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Citrus Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4143rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 29% of California elementary schools
Summary

Citrus Elementary serves 494 students in grades K–6 in Upland, California, as part of Upland Unified. Its 2025–26 results show that English, math and science proficiency are all below state and district levels; math is also one of the school’s weakest results compared with nearby K–6 schools.

Science is Citrus’s strongest subject relative to local schools, while math is its clearest weakness. In 2025–26, about 25% of students were proficient in science, about 7 points below the nearby K–6 average; the result was around the middle of the nearby group. ELA proficiency was about 35%, about 10 points below the peer average, placing Citrus third-lowest among nearby schools. Math proficiency was about 23%, about 17 points below the peer average and second-lowest locally. All three results were also below state levels by about 11–16 points and district levels by about 13–19 points. Attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was about 27%, compared with 21% in the district and 18% statewide, the highest reported rate among nearby schools.

Math proficiency fell from about 27% in 2022–23 to about 23% in 2025–26, while the gap to the state widened from about 7 to 16 points. ELA and science rose slightly between those years, but their state gaps also widened; science has declined since 2024–25. SchoolDigger ranks Citrus at the 29th percentile statewide with 1 star for 2025–26, down from the 36th percentile and 2 stars the previous year; Upland Unified is at the 62nd percentile with 3 stars in SchoolDigger’s district ranking. Citrus’s student–teacher ratio was 22.4 in 2024–25, and 87% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, about 3 points above the nearby K–6 average. SchoolDigger’s English Language Learner Students ranking shifted sharply, from the 87th percentile in 2022–23 to the 15th in 2023–24, while the school’s overall ranking moved from the 38th to the 35th percentile; this marks a notable change in how well the school ranked for serving that group.

494
Students ?
22.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,837
Per pupil spending ?
87.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 925 West Seventh St.
       Upland, CA  91786-6421

(909) 949-7731

District: Upland Unified


Students who attend Citrus Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Upland Junior High
High:    Upland High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
76.5%
White:
8.3%
African American:
7.1%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 38th percentile in 2023 → 29th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 42% meeting standards)
!High chronic absenteeism (26% vs 18% California)
!Ranking has slipped from its 38th-percentile peak (2023) to 29th (2026)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school29%
District avg46%
California avg42%
4,143rd of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 29%▲ up 6 pts since 2016
From bottom 23% (2016) to bottom 29% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 10Elementary Schools in the Upland Unified
368th of 968Upland Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202628.14143 of 580428.6%★☆☆☆☆
202532.53767 of 585735.7%★★☆☆☆
202431.23843 of 586934.5%★★☆☆☆
202332.93658 of 585937.6%★★☆☆☆
202229.73897 of 588333.8%★★☆☆☆
201922.94543 of 578921.5%★☆☆☆☆
201813.85200 of 56628.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201718.94796 of 569215.7%★☆☆☆☆
201623.24335 of 561422.8%★☆☆☆☆
201522.24404 of 561121.5%★☆☆☆☆
201348.92753 of 553050.2%★★★☆☆
201245.92883 of 539046.5%★★☆☆☆
201146.12824 of 537747.5%★★☆☆☆
201051.72473 of 531453.5%★★★☆☆
200946.72680 of 519348.4%★★☆☆☆
200845.82619 of 511348.8%★★☆☆☆
200748.42416 of 511352.7%★★★☆☆
200642.82574 of 481846.6%★★☆☆☆
200542.72563 of 482246.8%★★☆☆☆
200446.52336 of 480951.4%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202230.21476 of 222733.7%★★☆☆☆
201929.81810 of 258530.0%★★☆☆☆
201824.91716 of 212819.4%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202427.92696 of 316214.7%★☆☆☆☆
202372.8428 of 324586.8%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.24313 of 556922.6%★☆☆☆☆
202534.13538 of 559736.8%★★☆☆☆
202433.13557 of 561236.6%★★☆☆☆
202333.33473 of 560938.1%★★☆☆☆
202229.13819 of 563532.2%★★☆☆☆
201926.84096 of 549225.4%★☆☆☆☆
201816.74798 of 541311.4%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202637.93157 of 508537.9%★★☆☆☆
202540.72962 of 510742.0%★★☆☆☆
202442.32817 of 510744.8%★★☆☆☆
202344.52589 of 508749.1%★★☆☆☆
202232.23510 of 508431.0%★★☆☆☆
201926.63930 of 496320.8%★☆☆☆☆
201817.54402 of 48308.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.03335 of 541238.4%★★☆☆☆
202540.63136 of 546042.6%★★☆☆☆
202437.23357 of 551739.2%★★☆☆☆
202338.83154 of 536341.2%★★☆☆☆
202237.23244 of 526438.4%★★☆☆☆
201926.44136 of 517320.0%★☆☆☆☆
201816.04698 of 50847.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202633.73567 of 559036.2%★★☆☆☆
202531.33745 of 562833.5%★★☆☆☆
202430.83760 of 564333.4%★★☆☆☆
202333.03528 of 563837.4%★★☆☆☆
202230.93717 of 566334.4%★★☆☆☆
201921.24544 of 551017.5%★☆☆☆☆
201813.05092 of 54316.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.92192 of 292024.9%★☆☆☆☆
202520.42560 of 284710.1%★☆☆☆☆
202436.41490 of 263543.5%★★☆☆☆
202345.01045 of 242056.8%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202225.42136 of 272621.6%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)38th percentile+10 vs school
Hispanic (2026)38th percentile+9 vs school
Male (2026)36th percentile+8 vs school
Disabled (2022)34th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)25th percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)23rd percentile-6 vs school
White (2022)22nd percentile-12 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)15th percentile-20 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy35%-14 vs state
Science25%-11 vs state
Mathematics23%-16 vs state

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by a student
Friday, August 6, 2010

Open Quote Citrus is the best school in the world or at least Upland!!! Upland is a really small town quiet and well kept and citrus elementary is probably one of the best schools in uusd elementary. Close Quote





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Students who attend Citrus Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Upland Junior High
High : Upland High

Citrus Elementary ranks 4143rd of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 494 students attended Citrus Elementary.

Students at Citrus Elementary are 77% Hispanic, 8% White, 7% African American, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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