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Citrus Elementary

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Citrus Elementary ranks 3767 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3767^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 36% of California elementary schools

Summary

Citrus Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 494 students in the Upland Unified School District, which serves the city of Upland in Southern California.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English and math that are below both the district and state averages. Its performance, particularly in mathematics, is lower than most other elementary schools in its own district, such as Sycamore Elementary and Upland Elementary. A major area of concern is chronic absenteeism, where the school's rate is higher than the district average and higher than several nearby schools, which is closely linked to academic outcomes.

Despite these challenges, the school has shown a capacity for improvement, having recovered from a much lower performance level several years ago. It's interesting to note that while Citrus is in a higher-performing district, some schools in the neighboring Ontario-Montclair district, like Edison Elementary, achieve stronger results, highlighting how individual school factors are crucial. The school's support for specific student groups has been inconsistent in recent years, but it has demonstrated relative effectiveness with its Hispanic student population, which is a potential strength to build upon.

494

Students ?

22.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,837

Per pupil spending ?

87.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

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: Declining — 50th percentile in 2013 → 36th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (31% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg45%

California avg41%

3,767^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 14 pts since 2015

From bottom 22% (2015) to bottom 36% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Upland Unified

579^th of 1,543Upland 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	3767 of 5857	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.2	3843 of 5869	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.9	3658 of 5859	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.7	3897 of 5883	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.9	4543 of 5789	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.8	5200 of 5662	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	18.9	4796 of 5692	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	23.2	4335 of 5614	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.2	4404 of 5611	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	48.9	2753 of 5530	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2012	45.9	2883 of 5390	46.5%	★★☆☆☆
2011	46.1	2824 of 5377	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2010	51.7	2473 of 5314	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2009	46.7	2680 of 5193	48.4%	★★☆☆☆
2008	45.8	2619 of 5113	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2007	48.4	2416 of 5113	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2006	42.8	2574 of 4818	46.6%	★★☆☆☆
2005	42.7	2563 of 4822	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2004	46.5	2336 of 4809	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	30.2	1476 of 2227	33.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.8	1810 of 2585	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.9	1716 of 2128	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	27.9	2696 of 3162	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	72.8	428 of 3245	86.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.1	3538 of 5597	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	3557 of 5612	36.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.3	3473 of 5609	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.1	3819 of 5635	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.8	4096 of 5492	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	4798 of 5413	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.7	2962 of 5107	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	42.3	2817 of 5107	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	44.5	2589 of 5087	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	32.2	3510 of 5084	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.6	3930 of 4963	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	4402 of 4830	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.6	3136 of 5460	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.2	3357 of 5517	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.8	3154 of 5363	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.2	3244 of 5264	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.4	4136 of 5173	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	4698 of 5084	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.3	3745 of 5628	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.8	3760 of 5643	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.0	3528 of 5638	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.9	3717 of 5663	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.2	4544 of 5510	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.0	5092 of 5431	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.4	2560 of 2847	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	36.4	1490 of 2635	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.0	1045 of 2420	56.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.4	2136 of 2726	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)43rd percentile+7 vs school

Hispanic (2025)42nd percentile+6 vs school

Female (2025)37th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)34th percentile~ school

Male (2025)33rd percentile~ school

White (2022)22nd percentile-12 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)15th percentile-20 vs school

Special Education (2025)10th percentile-26 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy38%-11 vs state

Science31%~ state avg

Mathematics24%-13 vs state

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by a student
Friday, August 6, 2010

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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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Citrus Elementary	Public	K-6	925 West Seventh St.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 949-7731	494	22	22.4	87.2%	41 (8.3%)	35 (7.1%)	378 (76.5%)	20 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (3.8%)	32.5	3767^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.7%		31.2	3843^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	34.5%	76	31.0		31.0	30.4	28.1	50.0	46.0			37.8	21.1	24.4	17.2	31.1			23.9	92.6		94.7	95.7	94.7	$16,837	$15,482	$1,355
Hawthorne Elementary	Public	K-6	705 West Hawthorne St.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 986-6582	549	22	24.8	82.7%	40 (7.3%)	16 (2.9%)	475 (86.5%)	8 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	35.8	3520^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.9%		35.7	3468^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.9%	52	24.7		24.7	36.7	39.2	44.6	39.5			39.9	30.4	30.7	36.5	18.4			28.6						$30,081	$27,722	$2,359
Baldy View Elementary	Public	K-6	979 West 11th St.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 982-2564	624	25	24.9	83.7%	46 (7.4%)	65 (10.4%)	475 (76.1%)	16 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (3.5%)	38.8	3296^th of 5857 public elementary schools	43.7%		47.8	2679^th of 5869 public elementary schools	54.4%	617	15.0		15.0	33.7	40.9	29.1	52.5			38.7	35.6	45.8	21.3	40.7			35.6	96.6	98.3		97.5		$17,341	$15,848	$1,493
El Camino Elementary	Public	K-6	1525 West Fifth St.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 986-6402	476	26	18.3	89.9%	23 (4.8%)	28 (5.9%)	398 (83.6%)	22 (4.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	44.7	2906^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.4%		35.6	3473^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	40.8%	567	24.2		24.2	45.0	35.0	50.0	46.2			43.9	47.6	26.2	38.7	33.3			35.6	86.2	95.4	89.2	92.3	92.3	$46,475	$44,208	$2,267
Edison Elementary	Public	K-8	515 East Sixth St.	Ontario	91764	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 984-5618	736	28	25.9	72.8%	78 (10.6%)	9 (1.2%)	562 (76.4%)	60 (8.2%)	4 (0.5%)	6 (0.8%)	17 (2.3%)	82.9	1028^th of 5857 public elementary schools	82.4%		81.6	1087^th of 5869 public elementary schools	81.5%	59	46.9	70.7	55.8	72.4	62.0	66.3	71.3	96.7	89.7	74.1	65.5	58.7	52.0	55.7	81.7	82.5	63.7						$23,876	$21,680	$2,196
Elderberry Elementary	Public	K-6	950 North Elderberry Ave.	Ontario	91762	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 986-0108	544	24	22.4	92.5%	12 (2.2%)	24 (4.4%)	491 (90.3%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	53.4	2398^th of 5857 public elementary schools	59.1%		41.8	3083^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	47.5%	685	23.5		23.5	37.5	50.7	46.9	41.0			43.8	57.5	56.5	46.9	31.3			47.6						$30,718	$28,432	$2,286
Cabrillo Elementary	Public	K-6	1562 West 11th St.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 985-2619	522	20	26.5	85.1%	33 (6.3%)	60 (11.5%)	354 (67.8%)	40 (7.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	30 (5.7%)	41.6	3107^th of 5857 public elementary schools	47.0%		40.9	3135^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.6%	28	17.6		17.6	47.1	56.6	45.2	51.3			49.6	40.0	31.5	13.5	25.0			27.0	97.2					$17,191	$15,754	$1,437
Buena Vista Arts-Integrated	Public	K-6	5685 San Bernardino St.	Montclair	91763	San Bernardino County	Ontario-Montclair	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 984-9556	369	15	24.6	68.8%	19 (5.1%)	8 (2.2%)	318 (86.2%)	17 (4.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	73.5	1454^th of 5857 public elementary schools	75.2%		78.2	1236^th of 5869 public elementary schools	78.9%	218	29.8		29.8	53.1	69.2	51.1	65.9			59.9	57.1	57.7	55.3	56.8			56.8	97.4					$31,467	$28,982	$2,485
Upland Elementary	Public	K-6	601 North Fifth Ave.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 949-7800	404	18	22.2	87.4%	23 (5.7%)	21 (5.2%)	343 (84.9%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.5%)	63.9	1888^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.8%		54.6	2314^th of 5869 public elementary schools	60.6%	426	26.8		26.8	58.7	50.0	52.5	70.0			57.8	48.9	52.6	26.8	49.0			45.4	97.0					$17,293	$16,064	$1,229
Sycamore Elementary	Public	K-6	1075 West 13th St.	Upland	91786	San Bernardino County	Upland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 982-0347	412	18	22.7	75.0%	58 (14.1%)	26 (6.3%)	288 (69.9%)	20 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	18 (4.4%)	51.9	2503^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	57.3%		51.8	2462^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	58.1%	41	34.4		34.4	38.7	50.9	51.7	49.1			47.5	40.6	28.3	39.3	45.5			38.3						$17,129	$16,050	$1,079

Frequently Asked Questions about Citrus Elementary

What schools do graduates of Citrus Elementary attend?

Students who attend Citrus Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Upland Junior High
High : Upland High

Is Citrus Elementary a good school?

Citrus Elementary ranks 3767^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What district is Citrus Elementary in?

Upland Unified

How many students attend Citrus Elementary?

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

What is the racial makeup of 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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