Is Davidson Elementary a good school?

Davidson Elementary ranks in the bottom 16.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Davidson Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 406 students attended Davidson Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Davidson Elementary?

Students at Davidson Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 8% African American, 4% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Davidson Elementary attend?

Students who attend Davidson Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Shandin Hills Middle High : San Bernardino High

Davidson Elementary

Summary:

Davidson Elementary is a public elementary school located in San Bernardino, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 422 students. It is part of the San Bernardino City Unified school district, which is ranked 1221 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Davidson Elementary has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 19.2% in 2018-2019 to 40.9% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than nearby schools like Riley Elementary (29.9%) and Marshall Elementary (29.0%). The school's test scores are consistently lower than the San Bernardino City Unified School District and the state of California averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, only 24.54% of Davidson Elementary students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.42% for the district and 47.04% for the state.

Davidson Elementary's student groups, such as Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, consistently perform below their peers at the state level. The school also has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 89.81% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools. While the high chronic absenteeism rates appear to be closely linked to the school's low academic performance, some nearby schools, such as Muscoy Elementary and George Brown Junior Elementary, are outperforming Davidson Elementary in various metrics, indicating that there may be opportunities for improvement at Davidson Elementary.

Detail:

Public K-6

2844 Davidson Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92405-1918

(909) 881-8153

District: San Bernardino City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4894^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,668

Students who attend Davidson Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Shandin Hills Middle
High:	San Bernardino High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.3

Number of students: 406

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

86.0%

African American:

7.6%

White:

3.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Davidson Elementary ranks worse than 83.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 24^th among 48 ranked elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 19.67. (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%), African American (7.6%), White (3.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Davidson Elementary is 19.3, which is the 11^th best among 48 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Davidson Elementary employs 20.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Davidson Elementary is $7,668, which is the 11^th highest among 48 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Davidson Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Davidson Elementary 4894^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Davidson Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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San Bernardino City Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks San Bernardino City Unified 1221^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Davidson Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	13.36	4462^nd	4809	7.2%
2005	10.85	4611^th	4822	4.4%
2006	7.01	4746^th	4818	1.5%
2007	9.28	4951^st	5113	3.2%
2008	12.64	4789^th	5113	6.3%
2009	6.24	5124^th	5193	1.3%
2010	6.50	5245^th	5314	1.3%
2011	5.01	5344^th	5377	0.6%
2012	20.48	4616^th	5390	14.4%
2013	29.56	4085^th	5530	26.1%
2015	14.46	5151^st	5611	8.2%
2016	12.21	5293^rd	5614	5.7%
2017	15.53	5069^th	5692	10.9%
2018	24.96	4242^nd	5662	25.1%
2019	21.23	4686^th	5789	19.1%
2022	15.49	5321^st	5883	9.6%
2023	14.99	5324^th	5874	9.4%
2024	19.67	4894^th	5862	16.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	44.12	1564^th	3246	51.8%
2022	29.68	2634^th	3311	20.4%
2023	35.16	2146^th	3250	34.0%
2024	53.16	1016^th	3160	67.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	24.10	1951^st	2420	19.4%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	29.84	3778^th	5084	25.7%
2019	30.05	3855^th	5173	25.5%
2022	21.74	4519^th	5264	14.2%
2023	20.86	4644^th	5374	13.6%
2024	25.78	4309^th	5511	21.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.88	4097^th	5413	24.3%
2019	22.42	4435^th	5492	19.2%
2022	13.02	5359^th	5635	4.9%
2023	14.67	5175^th	5617	7.9%
2024	16.05	5030^th	5605	10.3%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.94	1770^th	2128	16.8%
2019	20.22	2334^th	2585	9.7%
2022	26.77	1648^th	2227	26.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	26.08	4016^th	5431	26.1%
2019	23.03	4383^rd	5510	20.5%
2022	19.35	4776^th	5663	15.7%
2023	17.18	4984^th	5650	11.8%
2024	25.13	4251^st	5636	24.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Davidson Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.98	3144^th	4830	34.9%
2019	32.31	3533^rd	4963	28.8%
2022	21.73	4379^th	5084	13.9%
2023	23.17	4246^th	5098	16.7%
2024	31.32	3637^th	5102	28.7%

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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 Davidson Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	220	80	16	177	7	n/a	n/a	0	500
1989	226	91	12	195	7	n/a	n/a	0	531
1990	224	98	19	179	8	n/a	n/a	0	528
1991	236	112	14	203	13	n/a	n/a	0	578
1992	232	110	14	230	9	n/a	n/a	0	595
1993	199	109	11	216	9	n/a	n/a	0	544
1994	170	139	16	224	10	n/a	n/a	0	559
1995	148	157	6	240	5	n/a	n/a	0	556
1996	148	157	6	240	5	n/a	n/a	0	556
1997	149	182	7	270	5	n/a	n/a	0	613
1998	115	129	6	289	8	n/a	n/a	0	547
1999	116	133	7	321	10	n/a	n/a	0	587
2000	95	155	10	368	10	n/a	n/a	0	638
2001	98	135	12	321	5	n/a	n/a	0	571
2002	92	135	6	376	7	n/a	n/a	0	616
2003	92	135	6	376	7	n/a	n/a	0	616
2004	99	130	9	400	7	n/a	n/a	5	650
2005	86	126	5	428	4	n/a	n/a	8	657
2006	82	123	7	403	3	n/a	n/a	23	641
2007	50	118	5	414	5	n/a	n/a	20	612
2008	49	85	6	388	6	n/a	n/a	0	534
2009	47	87	4	363	6	3	12	0	522
2010	39	80	5	392	3	1	8	0	528
2011	35	63	7	383	1	0	7	0	496
2012	32	56	6	385	3	0	7	0	489
2013	34	54	4	370	3	0	16	0	481
2014	26	67	3	379	3	0	17	0	495
2015	23	63	3	354	3	0	23	0	469
2016	26	63	2	373	5	0	21	0	490
2017	29	57	2	372	8	0	26	0	494
2018	28	45	3	330	9	0	22	0	437
2019	19	44	0	346	5	1	9	0	424
2020	20	31	3	344	5	3	14	0	420
2021	22	29	3	339	2	1	5	0	401
2022	19	21	3	335	1	2	5	0	386
2023	21	29	4	358	0	1	9	0	422
2024	16	31	1	349	0	1	8	0	406

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 Davidson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	500	18.0	27.7	n/a
1989	531	19.0	27.9	n/a
1990	528	19.0	27.7	n/a
1991	578	18.5	31.2	n/a
1992	595	18.8	31.6	55.8
1993	544	19.5	27.9	53.1
1994	559	20.0	27.9	65.7
1995	556	22.0	25.3	79.3
1996	556	22.0	25.3	79.3
1997	613	24.0	25.5	80.8
1998	547	24.0	22.8	89.8
1999	587	27.0	21.7	84.3
2000	638	29.0	22.0	85.7
2001	571	27.0	21.1	88.3
2002	616	30.0	20.5	87.3
2003	616	30.0	20.5	87.3
2004	650	34.4	18.9	80.8
2005	657	31.0	21.2	87.7
2006	641	33.3	19.2	87.7
2007	612	29.0	21.1	84.5
2008	534	32.0	16.7	90.1
2009	522	25.0	18.6	86
2010	528	26.0	20.3	90.2
2011	496	n/a	n/a	90.7
2012	489	18.0	27.1	99.4
2013	481	18.0	26.7	97.1
2014	495	17.0	29.1	93.3
2015	469	17.0	27.5	90
2016	490	19.0	25.7	93.7
2017	494	20.0	24.7	90.5
2018	437	19.0	23.0	89.5
2019	424	19.0	22.3	90.1
2020	420	n/a	n/a	89.3
2021	401	17.0	23.5	87.8
2022	386	19.0	20.3	89.9
2023	422	19.9	21.1	89.8
2024	406	20.9	19.3	95.6

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 Davidson Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	500	18.0	27.7	n/a
1989	531	19.0	27.9	n/a
1990	528	19.0	27.7	n/a
1991	578	18.5	31.2	n/a
1992	595	18.8	31.6	55.8
1993	544	19.5	27.9	53.1
1994	559	20.0	27.9	65.7
1995	556	22.0	25.3	79.3
1996	556	22.0	25.3	79.3
1997	613	24.0	25.5	80.8
1998	547	24.0	22.8	89.8
1999	587	27.0	21.7	84.3
2000	638	29.0	22.0	85.7
2001	571	27.0	21.1	88.3
2002	616	30.0	20.5	87.3
2003	616	30.0	20.5	87.3
2004	650	34.4	18.9	80.8
2005	657	31.0	21.2	87.7
2006	641	33.3	19.2	87.7
2007	612	29.0	21.1	84.5
2008	534	32.0	16.7	90.1
2009	522	25.0	18.6	86
2010	528	26.0	20.3	90.2
2011	496	n/a	n/a	90.7
2012	489	18.0	27.1	99.4
2013	481	18.0	26.7	97.1
2014	495	17.0	29.1	93.3
2015	469	17.0	27.5	90
2016	490	19.0	25.7	93.7
2017	494	20.0	24.7	90.5
2018	437	19.0	23.0	89.5
2019	424	19.0	22.3	90.1
2020	420	n/a	n/a	89.3
2021	401	17.0	23.5	87.8
2022	386	19.0	20.3	89.9
2023	422	19.9	21.1	89.8
2024	406	20.9	19.3	95.6

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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