Date Elementary, Fontana CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Date Elementary

Date Elementary is a kindergarten through fifth-grade school in Fontana with an enrollment of about a mid-sized school population for an elementary setting. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller populations of Black, White, Asian, and multiracial students. The school sits in a working-class city where manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing anchor the local economy, and housing is relatively affordable compared to state benchmarks.

On state assessments administered in 2024-25, Date Elementary shows mixed results across subjects and grades. In English language arts, performance strengthens as students advance; fifth graders score well, while third graders perform below the midpoint. Math proficiency is weaker across the board, with third and fourth graders in the lower range and fifth graders closer to the middle. Science performance, measured only in fifth grade, is notably low. Overall, the school's combined proficiency rate across tested subjects and grades places it in the top quartile among elementary schools in San Bernardino County, a position that reflects strength relative to peers facing similar economic conditions, though absolute proficiency numbers show many students are not yet meeting grade-level standards.

The pattern of growth by grade level merits attention. In both English and math, fifth-grade proficiency improves substantially compared to third and fourth grades, suggesting either that older students are catching up as they progress, or that instruction builds cumulative advantage in the upper elementary. A parent may want to look further into whether the school has targeted interventions for younger grades or if the curriculum is deliberately structured to accelerate student progress by the fifth-grade year.

Fontana Unified, the parent district, approved Measure I, a bond measure backed by voters in November 2024 that will fund classroom modernization, expanded career and technical education programming such as robotics and coding, upgraded science and technology labs, accessibility improvements, and infrastructure repairs. The bond represents the district's first major facilities investment in nearly two decades and carries a property-tax consideration that families weighing school choice should factor into their cost-of-living math.

Date Elementary operates within a city that is car-dependent and sprawling, though downtown Fontana's civic anchors including the county's largest library, a Metrolink station, and civic venues are within reach. The school is situated in a neighborhood defined by residential development and proximity to commercial corridors. Housing is relatively affordable in the area, and the community is young and family-oriented, though economic pressures are real: a very high share of the student body lives in households qualifying for meal assistance.

No data on chronic absenteeism, special education enrollment rates, or English learner populations were available. The school serves tested grades only, so no information on kindergarten through second-grade academic standing appears in state reporting.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 35% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 29% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 22% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 35% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 449%

School 49% · District 34% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

Grade 562%

School 62% · District 39% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 528%

School 28% · District 22% · ▲ 6 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

This schoolFontana 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-income40%Higher-income23%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income63%Higher-income57%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income39%5 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income47%Higher-income53%6 pp gap