How does Heritage Intermediate compare to other middle schools in Fontana?

Heritage Intermediate has a SchoolScope composite score of 55.2/100, placing it at the 82nd percentile statewide. 27% of students exceed standard, with a total of 2,289 students tested across grades and subjects.

What percentage of students exceed standards at Heritage Intermediate?

27.0% of students at Heritage Intermediate exceed the state standard on CAASPP assessments, while 55.7% meet or exceed it. The gap between these two numbers reveals whether the school pushes students beyond basic proficiency.

Is Heritage Intermediate improving or declining?

Based on CAASPP data, Heritage Intermediate's proficiency rate increases by 8.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth. This suggests the school may be adding value over time.

What is the chronic absenteeism rate at Heritage Intermediate?

12.9% of students at Heritage Intermediate are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days). This metric reflects school culture and family engagement, and is weighted at 15% in our composite score.

Heritage Intermediate

Middle School

Etiwanda Elementary FontanaSan Bernardino County92336

📍 13766 South Heritage Circle

Composite Score

out of 100

State Percentile

of middle schools

State Rank

of 1,714 California middle schools

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Growth Engine

A growth engine — students gain measurably more here than at peer schools.

Composite scores are SchoolScope's analysis of public data from the California Dept. of Education (CAASPP, chronic absenteeism, suspension rates). They are not official CDE ratings and should not be the sole basis for school decisions. See methodology.

School overview

Enrollment

1,158 students

Student-Teacher Ratio

23:1

Free/Reduced Lunch

35%

Teachers

51 full-time

Dashboard indicators

ELA Year-over-Year

Increased

+12.1 pts DFS change

Math Year-over-Year

Maintained

+2.0 pts DFS change

EL Proficiency (ELPAC)

25.4%

English learners at Level 4 (Well Developed) · 55 tested

Data source: California School Dashboard 2025, ELPAC 2024

Student demographics

Hispanic54.2%

White11.2%

Asian8.6%

Black13.8%

Other12.1%

Performance breakdown

Performance breakdown for Heritage Intermediate
Category	Percentage
Exceeded Standard	27.0%
Met Standard	28.6%
Below Standard	44.3%

What other rankings don't show you

Most rating sites report "56% proficient" for Heritage Intermediate and stop there. Here's what that number hides:

27.0% of students exceeded standard while 28.6% met it. That exceeded rate is 9.7 points above the state average of 17.3%. That's 12.1 points below the Etiwanda Elementary district average of 39.1%. The 4 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 30.8% exceeded — 3.7 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" can reveal how much a school's curriculum challenges students beyond proficiency.

Students here improve by 8.1 percentage points from Grade 6 to grade 8 growth, suggesting the school is adding value beyond what students arrive with.

California's Dashboard shows ELA performance increased and Math maintained year-over-year. 25.4% of English learners reached Level 4 (Well Developed) on ELPAC.

Chronic absenteeism is 12.9%, better than the state average of 19.3%.

Why the exceeded vs. met split matters →

Key metrics

% Exceeded Standard

27.0%

Students scoring above proficient

% Met or Above

55.7%

Students meeting standard

Growth (G6→G8)

+8.1pp

Change in proficiency rate

Chronic Absenteeism

12.9%

Students missing 10%+ of days

Suspension Rate

2.4%

Students suspended at least once

Total Tested

2,289

Across all grades & subjects

Grade trajectory

ELA Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

Math Trajectory

G6 → G7 → G8

ELA scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	379	24.5%	36.1%	19.0%	20.3%	60.7%
7th	365	30.7%	39.5%	17.5%	12.3%	70.1%
8th	396	30.6%	39.4%	17.4%	12.6%	70.0%

Math scores by grade

Grade	Tested	Exceeded	Met	Nearly Met	Not Met	Met+Above
6th	386	21.5%	17.9%	27.2%	33.4%	39.4%
7th	366	26.0%	21.6%	27.3%	25.1%	47.5%
8th	397	29.0%	17.4%	26.4%	27.2%	46.4%

K-12 Feeder PathBoundary data

Elementary

East Heritage Elementary

59.783rd pctile

Cecilia Lucero Solorio Element…

59.181st pctile

West Heritage Elementary

52.771st pctile

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Middle

Heritage Intermediate

55.282nd pctile

This school

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High School

No feeder data available for this level

Feeder patterns derived from 2015-16 NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries may have changed. Contact your school district for current information.