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SOAR Charter Academy

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SOAR Charter Academy ranks 4340 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

4340^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of California elementary schools

Summary

SOAR Charter Academy is a K-8 school serving 461 students in San Bernardino, California, operating within the SOAR Charter Academy District and characterized by a high-need student population.

The school's standout strength is its exceptional attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of only 8%, which is dramatically lower than the state average and nearby schools like Urbita Elementary or Captain Leland Norton Elementary. However, this strong attendance has not yet translated into high academic achievement; test scores in English and, especially, math remain below state averages. Compared to other local charters, SOAR performs better than some, like Hardy Brown College Prep, but lags significantly behind higher-performing ones such as Savant Preparatory Academy.

SOAR operates with a higher student-teacher ratio than most area schools while spending less per student, suggesting a focus on efficiency. Parents should note the school faces a particular challenge in mathematics instruction across all grades, though English scores improve in middle school. Its performance has trended slightly downward in recent years, indicating an area for focused improvement despite the positive foundation of strong student attendance.

461

Students ?

22.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,553

Per pupil spending ?

85.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

198 West Mill St.
San Bernardino, CA 92408-1402

(909) 888-3300

District: SOAR Charter Academy District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.0%

African American:

13.9%

White:

7.6%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 16th percentile in 2024 → 26th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 26th (2025) from a 16th-percentile low (2024)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

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

!Mathematics scores 21 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

California avg41%

Elementary school

4,340^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 7 pts since 2019

From bottom 33% (2019) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,713^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 38%▲ up 6 pts since 2019

From bottom 32% (2019) to bottom 38% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1148^th of 1,543SOAR Charter Academy District 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	4340 of 5857	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.2	4923 of 5869	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	4498 of 5859	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	4664 of 5883	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.9	3863 of 5789	33.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.2	4328 of 5597	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	5042 of 5612	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.4	4566 of 5609	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	4673 of 5635	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.6	3447 of 5492	37.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.6	3577 of 5107	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	25.5	4076 of 5107	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.5	3497 of 5087	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	3667 of 5084	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.5	2793 of 4963	43.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	4051 of 5460	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.8	4550 of 5517	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.5	4022 of 5363	25.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.0	4249 of 5264	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	38.0	3281 of 5173	36.6%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	3971 of 5628	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.4	4416 of 5643	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.4	4003 of 5638	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.6	4278 of 5663	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	3997 of 5510	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	33.1	1713 of 2761	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	43.5	1359 of 2783	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	38.1	1522 of 2781	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.9	1529 of 2740	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.5	1847 of 2715	32.0%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	47.4	285 of 637	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	31.7	435 of 643	32.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	46.3	618 of 1491	58.6%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.7	1532 of 2533	39.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.0	1440 of 2551	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.8	1311 of 2531	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.0	1312 of 2509	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.6	1606 of 2380	32.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.4	1323 of 2395	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	56.5	812 of 2388	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.0	1036 of 2374	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.0	913 of 2359	61.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.2	1363 of 2213	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	1577 of 2542	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	50.3	1034 of 2579	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	47.2	1108 of 2531	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	44.2	1193 of 2458	51.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.9	1426 of 2369	39.8%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.6	1636 of 2534	35.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	47.7	1142 of 2552	55.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	37.7	1415 of 2538	44.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.1	1426 of 2527	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.8	1769 of 2407	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.8	1322 of 1566	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)29th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile~ school

Female (2025)23rd percentile-3 vs school

Middle school

Disabled (2019)59th percentile+27 vs school

African American (2022)55th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)45th percentile+7 vs school

Female (2025)40th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)38th percentile~ school

Male (2025)35th percentile-3 vs school

Special Education (2025)16th percentile-22 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy37%-12 vs state

Science23%-10 vs state

Mathematics16%-21 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)					CSA Spanish Listening (2025)					CSA Spanish Writing (2025)					CSA Spanish Reading (2025)					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)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
SOAR Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	198 West Mill St.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	SOAR Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-3300	461	20	22.9	85.7%	35 (7.6%)	64 (13.9%)	341 (74.0%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	25.7	4340^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.9%		19.2	4923^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	16.1%	583																					15.2	28.8	22.9	17.8	40.4	37.0	46.9	40.4	37.9	37.1	17.8	19.6	10.9	25.5	10.5	12.1	15.9					$20,553	$1,642	$18,911
H. Frank Dominguez Elementary	Public	K-6	135 South Allen St.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-8020	297	17	17.4	98.0%	8 (2.7%)	23 (7.7%)	250 (84.2%)	10 (3.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	8.6	5706^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.6%		9.5	5703^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	2.8%	3																					2.4		2.4	10.8	13.5	19.5	27.3			17.8	13.9	7.7	4.9	9.1			8.7	93.4	96.7		93.4	$23,678	$4,496	$19,182
Hardy Brown College Prep	Public, Charter	K-8	655 West 2nd St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	Hardy Brown College Prep District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 884-1410	316	17	18.6	89.9%	2 (0.6%)	206 (65.2%)	79 (25.0%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (7.9%)	43.7	2970^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.3%		23.8	4486^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.6%	1516																					33.3	31.3	32.6	36.1	42.1	46.7	33.3	39.1	31.3	38.5	41.7	30.0	50.0	20.8	13.0	31.3	32.9	95.5	97.0		95.5	$24,992	$3,318	$21,674
Urbita Elementary	Public	K-6	771 South J St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6488	390	20	19.5	92.1%	6 (1.5%)	11 (2.8%)	365 (93.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.5%)	18.1	5001^st of 5857 public elementary schools	14.6%		11.6	5578^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.0%	577	0.0	5.9	4.6	11.1	5.0	21.7	0.0	22.7	27.8	18.8	0.0	17.7	0.0	16.7	7.5	0.0	5.9	4.6	11.1	5.0	19.7		19.7	17.9	24.0	31.2	21.6			23.9	23.2	16.0	21.7	17.7			19.8					$24,881	$4,769	$20,112
Ballington Academy for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino	Public, Charter	K-5	799 East Rialto Ave.	San Bernardino	92408	San Bernardino County	Ballington Academy for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino D	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(619) 228-2054	152	6	25.1	90.8%	2 (1.3%)	13 (8.6%)	126 (82.9%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)	45.6	2851^st of 5857 public elementary schools	51.3%		46.9	2741^st of 5869 public elementary schools	53.3%	110																					62.5		62.5	26.3	14.3	93.8				41.1	31.6	9.5	81.3				37.5					$21,090	$2,852	$18,238
Lytle Creek Elementary	Public	K-6	275 South K St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 388-6382	525	27	19.4	97.1%	10 (1.9%)	13 (2.5%)	493 (93.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	15.1	5254^th of 5857 public elementary schools	10.3%		13.3	5452^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	7.1%	198																					9.2		9.2	13.9	33.7	22.9	33.3			25.9	15.1	19.5	6.9	14.5			13.9					$23,112	$4,621	$18,491
Savant Preparatory Academy of Business	Public, Charter	K-6	24424 East Monterey Ave.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	Savant Preparatory Academy of Business District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 677-0213	228	9	26.0	73.7%	0 (0.0%)	180 (78.9%)	20 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.8%)	76.9	1289^th of 5857 public elementary schools	78.0%		74.1	1406^th of 5869 public elementary schools	76.0%	117																					32.0		32.0	59.0	68.2	52.0	76.5			62.1	66.7	59.1	48.0	70.6			61.2	90.2	90.2		90.2	$20,609	$1,292	$19,317
Captain Leland Norton Elementary	Public	K-6	747 North Mountain View Ave.	San Bernardino	92401	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-6369	460	21	21.9	97.0%	11 (2.4%)	66 (14.3%)	368 (80.0%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.9%)	7 (1.5%)	41.4	3126^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.6%		38.1	3302^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	43.7%	176																					28.9		28.9	51.3	35.3	50.0	33.3			43.4	43.6	18.8	34.1	24.3			31.1	93.4	96.7	96.7	94.5	$23,982	$4,633	$19,349
STAR at Anderson Community Day	Public	K-6	24424 East Monterey Ave.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 888-0763	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary	Public	K-6	700 North F St.	San Bernardino	92410	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 386-2020	394	20	19.2	98.2%	7 (1.8%)	24 (6.1%)	344 (87.3%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.8%)	14.3	5322^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	9.1%		17.2	5098^th of 5869 public elementary schools	13.1%	224	8.7	5.9	4.0	0.0	5.0	30.4	5.9	36.0	13.3	23.8	13.0	23.5	0.0	6.7	10.0	0.0	5.9	4.0	0.0	2.5	10.5		10.5	31.0	22.9	26.3	27.9			27.2	17.5	8.3	7.0	11.6			11.2					$23,418	$4,614	$18,804

Frequently Asked Questions about SOAR Charter Academy

How many students attend SOAR Charter Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 461 students attended SOAR Charter Academy.

What district is SOAR Charter Academy in?

SOAR Charter Academy District

What is the racial makeup of SOAR Charter Academy?

Students at SOAR Charter Academy are 74% Hispanic, 14% African American, 8% White, 3% Two or more races.

Is SOAR Charter Academy a good school?

SOAR Charter Academy ranks 4340^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

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