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Cameron Elementary · Barstow

Cameron Elementary: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Cameron is an elementary school in Barstow. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 5,744 elementary schools statewide

Has stayed near the 0th percentile since 2019.

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ELABlue(Increased Significantly)MathBlue(Increased Significantly)

This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 20% meet the standard today, versus 24% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 333%34%12%31%20%
Grade 440%21%22%18%38%
Grade 513%19%20%11%
Grade 626%30%25%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 323%26%12%32%25%
Grade 430%21%22%27%34%
Grade 53%13%9%0%
Grade 619%9%16%
Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

How every group of students does here

At Cameron Elementary in Barstow, 27.5% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 14.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Cameron Elementary outperforms its district average for low-income students by 12.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (28.1% Math proficient); Hispanic students (34.9% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 17.2 percentage points for black students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 138 students tested.

All students at this school: 28% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 28%, district —, state 43%28%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 28%, district 12%, state 32%28% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 35%, district 14%, state 32%35% · +7 vs school
MaleMale: this school 29%, district 14%, state 42%29% · +1 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 27%, district 14%, state 44%27% · −1 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 12%, district 8%, state 26%12% · −16 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 27%, district 7%, state 11%27% · −1 vs school

7 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

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Subgroup growth by grade

Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.

Where the path goes

The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.

K-12 Feeder Path

Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 24:1, district 24:124:1
Teaching staff20 teachers
Avg. experience17.3 years
Fully credentialed86%
Intern / emergency permit4.3%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$57,952 – $125,965
Principal salary$133,771 – $148,934
Superintendent salary$201,490

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $17,007, CA average $14,815$17,007 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$1,232 per student

$1,232 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,973 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction62%
Instruction support11%
Student services10%
Administration9%
Buildings & maintenance7%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,633 per pupil
2019$12,662 per pupil
2018$12,804 per pupil
2017$11,482 per pupil
2016$10,964 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic53.9%
District 58.6% · CA 56.1%
Black28.0%
District 18.1% · CA 4.8%
White9.9%
District 14.3% · CA 19.9%
Other8.3%
District 8.6% · CA 9.0%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 89.7% (26pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$62K · CA $85K
Median home value$246K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+13% · CA 35%
ZIP population33,954
Median age34 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

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