Sultana Elementary, Ontario CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Sultana Elementary

Sultana Elementary is a kindergarten through sixth-grade school in Ontario, a rapidly growing city in San Bernardino County at the heart of the Inland Empire's logistics and retail corridor. The school sits in the downtown area near the civic center, where historic neighborhoods and city anchors cluster along Euclid Avenue. It serves a student body of just over six hundred students, almost entirely from low-income families and predominantly Hispanic. About nine in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academic performance at Sultana is below state proficiency benchmarks across the board. In English language arts, the school's overall proficiency hovers around four in ten students. Third and fourth graders show proficiency rates in the low to mid-thirties; fifth and sixth graders perform somewhat better, approaching or crossing the mid-forties. Mathematics is the steeper challenge. Fourth and sixth graders show proficiency rates in the low to mid-twenties; third graders land around a third; fifth graders perform comparatively strongest at around four in ten. Science proficiency, measured in fifth grade, falls to just under a quarter of students. Across the tested subjects and grades tracked, Sultana's overall proficiency index sits above the median among elementary schools in San Bernardino County, though that positioning reflects the countywide context more than a source of strength. Parents should understand that most students are not meeting grade-level standards in core subjects.

The school serves a community under considerable economic strain. The area sits on the edge of Ontario's explosive growth; the massive Ontario Ranch master-planned development is reshaping the southern part of the city, but Sultana's neighborhood remains a traditionally settled, working-class residential zone. Housing values in the zip code are moderate for Southern California, and rental housing is accessible, though rent-to-income ratios are tight at over a third of household income. The families here are working, but resources are limited.

Data on English learner status and special education enrollment was not available, so parents should reach out to the school to understand the scope and nature of support services. No information on staffing, attendance, discipline, or course access beyond the standard curriculum was provided. A parent considering Sultana would benefit from a direct conversation with school leadership about how the school is addressing the gap between where students are performing and grade-level expectations, and what specific interventions or programs are in place to move proficiency upward, particularly in mathematics.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 40% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 34% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Grade 540%

School 40% · District 34% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 32% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 37% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 40% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 47%

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

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 47% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 524%

School 24% · District 25% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

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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.