Is Howard Elementary a good school?

Howard Elementary ranks 3079 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Howard Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 449 students attended Howard Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Howard Elementary?

Students at Howard Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 3% African American, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Howard Elementary attend?

Students who attend Howard Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Oaks Middle High : Montclair High

Howard Elementary

Summary:

Howard Elementary is a public elementary school located in Montclair, CA, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 463 students. 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.

Howard Elementary faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages. In 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) was 40.23% at Howard Elementary, compared to 41.16% for the district and 47.04% for the state. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was 31.64% at Howard Elementary, compared to 31.72% for the district and 35.54% for the state. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate, ranging from 4.9% in 2020-2021 to 21.8% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Howard Elementary has a very high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 82.38% to 90.28%, indicating a higher concentration of students from low-income families.

When comparing Howard Elementary to other nearby schools in the same district, such as Kingsley Elementary, Vista Grande Elementary, Ramona Elementary, and Montera Elementary, Howard Elementary generally performs worse on academic measures, has higher chronic absenteeism, and serves a higher proportion of economically disadvantaged students. For example, in 2023-2024, Vista Grande Elementary had significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA (57.78%) and Mathematics (44.16%) compared to Howard Elementary. However, Howard Elementary's performance for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and Special Education students, is relatively stronger compared to the overall school performance.

Detail:

Public K-6

4650 West Howard St.
Montclair, CA 91763-6414

(909) 591-2339

District: Ontario-Montclair

SchoolDigger Rank:
3079^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,663

Students who attend Howard Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Oaks Middle
High:	Montclair High

Student/teacher ratio: 24.8

Number of students: 449

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.2%

Asian:

7.8%

African American:

2.7%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 90%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Howard Elementary ranks worse than 52.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 10^th among 26 ranked elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 41.77. (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 (86.2%), Asian (7.8%), African American (2.7%). (See more...)

Compare Details 90% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Howard Elementary is 24.8. 23 elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Howard Elementary employs 18.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Howard Elementary is $7,663, which is the 13^th highest among 26 elementary schools in the Ontario-Montclair School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Howard Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Howard Elementary 3079^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Howard Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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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 Howard Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	19.77	3951^st	4809	17.8%
2005	22.24	3816^th	4822	20.9%
2006	32.44	3147^th	4818	34.7%
2007	29.33	3620^th	5113	29.2%
2008	47.96	2494^th	5113	51.2%
2009	52.76	2321^st	5193	55.3%
2010	48.61	2644^th	5314	50.2%
2011	43.90	2954^th	5377	45.1%
2012	44.32	2983^rd	5390	44.7%
2013	48.60	2771^st	5530	49.9%
2015	34.38	3371^st	5611	39.9%
2016	35.12	3402^nd	5614	39.4%
2017	46.16	2749^th	5692	51.7%
2018	53.33	2368^th	5662	58.2%
2019	58.16	2169^th	5789	62.5%
2022	34.57	3482^nd	5883	40.8%
2023	41.47	3039^th	5874	48.3%
2024	41.77	3079^th	5862	47.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	28.68	2589^th	3275	20.9%
2022	36.54	2081^st	3311	37.1%
2023	63.78	657^th	3250	79.8%
2024	50.97	1123^rd	3160	64.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	68.86	496^th	2420	79.5%
2024	66.58	572^nd	2634	78.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	67.50	1328^th	5084	73.9%
2019	72.06	1083^rd	5173	79.1%
2022	45.70	2554^th	5264	51.5%
2023	54.55	2066^th	5374	61.6%
2024	51.68	2280^th	5511	58.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	49.73	2511^th	5413	53.6%
2019	54.20	2265^th	5492	58.8%
2022	35.35	3300^th	5635	41.4%
2023	37.31	3194^th	5617	43.1%
2024	44.87	2732^nd	5605	51.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	53.96	695^th	2128	67.3%
2019	54.67	851^st	2585	67.1%
2022	34.30	1300^th	2227	41.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.15	2160^th	5431	60.2%
2019	59.77	1965^th	5510	64.3%
2022	34.40	3424^th	5663	39.5%
2023	44.79	2756^th	5650	51.2%
2024	38.64	3162^nd	5636	43.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Howard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.99	1440^th	4830	70.2%
2019	67.03	1290^th	4963	74.0%
2022	41.58	2785^th	5084	45.2%
2023	53.71	2024^th	5098	60.3%
2024	52.59	2088^th	5102	59.1%

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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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Enrollment information for Howard Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	291	56	20	150	0	n/a	n/a	0	517
1989	295	63	21	179	0	n/a	n/a	0	558
1990	254	59	31	209	4	n/a	n/a	0	557
1991	208	49	48	256	3	n/a	n/a	0	564
1992	233	44	54	251	5	n/a	n/a	0	587
1993	210	41	59	304	7	n/a	n/a	0	621
1994	147	22	20	203	1	n/a	n/a	0	393
1995	164	23	19	246	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1996	164	23	19	246	0	n/a	n/a	0	452
1997	155	44	30	306	0	n/a	n/a	0	535
1998	143	45	27	386	3	n/a	n/a	0	604
1999	131	42	31	413	2	n/a	n/a	0	619
2000	108	42	38	446	2	n/a	n/a	0	636
2001	103	43	35	479	2	n/a	n/a	0	662
2002	67	31	43	506	2	n/a	n/a	0	649
2003	67	31	43	506	2	n/a	n/a	0	649
2004	58	23	29	552	3	n/a	n/a	6	671
2005	52	14	34	508	1	n/a	n/a	17	626
2006	45	15	36	510	1	n/a	n/a	17	624
2007	39	9	44	536	1	n/a	n/a	27	656
2008	29	21	47	508	1	n/a	n/a	0	606
2009	23	23	57	510	1	3	17	0	634
2010	25	19	52	514	3	4	7	0	624
2011	25	18	49	518	3	4	9	0	626
2012	24	9	50	527	1	1	9	0	621
2013	33	11	51	520	3	1	13	0	632
2014	26	9	47	553	3	1	13	0	652
2015	27	11	44	549	6	1	6	0	644
2016	18	13	38	552	3	1	7	0	632
2017	12	14	35	529	2	0	7	0	599
2018	11	15	34	519	2	0	8	0	589
2019	12	17	36	510	5	1	7	0	588
2020	10	13	31	482	5	1	5	0	547
2021	12	13	26	444	3	1	4	0	503
2022	10	15	29	423	2	2	7	0	488
2023	9	12	32	398	2	4	6	0	463
2024	4	12	35	387	2	5	4	0	449

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 Howard Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	517	19.0	27.2	n/a
1989	558	22.0	25.3	n/a
1990	557	21.0	26.5	n/a
1991	564	22.0	25.6	n/a
1992	587	22.4	26.2	51.1
1993	621	21.0	29.6	48.8
1994	393	15.0	26.2	64.1
1995	452	17.0	26.6	62.4
1996	452	17.0	26.6	62.4
1997	535	26.5	20.2	65.4
1998	604	28.5	21.2	77
1999	619	28.5	21.7	73.2
2000	636	30.0	21.2	75
2001	662	31.0	21.4	76.9
2002	649	30.0	21.6	75.2
2003	649	30.0	21.6	75.2
2004	671	29.0	23.1	80.6
2005	626	29.0	21.6	79.8
2006	624	28.0	22.3	70.3
2007	656	28.0	23.4	75.4
2008	606	30.0	20.2	82.8
2009	634	26.0	21.1	80.6
2010	624	28.0	22.2	80.8
2011	626	n/a	n/a	82.6
2012	621	24.5	25.3	82
2013	632	24.0	26.3	81.6
2014	652	23.0	28.3	84.8
2015	644	24.0	26.8	83.7
2016	632	26.0	24.3	85.3
2017	599	24.0	24.9	85.3
2018	589	24.0	24.5	87.6
2019	588	24.0	24.5	90.3
2020	547	n/a	n/a	90.5
2021	503	21.0	23.9	88.5
2022	488	22.0	22.1	82.4
2023	463	20.0	23.1	90.3
2024	449	18.1	24.8	90

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 Howard Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	517	19.0	27.2	n/a
1989	558	22.0	25.3	n/a
1990	557	21.0	26.5	n/a
1991	564	22.0	25.6	n/a
1992	587	22.4	26.2	51.1
1993	621	21.0	29.6	48.8
1994	393	15.0	26.2	64.1
1995	452	17.0	26.6	62.4
1996	452	17.0	26.6	62.4
1997	535	26.5	20.2	65.4
1998	604	28.5	21.2	77
1999	619	28.5	21.7	73.2
2000	636	30.0	21.2	75
2001	662	31.0	21.4	76.9
2002	649	30.0	21.6	75.2
2003	649	30.0	21.6	75.2
2004	671	29.0	23.1	80.6
2005	626	29.0	21.6	79.8
2006	624	28.0	22.3	70.3
2007	656	28.0	23.4	75.4
2008	606	30.0	20.2	82.8
2009	634	26.0	21.1	80.6
2010	624	28.0	22.2	80.8
2011	626	n/a	n/a	82.6
2012	621	24.5	25.3	82
2013	632	24.0	26.3	81.6
2014	652	23.0	28.3	84.8
2015	644	24.0	26.8	83.7
2016	632	26.0	24.3	85.3
2017	599	24.0	24.9	85.3
2018	589	24.0	24.5	87.6
2019	588	24.0	24.5	90.3
2020	547	n/a	n/a	90.5
2021	503	21.0	23.9	88.5
2022	488	22.0	22.1	82.4
2023	463	20.0	23.1	90.3
2024	449	18.1	24.8	90

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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