Warm Springs Elementary: Scores climb 12.5 points from grade 3 to grade 5. But suspensions run 3× the state rate.
Warm Springs has real strengths and one number that complicates them. Most rating sites show you one or the other. Both belong on the same page.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42 | 7% | 25% | +12.5 | 29.0% | 5.0% |
| CA average · Elementary School | 45 | 21% | 43% | -2.9 | 17.9% | 1.6% |
Warm Springs Elementary scores 42 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 49th percentile of 5,744 California elementary schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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📈 On the Rise — Ask how many years the improvement has held, not just the latest one — one strong cohort and a real turnaround can look identical in a single year of data.
Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. Warm Springs 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: +12.5pp 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
Climbed from the 7th to the 49th percentile since 2019 — past roughly 2200 elementary schools.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 25% meet the standard today, versus 29% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 30% | 18% | 10% | 15% | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 37% | 20% | 16% | 23% | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 28% | 23% | 15% | 13% | 39% |
| Grade 6 | 29% | 29% | 25% | 31% | 22% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 37% | 10% | 22% | 13% | 27% |
| Grade 4 | 31% | 18% | 12% | 27% | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 11% | 17% | 15% | 6% | 33% |
| Grade 6 | 15% | 5% | 20% | 15% | 16% |
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 were suspended, versus 1.6% statewide — worth asking about on a tour.
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 rises 9.0pp across grades; the floor rises 18.3pp. The state average rises 4.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask about the discipline philosophy and what a typical suspension is for. Numbers can't tell you whether a campus feels strict or chaotic — a visit can.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask what typically leads to a suspension, and what happens before it gets there.
- 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.
How every group of students does here
At Warm Springs Elementary in San Bernardino, 23.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 34.5% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Warm Springs Elementary trails its district average for low-income students by 10.8 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (22.9% Math proficient); Hispanic students (20.5% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 24.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 249 students tested.
6 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 18.1pp 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
$588 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
Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.
On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Your other options
Nearby Elementary Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 55
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 | 74 | 7% | 14% | 26% | 54% | 20% | −23 |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 2% | 15% | 22% | 61% | 17% | −28 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% | 23% | 12% | 49% | 39% | −9 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 7% | 14% | 30% | 48% | 22% | −25 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 75 | 3% | 24% | 19% | 55% | 27% | −19 |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 0% | 13% | 26% | 60% | 13% | −28 |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% | 18% | 16% | 51% | 33% | −2 |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 3% | 13% | 25% | 59% | 16% | −19 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 57 | 2% | 14% | 54% | 30% |
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 | 249 | 23.7% | −11 | −15 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 205 | 20.5% | −15 | −18 |
| English Learners | 85 | 5.9% | −4 | −5 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Springs Elementary ← | — | 42 | 7.1% | 24.8% | +12.5 | 5.0% |
| Ballington Academy for the Arts and Sciences - San | 1.8 mi | 62 | 17.9% | 42.8% | +58.5 | 0.3% |
| Savant Preparatory Academy of Business | 1.7 mi | 53 | 36.4% | 58.8% | −12.8 | 13.6% |
| iEmpire Academy | 0.8 mi | 49 | 13.0% | 32.5% | −23.6 | 2.3% |
| California average | — | 45 | 21.3% | 42.7% | −2.9 | 1.6% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 24 | 7 | #5115 | 8.9% | 29.1% | 20.2% | 4.9% | -14.4pp |
| 2022 | 36 | 50 | #2863 | 5.3% | 17.7% | 41.1% | 3.4% | +5.8pp |
| 2023 | 34 | 37 | #3620 | 5.6% | 14.9% | 34.4% | 3.6% | -0.8pp |
| 2024 | 32 | 22 | #4479 | 4.9% | 15.9% | 31.8% | 3.0% | -4.2pp |
| 2025 | 42 | 49 | #2933 | 7.1% | 24.8% | 29.0% | 5.0% | +12.5pp |
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 15 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 17.8% | 28.0% | +10.2pp |
| Male | 22.8% | 31.9% | +9.1pp |
| Asian | 7.7% | 18.5% | +10.8pp |
| Black/African American | 32.4% | 51.2% | +18.8pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 17.8% | 28.0% | +10.2pp |
| Two or More Races | 29.4% | 41.7% | +12.3pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 22.6% | 26.5% | +3.9pp |
| English Learners | 14.9% | 17.9% | +3.0pp |
| Homeless | 26.3% | 43.3% | +17.0pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 20.5% | 29.9% | +9.4pp |
| All Students | 20.4% | 29.9% | +9.5pp |
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