Is Sultana Elementary a good school?

Sultana Elementary ranks 3394 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Sultana Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 649 students attended Sultana Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sultana Elementary?

Students at Sultana Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% African American.

What schools do graduates of Sultana Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sultana Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : De Anza Middle High : Ontario High

Sultana Elementary

Summary:

Sultana Elementary is a public elementary school in Ontario, CA, serving 649 students in grades K-6. It is part of the Ontario-Montclair School District, which is ranked 793 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sultana Elementary is facing several challenges, including a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 6.1% in 2017-2018 to 33.5% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district and state averages. The school's test scores are generally lower than the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects, with only 38.11% of Sultana students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy in 2023-2024, compared to 41.16% for the district and 47.04% for the state. While English Language Learners and Special Education students perform relatively well, other subgroups like Hispanic students, Low Socioeconomic Status students, and Disabled students perform in the bottom 50% of the state. Additionally, Sultana Elementary has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 90.45% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District, such as Vista Grande Elementary and Lincoln Elementary, Sultana Elementary's performance is generally lower, with higher test scores, lower chronic absenteeism rates, and better subgroup performance. When compared to schools in the neighboring Chino Valley Unified District, such as Levi H. Dickey Elementary and Alicia Cortez Elementary, Sultana Elementary's performance is notably lower. Additionally, Sultana Elementary's performance has declined over the years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 2,551 in 2017-2018 to 3,581 in 2022-2023.

Detail:

Public K-6

1845 South Sultana Ave.
Ontario, CA 91761-5326

(909) 986-1215

District: Ontario-Montclair

SchoolDigger Rank:
3394^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,598

Students who attend Sultana Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	De Anza Middle
High:	Ontario High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.2

Number of students: 649

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.2%

White:

2.8%

Asian:

2.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Sultana Elementary ranks worse than 57.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 14^th among 26 ranked elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 36.53. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (91.2%), White (2.8%), Asian (2.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sultana Elementary is 20.2, which is the 5^th best among 26 elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District. (See more...)

Compare Sultana Elementary employs 32.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sultana Elementary is $9,598, which is the 5^th highest among 26 elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sultana Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sultana Elementary 3394^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sultana Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Ontario-Montclair:

SchoolDigger ranks Ontario-Montclair 793^rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sultana Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	14.73	4357^th	4809	9.4%
2005	12.24	4503^rd	4822	6.6%
2006	15.23	4343^rd	4818	9.9%
2007	24.13	3996^th	5113	21.8%
2008	24.39	4018^th	5113	21.4%
2009	25.90	3991^st	5193	23.1%
2010	23.05	4376^th	5314	17.7%
2011	24.43	4371^st	5377	18.7%
2012	27.64	4122^nd	5390	23.5%
2013	33.68	3762^nd	5530	32.0%
2015	20.17	4608^th	5611	17.9%
2016	29.41	3819^th	5614	32.0%
2017	39.61	3132^nd	5692	45.0%
2018	50.44	2551^st	5662	54.9%
2019	48.61	2672^nd	5789	53.8%
2022	37.54	3257^th	5883	44.6%
2023	33.93	3581^st	5874	39.0%
2024	36.53	3394^th	5862	42.1%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	40.86	1720^th	3246	47.0%
2019	46.69	1410^th	3275	56.9%
2022	46.53	1390^th	3311	58.0%
2023	53.71	1021^st	3250	68.6%
2024	61.46	673^rd	3160	78.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	41.06	1188^th	2420	50.9%
2024	41.04	1275^th	2634	51.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	70.04	1180^th	5084	76.8%
2019	66.45	1384^th	5173	73.2%
2022	50.62	2244^th	5264	57.4%
2023	48.47	2463^rd	5374	54.2%
2024	42.97	2908^th	5511	47.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	52.59	2344^th	5413	56.7%
2019	49.15	2544^th	5492	53.7%
2022	43.87	2762^nd	5635	51.0%
2023	35.22	3345^th	5617	40.4%
2024	41.43	2949^th	5605	47.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.58	1509^th	2128	29.1%
2019	31.66	1701^st	2585	34.2%
2022	37.03	1198^th	2227	46.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.47	2602^nd	5431	52.1%
2019	47.09	2602^nd	5510	52.8%
2022	32.31	3588^th	5663	36.6%
2023	33.02	3538^th	5650	37.4%
2024	32.74	3582^nd	5636	36.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sultana Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.25	1371^st	4830	71.6%
2019	63.73	1486^th	4963	70.1%
2022	49.63	2231^st	5084	56.1%
2023	46.74	2441^st	5098	52.1%
2024	47.49	2437^th	5102	52.2%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Monday, March 12, 2018

This school is very unorganized With parking dropping off and picking up the kids the principle here makes poor decisions with the parking because it has been brought up to her plenty of times. The school is very unsafe for the kids As they do not open the gates for the kids to come in they make them wait outside until it is 730 for grades 1st -6th or 715 for kinder, as other schools that keep their gates secretly opened for students to come in and lock them when school starts so no one can try to kidnap them accidentally crash into them so they don't run off since this is elementary or Or even shoot at them since that is what is going on in this world at the moment. Please find another school your children can go to near your area where they are at least are kept safe Due to this my child will be attending a different school this year! I'd rather my child be safe.
Ps. The Ontario Montclair district does not do anything all they do is contact her And keep a log! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Sultana Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	167	73	14	504	0	n/a	n/a	758
1989	154	66	11	521	0	n/a	n/a	752
1990	136	60	13	551	2	n/a	n/a	762
1991	114	47	18	585	3	n/a	n/a	767
1992	113	66	26	607	2	n/a	n/a	814
1993	105	63	30	652	3	n/a	n/a	853
1994	90	53	36	670	3	n/a	n/a	852
1995	80	55	25	925	3	n/a	n/a	1088
1996	80	55	25	925	3	n/a	n/a	1088
1997	48	43	14	858	0	n/a	n/a	963
1998	59	40	10	847	0	n/a	n/a	956
1999	58	44	7	911	0	n/a	n/a	1020
2000	33	31	7	971	0	n/a	n/a	1042
2001	37	27	6	960	1	n/a	n/a	1031
2002	42	22	9	975	2	n/a	n/a	1050
2003	42	22	9	975	2	n/a	n/a	1050
2004	34	26	7	927	1	n/a	n/a	995
2005	30	20	7	935	3	n/a	n/a	995
2006	20	16	7	913	4	n/a	n/a	960
2007	13	16	7	688	2	n/a	n/a	726
2008	9	15	7	698	n/a	n/a	n/a	729
2009	12	25	7	807	1	3	6	861
2010	9	25	7	861	1	3	3	909
2011	10	14	5	813	9	3	4	858
2012	12	13	9	777	12	2	10	835
2013	16	8	6	767	26	2	8	833
2014	17	12	6	771	19	1	6	832
2015	11	10	8	763	16	0	5	813
2016	14	10	7	730	14	1	6	782
2017	22	16	10	697	14	5	5	769
2018	18	11	10	704	7	4	4	758
2019	12	13	10	634	5	3	3	680
2020	13	17	11	621	2	0	4	668
2021	16	14	16	619	2	5	3	675
2022	24	17	18	608	5	2	2	676
2023	18	13	15	592	4	4	3	649

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Sultana Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	758	28.5	26.5	n/a
1989	752	27.0	27.8	n/a
1990	762	28.5	26.7	n/a
1991	767	28.0	27.3	n/a
1992	814	28.5	28.5	66.6
1993	853	29.5	28.9	70.5
1994	852	30.0	28.4	72.1
1995	1088	38.0	28.6	85
1996	1088	38.0	28.6	85
1997	963	42.0	22.9	94.6
1998	956	44.5	21.5	83.4
1999	1020	49.0	20.8	91.1
2000	1042	51.9	20.1	93.8
2001	1031	49.0	21.0	94
2002	1050	48.6	21.6	94
2003	1050	48.6	21.6	94
2004	995	45.6	21.8	95
2005	995	46.6	21.4	95
2006	960	43.6	22.0	95
2007	726	33.6	21.6	84.8
2008	729	37.0	19.7	80.7
2009	861	42.0	18.3	89.1
2010	909	49.0	18.5	94.8
2011	858	n/a	n/a	92.5
2012	835	43.0	19.4	86.7
2013	833	43.1	19.3	89.1
2014	832	40.1	20.7	89.1
2015	813	39.0	20.8	87.7
2016	782	35.0	22.3	86.3
2017	769	33.1	23.2	86.6
2018	758	33.1	22.9	83.9
2019	680	35.0	19.4	93.1
2020	668	n/a	n/a	92.8
2021	675	31.0	21.7	91.7
2022	676	33.6	20.1	76.9
2023	649	32.1	20.2	90.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Sultana Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	758	28.5	26.5	n/a
1989	752	27.0	27.8	n/a
1990	762	28.5	26.7	n/a
1991	767	28.0	27.3	n/a
1992	814	28.5	28.5	66.6
1993	853	29.5	28.9	70.5
1994	852	30.0	28.4	72.1
1995	1088	38.0	28.6	85
1996	1088	38.0	28.6	85
1997	963	42.0	22.9	94.6
1998	956	44.5	21.5	83.4
1999	1020	49.0	20.8	91.1
2000	1042	51.9	20.1	93.8
2001	1031	49.0	21.0	94
2002	1050	48.6	21.6	94
2003	1050	48.6	21.6	94
2004	995	45.6	21.8	95
2005	995	46.6	21.4	95
2006	960	43.6	22.0	95
2007	726	33.6	21.6	84.8
2008	729	37.0	19.7	80.7
2009	861	42.0	18.3	89.1
2010	909	49.0	18.5	94.8
2011	858	n/a	n/a	92.5
2012	835	43.0	19.4	86.7
2013	833	43.1	19.3	89.1
2014	832	40.1	20.7	89.1
2015	813	39.0	20.8	87.7
2016	782	35.0	22.3	86.3
2017	769	33.1	23.2	86.6
2018	758	33.1	22.9	83.9
2019	680	35.0	19.4	93.1
2020	668	n/a	n/a	92.8
2021	675	31.0	21.7	91.7
2022	676	33.6	20.1	76.9
2023	649	32.1	20.2	90.4

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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