Summary
Lehigh Elementary serves 477 students in grades K–6 in Montclair, within the Ontario-Montclair district. Its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below state and district averages in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The most important concern is ELA: Lehigh ranked ninth-highest among 11 nearby schools, with a result well below the local average.
Science is Lehigh’s strongest subject relative to nearby schools, while ELA is its weakest. In 2025–2026, 26% of students were proficient in science, close to the nearby-school average of 27% and the district’s 27%, though below the state’s 36%. ELA proficiency was 35%, compared with 46% nearby, 46% in the district, and 49% statewide. Math was 29%, versus 37% nearby, 37% in the district, and 38% statewide. Grade-level results also vary: fourth-grade ELA was 27%, second-lowest among nearby schools with data, and sixth-grade math was 22%, the lowest among nearby schools offering sixth grade.
Results have improved overall since 2022–2023, but progress varies by subject: ELA rose 5 percentage points and science 14, while math gained 2 and fell further behind the state. Chronic absenteeism also improved, dropping from 17% to 8%; the 2025–2026 rate was below the district’s 8% and the state’s 18%. SchoolDigger gives Lehigh 2 stars and a 34th-percentile overall ranking for 2025–2026, fourth-lowest among the 11 nearby schools; its percentile has risen 9 points from 2021–2022. The student-teacher ratio was 23.8 in 2024–2025, and 94% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, the second-highest share among nearby schools with the same measure. SchoolDigger’s subgroup rankings are notably higher for English Language Learner Students (62nd percentile in 2023–2024, versus 31st overall that year) and Homeless Students (67th percentile and 3 stars in 2024–2025, versus 32nd overall). These rankings describe SchoolDigger’s assessment of how well the school serves those groups, not a trend for the homeless-student result.
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