Country Springs Elementary, Chino Hills CA

Original Research by School Decision on Country Springs Elementary

Country Springs Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Chino Hills, an affluent master-planned suburban community in southwest San Bernardino County. The school's enrollment is distributed across all seven grades, with the largest group at third grade and consistent representation in the lower grades.

The school demonstrates strong overall academic performance. In English language arts, proficiency rates in the most recent school year ranged from the upper eighties to the mid-nineties across tested grades, with sixth grade reaching the highest level. In mathematics, proficiency was consistently in the low to mid-eighties, with third grade performing above that range. Science proficiency, measured only for fifth grade, fell at a lower point than the reading and math results, a pattern worth monitoring. Across the tested subjects and grade levels, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile when compared to districts across San Bernardino County.

The student body is demographically diverse. A large majority of students are Asian American, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller numbers of white, multiracial, Black, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. About a quarter of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a middle-income school community with some economic diversity within the broader affluent Chino Hills context.

Chino Hills itself is a planned community organized around village cores with gated and semi-rural neighborhoods such as Los Serranos, Butterfield Ranch, Rolling Ridge, and Payne Ranch. The area is characterized by high household incomes and high educational attainment among adults. Housing values in the zip code are well above the state benchmark, and new construction skews toward higher-priced homes. The city is car-dependent, with limited public transit, though it does have the James S. Thalman Chino Hills Branch Library, the Big League Dreams Sports Park, and nearby Chino Hills State Park as civic anchors.

The parent district, Chino Valley Unified, has undergone significant governance scrutiny in recent years over parental notification policies regarding student requests for name and pronoun changes. This dispute, which began in 2023, has involved multiple legal actions and court injunctions, and remains contested as of publication. Simultaneously, the district implemented Professional Learning Communities and Mathematics at Work frameworks, with recent analysis showing measurable gains in math and English language arts proficiency that outpaced state growth, particularly in narrowing achievement gaps across demographic groups.

Country Springs serves a community of professionals and families for whom suburban school stability and measurable academic growth in core subjects would likely be primary considerations. The strong ELA and math results are its clearest assets. The science proficiency result, available only for fifth grade at a lower rate, suggests a parent may want to look further into how science instruction is supported across the elementary grades. Special education and English learner enrollment data were not available in the school directory.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 393%

School 93% · District 58% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

Grade 485%

School 85% · District 57% · ▲ 29 pts above district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 57 pts above county median

Grade 583%

School 83% · District 48% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 61 pts above county median

Grade 689%

School 89% · District 56% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 59 pts above state median · ▲ 66 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 394%

School 94% · District 58% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 61 pts above county median

Grade 492%

School 92% · District 60% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 50 pts above state median · ▲ 57 pts above county median

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 62% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 48 pts above county median

Grade 696%

School 96% · District 66% · ▲ 30 pts above district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 58 pts above county median

Science

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 43% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 47 pts above county median

This schoolChino Valley Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income90%Higher-income97%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income88%Higher-income96%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income77%Higher-income94%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income94%Higher-income98%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income93%Higher-income92%1 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income83%Higher-income87%4 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income71%Higher-income91%19 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income89%Higher-income89%0 pp gap