Howard Inghram Elementary: Scores climb 2.7 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But one in three miss a month of school or more.
Howard Inghram's strongest signal is real. Attendance is the number to ask about — and both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 38 | 6% | 17% | -2.7 | 38.9% | 2.1% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Howard Inghram Elementary scores 38 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 37th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “17% proficient” and call it done. Howard Inghram deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Bernardino, where nearly all students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
The headline number: +2.7pp separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 70th to the 37th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 17% meet the standard today, versus 42% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 32% | 7% | 7% | 19% | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 54% | 21% | 29% | 32% | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 53% | 23% | 28% | 24% | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 16% | 21% | 36% | 29% | 26% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 32% | 11% | 6% | 26% | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 40% | 3% | 11% | 16% | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 41% | 13% | 16% | 11% | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 22% | 18% | 3% | 7% | 8% |
The story this school is actually telling
separates this year's grade 3 from its grade 5. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Following the same students from 2023 G3 → 2025 G5 points the same way.
of students miss a month or more of school, versus 17.9% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — the data can't say why.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding holds steady across grades; the floor rises 6.4pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask how the school tracks and follows up on attendance. High absence often reflects community stress, not classroom quality — a visit will tell you which.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how teachers track each child's growth over the year, not just where the class lands on test day.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Howard Inghram Elementary in San Bernardino, 20.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Howard Inghram Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 13.6 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (14.0% Math proficient); Hispanic students (18.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 13.8 percentage points for english learner students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 158 students tested.
7 of 14 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
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.
Low-income student ELA proficiency rises by 7.3pp from grade 3 to grade 5 at this school. District average: +3.1pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The path below follows attendance boundaries — scores shown for each next step.
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
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$517 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 264 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).
On the state's science test (CAST), 11% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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3 within ~3 mi · avg 45
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Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39 | 8% | 8% | 33% | 51% | 15% | −28 |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 11% | 8% | 24% | 58% | 18% | −26 |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 7% | 15% | 26% | 52% | 22% | −26 |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 8% | 18% | 21% | 53% | 26% | −20 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 39 | 5% | 15% | 15% | 64% | 21% | −25 |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 3% | 16% | 22% | 59% | 19% | −23 |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 4% | 4% | 26% | 65% | 9% | −27 |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 3% | 5% | 29% | 63% | 8% | −27 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 46 | 4% | 7% | 50% | 39% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 158 | 20.9% | −14 | −17 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 124 | 18.5% | −17 | −20 |
| English Learners | 29 | 13.8% | +4 | +3 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Inghram Elementary ← | — | 38 | 6.2% | 17.3% | −2.7 | 2.1% |
| Riley Elementary | 1.6 mi | 46 | 14.1% | 31.7% | −5.9 | 0.5% |
| Hardy Brown College Prep | 2.6 mi | 45 | 14.3% | 41.1% | +9.4 | 7.0% |
| Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary | 0.7 mi | 44 | 15.2% | 33.4% | +5.8 | 0.1% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 52 | 70 | #1661 | 18.9% | 41.9% | 13.1% | 1.3% | +15.5pp |
| 2022 | 30 | 34 | #3796 | 1.7% | 13.1% | 46.4% | 0.1% | +9.4pp |
| 2023 | 33 | 34 | #3784 | 4.0% | 16.0% | 47.7% | 1.7% | +15.3pp |
| 2024 | 38 | 40 | #3430 | 7.1% | 21.1% | 37.7% | 1.4% | -5.5pp |
| 2025 | 38 | 37 | #3643 | 6.2% | 17.3% | 38.9% | 2.1% | -2.7pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 17 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 10.1% | 33.8% | +23.7pp |
| Male | 15.8% | 48.4% | +32.6pp |
| Black/African American | 15.1% | 36.4% | +21.3pp |
| Filipino | 18.8% | — | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | 12.4% | 41.0% | +28.6pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 18.5% | 38.7% | +20.2pp |
| English Learners | 10.9% | 35.5% | +24.6pp |
| Homeless | 29.2% | 55.0% | +25.8pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 13.7% | 41.8% | +28.1pp |
| All Students | 13.2% | 41.5% | +28.3pp |
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