Online Academy, Ontario CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Online Academy

Online Academy is an alternative school in Ontario, California, serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as a non-charter school within the Ontario-Montclair district and enrolls a small student body with a composition heavily weighted toward low-income families and Hispanic students. Nearly all students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the school serves a community with significant economic need.

The school's academic performance shows mixed results with considerable variability across grade levels. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from low in fourth grade to substantially higher in seventh and eighth grades, where more than three-fifths of students meet state standards. Mathematics proficiency similarly climbs across grades, rising from very low outcomes in fourth grade to nearly seven-tenths proficiency by eighth grade. This pattern suggests that older students at the school demonstrate stronger command of tested content. Science proficiency data is limited to grades five and eight, showing around mid-range performance in both grades. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places this school in the top quartile relative to other district schools in San Bernardino County, though this ranking reflects performance among a smaller comparison group of tested schools rather than all schools in the county.

The school's small size and alternative designation suggest it likely serves students with particular needs or circumstances. The dramatic disparity between fourth and fifth grade performance in English language arts points to possible differences in the student populations tested at those grade levels or shifts in instruction. A parent may want to explore with the school what alternative programming means in this context, whether certain grades present instructional transitions, and how the school supports students experiencing lower performance in the tested grades.

The community of Ontario is a mixed-character logistics and retail hub in the Inland Empire with a historic downtown and rapid residential growth fueled by the large Ontario Ranch master-planned community to the south. Housing in the area is moderately priced relative to state and national benchmarks. Downtown Ontario has walkable neighborhoods around Euclid Avenue, though most of the city is car-dependent. The district itself serves both longtime neighborhoods and rapidly growing new residential areas.

Enrollment and demographic data for the school were provided, but state testing data available here captures only the most recent school year, so longer trends cannot be assessed. English learner and special education enrollment counts were not available in the data.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 350%

School 50% · District 40% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 34% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 34% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 32% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 33% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 870%

School 70% · District 36% · ▲ 33 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 37% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 46%

School 6% · District 40% · ▼ 34 pts below district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 47% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 47% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 49% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 48% · ▲ 23 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 25% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 24% · ▲ 33 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

This schoolOntario-Montclair, 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.