Warm Springs Elementary, San Bernardino CA

Original Research by School Decision on Warm Springs Elementary

Warm Springs Elementary serves kindergarten through sixth grade in San Bernardino. The school enrolls a small student body, nearly all of whom qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, Asian, and multiracial students. The student count holds steady across grades.

On California's state assessments, Warm Springs students show proficiency levels well below the state benchmark. In English language arts, proficiency on the tested grades ranged from low performance in grades three, four, and six to more moderate performance in grade five. In math, the pattern is similar: grades three through six show low to very low proficiency, with grade five performing somewhat better than the others. In the single grade tested for science, proficiency was markedly low. Overall proficiency across tested subjects sits in the bottom quartile when compared to schools throughout San Bernardino County. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand how the school is addressing these performance gaps and what supports exist for students working below grade level.

The school is located in San Bernardino, a large, diverse city that combines renter-heavy urban residential areas with mid-century neighborhoods and foothill districts. The city has an identifiable downtown with civic anchors including the Feldheym Library and a historic restored train station that now serves as a cultural center. The local housing market is affordable relative to California state levels, with median home values and rental rates both moderate; a family renting in the school's zip code would spend roughly a quarter of household income on rent. San Bernardino is a hub of commercial and retail growth, with ongoing development across the downtown, university, hospitality, and mountain districts.

The parent district, San Bernardino City Unified, adopted Vision 2030 in April 2024 as its strategic direction through the end of the decade, establishing priorities in academics, college and career readiness, equity, student wellness, and safe learning environments. A signature feature of the district is its investment in Linked Learning career pathways at the high school level, which blend college-preparatory academics with career-technical education and paid internships. That model is a lasting structural change in how SBCUSD delivers secondary education. For elementary students at Warm Springs, the district's strategic commitments set the broader context and long-term expectations, though school-level program detail was not available in the data provided.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 31% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 413%

School 13% · District 23% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 19% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

Grade 616%

School 16% · District 24% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 31% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 32% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 34% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 622%

School 22% · District 38% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Science

Grade 516%

School 16% · District 18% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

This schoolSan Bernardino City 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.