Is Riley Elementary a good school?

Riley Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Riley Elementary?

In the 2022-23 school year, 478 students attended Riley Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Riley Elementary?

Students at Riley Elementary are 89% Hispanic, 8% African American, 2% White.

What schools do graduates of Riley Elementary attend?

Students who attend Riley Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Arrowview Middle High : San Bernardino High

Riley Elementary

Summary:

Riley Elementary is a public elementary school located in San Bernardino, CA, serving grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 478 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.

Riley Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of California elementary schools, ranging from 2797 out of 5662 schools in 2017-2018 to 4487 out of 5862 schools in 2023-2024. Its SchoolDigger rating has also been low, ranging from 1 to 3 stars out of 5 over the years. The school has struggled across various student subgroups, with its rankings for female students, male students, and special education students all in the bottom half of California elementary schools in 2023-2024. However, the school has performed better with English Language Learner and disabled students. Riley Elementary has also experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 11.2% in 2017-2018 to 29.9% in 2022-2023.

The nearby schools, such as Lincoln Elementary, Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary, and Roosevelt Elementary, also struggle academically and have low statewide rankings, similar to Riley Elementary. However, some schools, like Captain Leland Norton Elementary and Graciano Gomez Elementary, perform better than Riley Elementary in certain areas, such as English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics. Riley Elementary's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 95.4% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, likely contributes to its academic challenges and high chronic absenteeism rates.

Detail:

Public K-5

1266 North G St.
San Bernardino, CA 92405-5011

(909) 388-6460

District: San Bernardino City Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4487^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,532

Students who attend Riley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Arrowview Middle
High:	San Bernardino High

Student/teacher ratio: 21.7

Number of students: 478

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

89.1%

African American:

7.5%

White:

2.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 95.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Riley Elementary ranks worse than 76.5% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 17^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 23.71. (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 (89.1%), African American (7.5%), White (2.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 95.4% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Riley Elementary is 21.7. 30 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Riley Elementary employs 21.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Riley Elementary is $7,532, which is the 13^th highest among 48 elementary schools in the San Bernardino City Unified School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Riley Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Riley Elementary 4487^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Riley 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 Riley Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	12.40	4529^th	4809	5.8%
2005	9.23	4688^th	4822	2.8%
2006	8.58	4691^st	4818	2.6%
2007	10.43	4895^th	5113	4.3%
2008	8.91	4968^th	5113	2.8%
2009	13.93	4806^th	5193	7.5%
2010	16.45	4817^th	5314	9.4%
2011	19.34	4728^th	5377	12.1%
2012	32.00	3803^rd	5390	29.4%
2013	35.24	3661^st	5530	33.8%
2015	26.63	3971^st	5611	29.2%
2016	26.21	4077^th	5614	27.4%
2017	40.46	3075^th	5692	46.0%
2018	45.67	2797^th	5662	50.6%
2019	32.71	3716^th	5789	35.8%
2022	36.09	3367^th	5883	42.8%
2023	26.77	4202^nd	5874	28.5%
2024	23.71	4487^th	5862	23.5%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	78.11	381^st	3246	88.3%
2019	39.08	1837^th	3275	43.9%
2022	69.18	505^th	3311	84.7%
2023	52.73	1066^th	3250	67.2%
2024	36.79	2044^th	3160	35.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	22.09	2284^th	2634	13.3%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	65.50	1417^th	5084	72.1%
2019	47.88	2549^th	5173	50.7%
2022	51.87	2168^th	5264	58.8%
2023	38.45	3184^th	5374	40.8%
2024	31.99	3777^th	5511	31.5%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	37.41	213^th	336	36.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	47.94	2600^th	5413	52.0%
2019	35.78	3358^th	5492	38.9%
2022	36.69	3219^th	5635	42.9%
2023	30.46	3715^th	5617	33.9%
2024	21.90	4513^th	5605	19.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	62.15	555^th	2227	75.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	43.43	2823^rd	5431	48.0%
2019	30.76	3736^th	5510	32.2%
2022	36.26	3249^th	5663	42.6%
2023	24.14	4341^st	5650	23.2%
2024	26.85	4092^nd	5636	27.4%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Riley Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	61.40	1557^th	4830	67.8%
2019	43.77	2694^th	4963	45.7%
2022	53.14	2011^th	5084	60.4%
2023	41.30	2816^th	5098	44.8%
2024	37.16	3175^th	5102	37.8%

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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 Riley Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	174	84	19	348	12	n/a	n/a	0	637
1989	165	119	33	507	16	n/a	n/a	0	840
1990	177	126	33	532	12	n/a	n/a	0	880
1991	148	124	34	613	11	n/a	n/a	0	930
1992	146	147	25	608	18	n/a	n/a	0	944
1993	130	117	35	631	13	n/a	n/a	0	926
1994	120	145	42	648	8	n/a	n/a	0	963
1995	90	124	43	643	11	n/a	n/a	0	911
1996	90	124	43	643	11	n/a	n/a	0	911
1997	66	123	25	645	6	n/a	n/a	0	865
1998	54	125	32	694	8	n/a	n/a	0	913
1999	60	122	23	713	10	n/a	n/a	0	928
2000	74	138	18	727	7	n/a	n/a	0	964
2001	61	146	14	737	10	n/a	n/a	0	968
2002	38	150	13	751	7	n/a	n/a	0	959
2003	38	150	13	751	7	n/a	n/a	0	959
2004	52	165	14	741	8	n/a	n/a	4	984
2005	37	147	9	800	9	n/a	n/a	11	1013
2006	30	125	10	810	3	n/a	n/a	12	990
2007	39	133	14	652	3	n/a	n/a	18	859
2008	37	108	10	654	1	n/a	n/a	0	810
2009	38	91	3	608	1	10	5	0	756
2010	33	85	2	603	2	7	5	0	737
2011	25	81	1	639	2	9	11	0	768
2012	26	67	2	646	3	7	9	0	760
2013	21	76	3	608	2	5	25	0	740
2014	21	59	4	606	5	5	6	0	706
2015	20	52	3	530	3	5	13	0	626
2016	15	54	3	525	3	4	30	0	634
2017	16	50	2	505	7	1	39	0	620
2018	9	53	2	460	5	0	38	0	567
2019	10	54	1	483	4	0	4	0	556
2020	13	49	0	475	2	0	16	0	555
2021	12	43	0	440	1	0	6	0	502
2022	16	33	0	429	3	0	5	0	486
2023	10	36	2	426	0	0	4	0	478

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 Riley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	24.3	26.2	n/a
1989	840	29.0	28.9	n/a
1990	880	29.9	29.4	n/a
1991	930	33.4	27.8	n/a
1992	944	33.9	27.8	89.9
1993	926	33.8	27.4	95
1994	963	36.0	26.8	82.1
1995	911	35.0	26.0	95
1996	911	35.0	26.0	95
1997	865	34.0	25.4	94.9
1998	913	36.0	25.4	89.8
1999	928	41.0	22.6	94.9
2000	964	43.0	22.4	98.9
2001	968	44.0	22.0	92.4
2002	959	48.0	20.0	98.1
2003	959	48.0	20.0	98.1
2004	984	46.0	21.4	94.1
2005	1013	50.0	20.3	89.3
2006	990	54.7	18.1	90.6
2007	859	44.0	19.5	95.1
2008	810	49.0	16.5	99.6
2009	756	39.0	18.0	97.8
2010	737	39.5	18.6	97.8
2011	768	n/a	n/a	97.3
2012	760	38.0	20.0	n/a
2013	740	37.0	20.0	99.3
2014	706	35.0	20.1	96.6
2015	626	30.0	20.8	97.4
2016	634	25.0	25.3	96.8
2017	620	24.0	25.8	96.9
2018	567	22.0	25.7	97.2
2019	556	22.0	25.2	97.3
2020	555	n/a	n/a	96.6
2021	502	21.0	23.9	94.2
2022	486	23.0	21.1	87.9
2023	478	21.9	21.7	95.4

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 Riley Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	637	24.3	26.2	n/a
1989	840	29.0	28.9	n/a
1990	880	29.9	29.4	n/a
1991	930	33.4	27.8	n/a
1992	944	33.9	27.8	89.9
1993	926	33.8	27.4	95
1994	963	36.0	26.8	82.1
1995	911	35.0	26.0	95
1996	911	35.0	26.0	95
1997	865	34.0	25.4	94.9
1998	913	36.0	25.4	89.8
1999	928	41.0	22.6	94.9
2000	964	43.0	22.4	98.9
2001	968	44.0	22.0	92.4
2002	959	48.0	20.0	98.1
2003	959	48.0	20.0	98.1
2004	984	46.0	21.4	94.1
2005	1013	50.0	20.3	89.3
2006	990	54.7	18.1	90.6
2007	859	44.0	19.5	95.1
2008	810	49.0	16.5	99.6
2009	756	39.0	18.0	97.8
2010	737	39.5	18.6	97.8
2011	768	n/a	n/a	97.3
2012	760	38.0	20.0	n/a
2013	740	37.0	20.0	99.3
2014	706	35.0	20.1	96.6
2015	626	30.0	20.8	97.4
2016	634	25.0	25.3	96.8
2017	620	24.0	25.8	96.9
2018	567	22.0	25.7	97.2
2019	556	22.0	25.2	97.3
2020	555	n/a	n/a	96.6
2021	502	21.0	23.9	94.2
2022	486	23.0	21.1	87.9
2023	478	21.9	21.7	95.4

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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