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Enrollment
495
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939000953
William McKinley Elementary
600 West Johnston St., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5028 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL495 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% 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.
- CBeats 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
22.3:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
437 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (79).
Student demographics
8%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
27.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
14.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.0% | 17.2% | 24.0% | 48.8% |
| Math | 3.2% | 10.8% | 28.8% | 57.2% |
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 | 27.2% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.9% | 17.5% |
| 2022-23 | 25.3% | 17.4% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 17.8% |
| 2018-19 | 36.5% | 24.9% |
| 2017-18 | 37.6% | 23.4% |
| 2016-17 | 30.7% | 22.6% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
21.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 William McKinley Elementary
William McKinley Elementary's state test result (21.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William McKinley Elementary this school | 495 | 88.3% | 21.7% |
| KIPP Promesa Prep Los Angeles | 495 | 86.1% | N/A |
| Paramount Elementary Azusa | 513 | 88.3% | 33.5% |
| Poplar Elementary Fontana | 450 | 88.2% | 32.5% |
| Harborside Elementary Chula Vista | 524 | 87.2% | 22.7% |
| Arthur E. Mills Intermediate Firebaugh | 511 | 86.7% | 28.0% |
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 William McKinley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.7% | #4,417 of 5,151 | #242 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,831 of 5,172 ▼ 391 | #284 of 321 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #4,251 of 5,172 ▼ 38 | #239 of 321 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #952 of 5,116 | #31 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 495 | #2,493 of 5,915 | #204 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.3:1 | #2,450 of 5,352 | #121 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #5,041 of 5,354 | #322 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.3% | #1,298 of 5,625 | #95 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.1% | #980 of 3,837 | #54 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
495
-66 (-12%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
22.3:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 495 | 22.2 | 22.3:1 | 88% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | 90% (451) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 21.5 | 24.3:1 | 93% (487) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 23 | 24.4:1 | 91% (511) |
| 2017-18 | 652 | 27 | 24.1:1 | 92% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 26 | 26.0:1 | 91% (615) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | N/A | N/A | 85% (554) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 69% (447) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 24 | 25.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William McKinley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (652 to 495); teachers down 18% (27 to 22.2).
About William McKinley Elementary
William McKinley Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Colton Joint Unified, located in Colton, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 495 students.
Colton Joint Unified is the local district for William McKinley Elementary. It runs 27 schools with 18,397 students.
Hispanic students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. San Bernardino County's residents are about 55% Hispanic, 41 points below the school's share. The diversity index for William McKinley Elementary is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 22.3:1. It is about the same as the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. About 88% of students at William McKinley Elementary are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
William McKinley Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of California public elementary schools.
William McKinley Elementary is 6.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.7% versus 27.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
In the surrounding county, San Bernardino County, the median household earns about $85,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. San Bernardino County has 583 public schools with about 393,648 students, including William McKinley Elementary.
Colton Middle is about 0.5 miles from William McKinley Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 28.0% proficiency; William McKinley Elementary posts 21.7%.
The federal government classifies William McKinley Elementary's location as Suburb: Large.
The school shrank from 561 students in 2020-21 to 495 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.4:1 to 22.3:1.
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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 Colton Joint Unified
- Bloomington HighHigh · 1,794 students
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- Terrace Hills MiddleMiddle · 852 students
- Joe BacaMiddle · 705 students
Other schools in Colton
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- William G. Jehue MiddleMiddle · 1,444 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
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- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
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Other William McKinley Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named William McKinley Elementary. William McKinley Elementary is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- William McKinley ElementaryCorona, CA · 598 students
- William McKinley ElementaryBurbank, CA · 440 students
- William McKinley Elementary SchoolEast Chicago, IN · 509 students
- William McKinley Elementary SchoolMarion, OH · 444 students
Nearby schools
- Colton Middle0.5 mi · 870
- Paul Rogers Elementary0.7 mi · 602
- Ulysses Grant Elementary0.8 mi · 589
- Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary1.0 mi · 608
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary1.1 mi · 587
- Middle College High1.1 mi · 269
Frequently asked questions
About William McKinley ElementaryHow many students attend William McKinley Elementary?
William McKinley Elementary enrolls approximately 495 students in grades KG-06.
Is William McKinley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
William McKinley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at William McKinley Elementary?
Approximately 22.3:1 students per teacher at William McKinley Elementary.
What is the student diversity at William McKinley Elementary?
Student demographics at William McKinley Elementary are roughly 1% White, 96% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees William McKinley Elementary?
William McKinley Elementary is overseen by Colton Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
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