San Bernardino County Special Education: The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.
San Bernardino County Special Education posts low test scores — and test scores are one lens among several. If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 3 | 0% | 1% | +0.0 | 50.5% | 3.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
San Bernardino County Special Education scores 3 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 0th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “1% proficient” and call it done. San Bernardino County Special Education deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Bernardino, where two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.
The seven-year arc
Has stayed near the 0th percentile since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 1% meet the standard today, versus 4% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 13% | 0% | 0% | 13% | 4% |
| Grade 5 | 5% | 3% | 4% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 12% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 11% | 8% | 3% | 0% | 4% |
| Grade 8 | 10% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 6% | 5% | 20% | 5% | 8% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 0% | 7% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 6% | 3% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 0% | 4% | 3% | 0% | 0% |
| Grade 8 | 2% | 0% | 0% | 3% | 0% |
| Grade 11 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask how English learners are supported, and what changes for them after they reclassify.
- 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 San Bernardino County Special Education in San Bernardino, 6.2% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 5.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. San Bernardino County Special Education outperforms its district average for low-income students by 0.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (0.0% Math proficient); Disabilities students (4.5% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 113 students tested.
11 of 17 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.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
San Bernardino County Special Education serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$1,360 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
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 1,860 students, this school is well above the typical California elementary school (≈480).
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 3% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 50
Nearby High Schools
2 within ~3 mi · avg 46
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
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 | 23 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | −43 |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 0% | 4% | 4% | 93% | 4% | −41 |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% | 0% | −48 |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 0% | 0% | 6% | 94% | 0% | −47 |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 0% | 4% | 11% | 85% | 4% | −44 |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 0% | 13% | 0% | 88% | 13% | −34 |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 0% | 8% | 12% | 80% | 8% | −39 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 23 | 0% | 0% | 4% | 96% | 0% | −46 |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 0% | 0% | 7% | 93% | 0% | −42 |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 0% | 0% | 6% | 94% | 0% | −35 |
| Grade 7 | 27 | 0% | 0% | 7% | 93% | 0% | −34 |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 0% | 0% | 8% | 92% | 0% | −32 |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 0% | 0% | 4% | 96% | 0% | −23 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 61 | 3% | 0% | 36% | 61% |
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 | 113 | 6.2% | +1 | −32 |
| Students with Disabilities | 155 | 4.5% | +1 | −12 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 44 | 2.3% | −4 | −37 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Bernardino County Special Education ← | — | 3 | 0.0% | 0.6% | +0.0 | 3.0% |
| Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences - San | 2.8 mi | 62 | 17.9% | 42.8% | +58.5 | 0.3% |
| Hardy Brown College Prep | 2.5 mi | 45 | 14.3% | 41.1% | +9.4 | 7.0% |
| Ulysses Grant Elementary | 2.4 mi | 41 | 13.7% | 32.8% | −2.6 | 1.5% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | #5488 | 1.6% | 4.1% | 47.5% | 9.5% | +2.7pp |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | #5716 | 1.1% | 2.2% | 69.5% | 6.3% | -1.7pp |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | #5720 | 0.0% | 1.9% | 63.2% | 6.8% | -2.0pp |
| 2024 | 11 | 0 | #5713 | 0.0% | 2.2% | 48.4% | 5.6% | +0.0pp |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | #5744 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 50.5% | 3.0% | +0.0pp |
- — Scored here as an elementary school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 32 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 55.2% | 61.5% | +6.3pp |
| Male | 45.5% | 57.2% | +11.7pp |
| Asian | 28.2% | 27.8% | -0.4pp |
| Black/African American | 51.7% | 59.5% | +7.8pp |
| Filipino | 47.8% | 44.4% | -3.4pp |
| White | 25.0% | 53.3% | +28.3pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 49.6% | 60.2% | +10.6pp |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 64.7% | 58.3% | -6.4pp |
| Two or More Races | 51.3% | 55.3% | +4.0pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 48.3% | 58.3% | +10.0pp |
| English Learners | 48.5% | 58.8% | +10.3pp |
| Foster Youth | 44.3% | 52.4% | +8.1pp |
| Homeless | 32.1% | 58.4% | +26.3pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 49.1% | 60.1% | +11.0pp |
| All Students | 48.3% | 58.3% | +10.0pp |
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