Is Parkside Elementary a good school?

Parkside Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Parkside Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 524 students attended Parkside Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Parkside Elementary?

Students at Parkside Elementary are 82% Hispanic, 9% African American, 5% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Parkside Elementary attend?

Students who attend Parkside Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Golden Valley Middle High : Cajon High

Parkside Elementary

Summary:

Parkside Elementary is a public elementary school in San Bernardino, California, serving 483 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the San Bernardino City Unified School District, which is ranked 1221 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Parkside Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on statewide assessments. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 21.05% of Parkside students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 33.42% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also has a high chronic absenteeism rate of 39.0%, higher than the district average of 33.6%. Additionally, 86.13% of Parkside students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds.

Compared to nearby schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, Parkside Elementary performs significantly worse. For example, Hillside Elementary, located just 1.9 miles away, ranks in the top 13% of California elementary schools and has much higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts (75.81%) and Mathematics (62.06%). Parkside's performance is particularly concerning for certain student subgroups, such as English Language Learners and students with disabilities, who rank in the bottom 25% and bottom 10% of California elementary schools, respectively.

Detail:

Public K-6

3775 North Waterman Ave.
San Bernardino, CA 92404-1738

(909) 881-8209

District: San Bernardino City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5547^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $6,391

Students who attend Parkside Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Golden Valley Middle
High:	Cajon High

Student/teacher ratio: 23.2

Number of students: 524

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.4%

African American:

9.0%

White:

4.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Parkside Elementary ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 38^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 12.07. (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 (82.4%), African American (9%), White (4.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Parkside Elementary is 23.2. 48 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Parkside Elementary employs 22.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Parkside Elementary is $6,391. 44 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Parkside Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Parkside Elementary 5547^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Parkside Elementary in the ranking list.)

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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 Parkside Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	39.30	2673^rd	4809	44.4%
2005	28.38	3385^th	4822	29.8%
2006	32.68	3131^st	4818	35.0%
2007	25.66	3881^st	5113	24.1%
2008	36.13	3194^th	5113	37.5%
2009	38.55	3145^th	5193	39.4%
2010	25.38	4193^rd	5314	21.1%
2011	21.24	4591^st	5377	14.6%
2012	19.47	4683^rd	5390	13.1%
2013	20.11	4726^th	5530	14.5%
2015	14.67	5133^rd	5611	8.5%
2016	15.29	5018^th	5614	10.6%
2017	23.93	4346^th	5692	23.6%
2018	22.63	4458^th	5662	21.3%
2019	15.16	5228^th	5789	9.7%
2022	13.06	5524^th	5883	6.1%
2023	13.48	5453^rd	5874	7.2%
2024	12.07	5547^th	5862	5.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	30.50	2365^th	3246	27.1%
2019	18.44	3237^th	3275	1.2%
2022	23.59	3029^th	3311	8.5%
2023	29.76	2555^th	3250	21.4%
2024	34.26	2232^nd	3160	29.4%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	28.97	1698^th	2420	29.8%
2024	16.84	2576^th	2634	2.2%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	28.48	3884^th	5084	23.6%
2019	20.99	4502^nd	5173	13.0%
2022	17.42	4810^th	5264	8.6%
2023	17.23	4895^th	5374	8.9%
2024	15.00	5145^th	5511	6.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.72	4116^th	5413	24.0%
2019	15.54	4992^nd	5492	9.1%
2022	11.21	5470^th	5635	2.9%
2023	16.10	5044^th	5617	10.2%
2024	14.09	5186^th	5605	7.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.06	1302^nd	2128	38.8%
2019	37.07	1428^th	2585	44.8%
2022	21.22	1966^th	2227	11.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.30	4637^th	5431	14.6%
2019	16.99	4896^th	5510	11.1%
2022	16.59	5066^th	5663	10.5%
2023	12.93	5322^nd	5650	5.8%
2024	12.03	5367^th	5636	4.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	20.35	661^st	747	11.5%
2022	29.67	477^th	663	28.1%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Parkside Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.07	3136^th	4830	35.1%
2019	24.99	4036^th	4963	18.7%
2022	19.87	4509^th	5084	11.3%
2023	19.06	4558^th	5098	10.6%
2024	18.12	4576^th	5102	10.3%

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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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	247	74	7	134	15	n/a	n/a	0	477
1989	292	94	5	145	9	n/a	n/a	0	545
1990	303	80	8	170	10	n/a	n/a	0	571
1991	289	75	9	180	10	n/a	n/a	0	563
1992	313	84	10	202	16	n/a	n/a	0	625
1993	340	71	16	211	13	n/a	n/a	0	651
1994	301	83	11	202	18	n/a	n/a	0	615
1995	265	90	14	227	18	n/a	n/a	0	614
1996	265	90	14	227	18	n/a	n/a	0	614
1997	273	82	16	261	16	n/a	n/a	0	648
1998	268	97	11	255	19	n/a	n/a	0	650
1999	262	105	19	238	17	n/a	n/a	0	641
2000	246	102	19	264	11	n/a	n/a	0	642
2001	245	116	13	293	11	n/a	n/a	0	678
2002	220	131	18	360	8	n/a	n/a	0	737
2003	220	131	18	360	8	n/a	n/a	0	737
2004	222	133	19	363	8	n/a	n/a	6	751
2005	195	135	15	401	7	n/a	n/a	19	772
2006	163	123	11	401	4	n/a	n/a	19	721
2007	149	107	26	370	2	n/a	n/a	22	676
2008	114	86	4	345	1	n/a	n/a	0	550
2009	116	73	10	321	2	3	8	0	533
2010	90	71	6	347	3	2	6	0	525
2011	88	75	3	356	5	4	7	0	538
2012	92	99	2	370	4	6	12	0	585
2013	92	85	2	391	3	2	23	0	598
2014	85	99	6	381	3	2	20	0	596
2015	53	83	5	375	4	1	27	0	548
2016	57	72	7	380	6	0	39	0	561
2017	46	82	5	372	4	1	40	0	550
2018	41	61	6	380	3	2	48	0	541
2019	40	63	5	366	5	4	13	0	496
2020	38	63	5	387	3	7	12	0	515
2021	26	67	3	391	2	7	6	0	502
2022	19	66	5	362	0	11	7	0	470
2023	22	53	5	392	0	5	6	0	483
2024	25	47	5	432	1	2	12	0	524

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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	477	16.7	28.5	n/a
1989	545	18.8	28.9	n/a
1990	571	20.0	28.5	n/a
1991	563	19.0	29.6	n/a
1992	625	19.3	32.3	30.9
1993	651	24.0	27.1	36.7
1994	615	24.0	25.6	44.6
1995	614	24.0	25.6	58.3
1996	614	24.0	25.6	58.3
1997	648	25.0	25.9	56.6
1998	650	30.0	21.7	61.2
1999	641	28.0	22.9	59.4
2000	642	29.0	22.1	57.6
2001	678	29.0	23.4	55.5
2002	737	33.0	22.3	62.8
2003	737	33.0	22.3	62.8
2004	751	34.4	21.8	61.1
2005	772	34.0	22.7	71.2
2006	721	36.1	20.0	71.4
2007	676	32.9	20.5	70.9
2008	550	29.0	19.0	77.8
2009	533	23.0	19.7	77.1
2010	525	23.0	22.8	82.7
2011	538	n/a	n/a	81.8
2012	585	20.0	29.2	99.5
2013	598	22.0	27.1	88.8
2014	596	21.0	28.3	85.9
2015	548	20.0	27.4	86.3
2016	561	20.0	28.0	87.3
2017	550	21.0	26.1	86.5
2018	541	21.0	25.7	88.4
2019	496	20.0	24.8	86.3
2020	515	n/a	n/a	87.2
2021	502	23.0	21.8	87.3
2022	470	21.0	22.3	81.5
2023	483	20.4	23.5	86.1
2024	524	22.4	23.2	86.5

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 Parkside Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	477	16.7	28.5	n/a
1989	545	18.8	28.9	n/a
1990	571	20.0	28.5	n/a
1991	563	19.0	29.6	n/a
1992	625	19.3	32.3	30.9
1993	651	24.0	27.1	36.7
1994	615	24.0	25.6	44.6
1995	614	24.0	25.6	58.3
1996	614	24.0	25.6	58.3
1997	648	25.0	25.9	56.6
1998	650	30.0	21.7	61.2
1999	641	28.0	22.9	59.4
2000	642	29.0	22.1	57.6
2001	678	29.0	23.4	55.5
2002	737	33.0	22.3	62.8
2003	737	33.0	22.3	62.8
2004	751	34.4	21.8	61.1
2005	772	34.0	22.7	71.2
2006	721	36.1	20.0	71.4
2007	676	32.9	20.5	70.9
2008	550	29.0	19.0	77.8
2009	533	23.0	19.7	77.1
2010	525	23.0	22.8	82.7
2011	538	n/a	n/a	81.8
2012	585	20.0	29.2	99.5
2013	598	22.0	27.1	88.8
2014	596	21.0	28.3	85.9
2015	548	20.0	27.4	86.3
2016	561	20.0	28.0	87.3
2017	550	21.0	26.1	86.5
2018	541	21.0	25.7	88.4
2019	496	20.0	24.8	86.3
2020	515	n/a	n/a	87.2
2021	502	23.0	21.8	87.3
2022	470	21.0	22.3	81.5
2023	483	20.4	23.5	86.1
2024	524	22.4	23.2	86.5

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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