Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Rancho Cucamonga

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
A

Etiwanda Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Rancho Cucamonga, and parts of Fontana.

Rancho Cucamonga’s School Grade A better than 88% of California school districts

Students
13,666
Schools
18
Spent per student
$15,674
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
24:1
Free or reduced lunch
29%
Debt
$105M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Etiwanda Elementary School District

  • Its letter, A: results better than 92% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 23 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 21 pts above the state
  • Spends 26% less per student than the CA average
  • 24 students per teacher
  • Debt of $105M, about $7,683 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

A: better than 92% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
A
The town it serves, and its School Grade

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Rancho Cucamonga. Grade by grade →

K–616 schoolsThis district
7–85 middle schoolsThis district
9–124 high schoolsChaffey Joint Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency56%
State average 33.1% · 8,909 students tested
Reading / language arts68%
State average 46.7% · 8,871 students tested

98% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at Chaffey Joint Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$15,674 per student · 26% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 66%Support & administration 31%Other 3%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 31%State 65%Federal 4%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
13,476’20
13,303’21
13,387’22
13,587’23
13,666’24

About steady since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 43%Asian 23%White 16%Two or more races 9%Black 8%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

Schools in the district

18 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.