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Enrollment
465
Elementary
DISTRICT 549 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLTON JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 060939000960
Woodrow Wilson Elementary
750 South Eighth St., Colton, CA 92324 · (909) 580-5015 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL465 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
24.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
414 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 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
36%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
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +2.6pp since 2014
Math
22.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.6% | 18.0% | 22.9% | 48.6% |
| Math | 6.5% | 15.8% | 23.6% | 54.1% |
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 | 28.6% | 22.4% |
| 2023-24 | 32.3% | 27.1% |
| 2022-23 | 27.6% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 26.5% |
| 2018-19 | 33.1% | 27.4% |
| 2017-18 | 34.8% | 23.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.3% | 19.5% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Woodrow Wilson Elementary
Woodrow Wilson Elementary's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow Wilson Elementary this school | 465 | 89.0% | 28.0% |
| Lena M. Preston Elementary Rialto | 471 | 88.5% | 25.8% |
| Cox Academy Oakland | 446 | 87.4% | N/A |
| Hendrick Ranch Elementary Moreno Valley | 490 | 88.2% | 19.3% |
| Edison Elementary Long Beach | 426 | 90.1% | 22.4% |
| Golden Poppy Elementary Palmdale | 525 | 89.3% | 21.0% |
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 Woodrow Wilson Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #3,749 of 5,151 | #183 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.4% | #4,062 of 5,172 ▼ 691 | #211 of 321 ▼ 55 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #4,117 of 5,172 ▼ 594 | #226 of 321 ▼ 48 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.8pp | #595 of 5,116 | #16 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #2,848 of 5,915 | #224 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,904 of 5,352 | #241 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #3,637 of 5,354 | #191 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #1,222 of 5,625 | #85 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.8% | #920 of 3,837 | #47 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
465
-71 (-13%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 465 | 19.2 | 24.2:1 | 89% (414) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 20.2 | 23.3:1 | 90% (424) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 21.2 | 23.5:1 | 90% (448) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 23 | 23.3:1 | 90% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 26.5 | 23.3:1 | 94% (579) |
| 2015-16 | 678 | 28 | 24.2:1 | 92% (625) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | N/A | N/A | 86% (570) |
| 2000-01 | 801 | 41 | 19.5:1 | 85% (684) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 31 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodrow Wilson Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (618 to 465); teachers down 28% (26.5 to 19.2).
About Woodrow Wilson Elementary
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Colton, California, administered by Colton Joint Unified. There are 465 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is among 27 schools run by Colton Joint Unified, which serves 18,397 students.
Federal enrollment data show Woodrow Wilson Elementary is 78% Hispanic. Next come 16% Black and 3% White. The county population is about 55% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 36%.
For every teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary, there are about 24.2 students; the school has 19.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 89%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Bernardino County is 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Woodrow Wilson Elementary lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
In California, Woodrow Wilson Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 28.0% actual against a predicted 27.4%.
In 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 about 11% of people live in poverty. San Bernardino County has 583 public schools with about 393,648 students, including Woodrow Wilson Elementary.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is about 0.9 miles from Mojave River Academy - National Trails, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 28.0% is below the 29.3% average for nearby schools.
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 536 to 465, a 13% decrease.
The allk12 page for Woodrow Wilson Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- Colton HighHigh · 1,729 students
- Grand Terrace High Sch at the Ray Abril Jr. Edal ComplexHigh · 1,647 students
- Colton MiddleMiddle · 870 students
- 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
- Mojave River Academy - National TrailsCombined · 801 students
- Alice Birney ElementaryElementary · 681 students
- Dr. Ernest Garcia ElementaryElementary · 608 students
Other Woodrow Wilson Elementary schools
17 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodrow Wilson Elementary. Woodrow Wilson Elementary is the 4th largest of the 18.
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryCorona, CA · 696 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementarySelma, CA · 335 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElementaryDaly City, CA · 266 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolCicero, IL · 622 students
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary SchoolBartlesville, OK · 529 students
Nearby schools
- Mojave River Academy - National Trails0.9 mi · 801
- Colton High1.0 mi · 1,729
- Washington High1.3 mi · 126
- Ulysses Grant Elementary1.3 mi · 589
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary1.4 mi · 587
- Terrace View Elementary1.5 mi · 625
Frequently asked questions
About Woodrow Wilson ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Woodrow Wilson Elementary?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary enrolls approximately 465 students in grades KG-06.
Is Woodrow Wilson Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Woodrow Wilson Elementary.
How diverse is Woodrow Wilson Elementary?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 78% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodrow Wilson Elementary?
Woodrow Wilson Elementary is overseen by Colton Joint Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.