562 of 5,915 | #209 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.0:1 | #944 of 5,352 | #34 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #3,972 of 5,354 | #217 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #231 of 5,625 | #12 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #2,870 of 3,837 | #179 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
490
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 686
Student : Teacher
20.0:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 490 | 24.5 | 20.0:1 | 97% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 492 | 25.5 | 19.3:1 | 93% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 494 | 25 | 19.8:1 | 92% (454) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 23 | 21.7:1 | 94% (470) |
| 2017-18 | 536 | 22 | 24.4:1 | 96% (515) |
| 2015-16 | 615 | 23 | 26.7:1 | 97% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | N/A | N/A | 97% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 41 | 22.0:1 | 99% (897) |
| 1990-91 | 686 | 25 | 27.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Warm Springs Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (536 to 490); teachers up 11% (22 to 24.5).
About Warm Springs Elementary
Families in San Bernardino, California, are served by Warm Springs Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 490 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
District-wide, San Bernardino City Unified has 72 schools and 44,080 students.
The student body at Warm Springs Elementary is 83% Hispanic. Other groups include 6% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 30% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at Warm Springs Elementary is 24.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 20.0:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Around 97% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in San Bernardino County averages 74%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Warm Springs Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Warm Springs Elementary's average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.4% is 2.4 points below the 22.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
San Bernardino County has these Census figures: the median household income is $85,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 23% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. San Bernardino County is home to 583 public schools and about 393,648 public school students.
The closest public school, Lankershim Elementary, is about 0.5 miles from Warm Springs Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Warm Springs Elementary places 5th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Under the NCES locale system, Warm Springs Elementary is Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (499) to 2024-25 (490). The ratio was 21.7:1 in 2020-21 and 20.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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
Other Warm Springs Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Warm Springs Elementary. Warm Springs Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Warm Springs ElementaryFremont, CA · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Lankershim Elementary0.5 mi · 551
- Curtis Middle0.6 mi · 679
- San Gorgonio High0.8 mi · 1,431
- Indian Springs High0.8 mi · 1,810
- iEmpire Academy0.8 mi · 418
- Bing Wong Elementary0.9 mi · 581
Frequently asked questions
About Warm Springs ElementaryHow many students attend Warm Springs Elementary?
Warm Springs Elementary enrolls approximately 490 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Warm Springs Elementary serve?
Warm Springs Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Warm Springs Elementary have?
Warm Springs Elementary employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.0:1.
How diverse is Warm Springs Elementary?
Warm Springs Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 83% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Warm Springs Elementary public or private?
Warm Springs Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.