Creek View Elementary, Ontario CA

Original Research by School Decision on Creek View Elementary

Creek View Elementary sits in Ontario, a rapidly growing logistics and mixed-use hub in San Bernardino County that is undergoing significant residential expansion, particularly in the southern Ontario Ranch master-planned community. The school serves kindergarten through sixth grade with an enrollment of just over five hundred students, the majority of whom come from low-income households. Roughly two-thirds of the school's population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of white, Black, and Asian students; demographic data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available.

On state assessments in English language arts and mathematics, Creek View's results show uneven performance across grade levels. In ELA, third and fourth graders scored in the low-to-mid range on state standards, fifth graders performed similarly, but sixth graders showed noticeably stronger performance. Math results are weaker overall and decline steeply in the upper elementary grades, with fifth grade showing particularly low proficiency. Science testing, available only for fifth grade, mirrors the math challenge in that grade. When proficiency rates are averaged across all tested grades and subjects, the school sits in the top quartile of elementary schools across San Bernardino County districts, a position that reflects strength relative to schools serving similar populations, though it does not indicate that the school's absolute performance levels are high. The school has only one year of current data, so trend information was not available.

The school's context matters for understanding these numbers. Ontario itself is changing rapidly. A master-planned development called Ontario Ranch is adding tens of thousands of new homes to the southern part of the city; the district has approved new attendance boundaries taking effect in July 2026 and is opening a new elementary school in August 2026 to absorb growth. At the same time, voters approved a general obligation bond in November 2024 for school infrastructure improvements, a decision that will affect property tax assessments for families in the area. Housing values in the 91761 zip code where Creek View sits are lower than the state average, and rent-to-income ratios suggest housing is moderately priced relative to median household income, making Ontario relatively affordable for the region. The neighborhood is car-dependent overall, though downtown Ontario has some walkable blocks along Euclid Avenue near City Hall and community anchors.

Creek View's particular strength in sixth-grade ELA warrants attention, as does the significant drop in math performance as students move into upper elementary grades. A parent may want to look into further with the school what support structures exist for math in grades five and six, and whether the ELA strength in sixth grade points to approaches that could inform math instruction. The school also operates within a district experiencing rapid change and boundary shifts, so families should understand which attendance boundaries apply to their address and whether that may change in coming years.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 349%

School 49% · District 46% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 47% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 39% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 39% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 43% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 54% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 57% · ▼ 14 pts below district

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

Grade 658%

School 58% · District 54% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 36% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 5 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolMountain View Elementary, 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-income46%Higher-income39%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income59%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income34%Higher-income60%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income53%Higher-income67%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income52%Higher-income39%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income66%39 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income22%Higher-income24%2 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income24%Higher-income47%23 pp gap