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J.P. Kelley Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4715^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 19% of California elementary schools

Summary

J.P. Kelley Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 661 students in the Rialto Unified School District, operating in a challenging context where the majority of students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English and math notably below both the district and state averages; for example, only 17.33% of students were proficient in math compared to 37.3% statewide. However, when compared to other schools in the area with similar student populations, such as Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary and Georgia F. Morris Elementary, J.P. Kelley's academic performance is lower, indicating that factors beyond demographics are at play. On a positive note, the school has made impressive strides in reducing chronic absenteeism, cutting its rate by over 10 percentage points in two years to 19.2%, which is now better than some neighboring schools like Sam V. Curtis Elementary.

The school shows particular strengths in supporting specific student groups, such as homeless students and those in special education, where its performance ranks in higher percentiles compared to its overall standing. While the school's overall academic ranking remains low, these areas of effectiveness, combined with the strong improvement in attendance, suggest the school has systems in place that could be foundations for broader growth. The variation in outcomes among schools within Rialto Unified highlights that individual school practices and resources are critical differentiators for student success.

661

Students ?

24.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,124

Per pupil spending ?

87.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

380 South Meridian Ave.
Rialto, CA 92376-6713

(909) 820-7923

District: Rialto Unified

Students who attend J.P. Kelley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Warren F. Frisbie Middle
High:	Rialto High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

90.8%

African American:

6.5%

Two or more races:

1.1%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 13th percentile in 2013 → 19th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (24% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 20 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school24%

District avg32%

California avg41%

4,715^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 19%▲ up 8 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 19% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

15^th of 19Elementary Schools in the Rialto Unified

1015^th of 1,543Rialto 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	21.4	4715 of 5857	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	5007 of 5869	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	15.8	5231 of 5859	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	5047 of 5883	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	4228 of 5789	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	4701 of 5662	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	11.6	5394 of 5692	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	15.5	5011 of 5614	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	16.3	4964 of 5611	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	18.5	4836 of 5530	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	26.4	4220 of 5390	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	16.7	4869 of 5377	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	28.9	3930 of 5314	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	26.0	3981 of 5193	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	23.7	4066 of 5113	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	26.8	3800 of 5113	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.8	4303 of 4818	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	11.4	4568 of 4822	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	13.5	4451 of 4809	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.0	1350 of 2227	39.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.6	2284 of 3162	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.9	2245 of 3245	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.0	1960 of 3311	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	34.8	2144 of 3275	34.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.0	2779 of 3246	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	4720 of 5597	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.2	4868 of 5612	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5214 of 5609	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	20.0	4711 of 5635	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.0	3909 of 5492	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.1	4309 of 5413	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	3585 of 5107	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	3889 of 5107	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	4271 of 5087	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.0	4200 of 5084	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.5	2989 of 4963	39.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	28.2	3674 of 4830	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	51.7	155 of 364	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.1	193 of 335	42.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	42.5	192 of 356	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.9	4378 of 5460	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	4607 of 5517	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	4546 of 5363	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.4	4125 of 5264	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	42.1	2969 of 5173	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.7	3718 of 5084	26.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.1	4278 of 5628	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	4782 of 5643	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.0	4714 of 5638	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	5005 of 5663	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	4057 of 5510	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.0	4750 of 5431	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.2	1697 of 2847	40.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.3	2214 of 2635	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2024)57th percentile+43 vs school

Special Education (2025)40th percentile+21 vs school

Disabled (2022)39th percentile+25 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+10 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)28th percentile+13 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile~ school

Female (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state

Science22%-10 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

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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 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
J.P. Kelley Elementary	Public	K-5	380 South Meridian Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7923	661	27	24.4	87.1%	4 (0.6%)	43 (6.5%)	600 (90.8%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	7 (1.1%)	21.4	4715^th of 5857 public elementary schools	19.5%		18.2	5007^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.7%	292	22.2	22.2	20.8	27.1	41.6		30.6	18.8	16.2	17.5		17.3							$20,124	$18,628	$1,496
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary	Public	K-5	1390 West Randall Ave.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-7620	608	24	25.1	77.0%	14 (2.3%)	24 (3.9%)	550 (90.5%)	9 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.5%)	36	3488^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.4%		41.1	3124^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.8%	364	19.8	19.8	29.5	35.5	45.8		36.9	37.9	36.5	31.3		35.2	94.6			94.6		94.6	$20,249	$18,436	$1,813
Merle S. Casey Elementary	Public	K-5	219 North Eucalyptus Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7904	563	25	22.5	93.1%	12 (2.1%)	12 (2.1%)	531 (94.3%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	18.5	4967^th of 5857 public elementary schools	15.2%		16.9	5131^st of 5869 public elementary schools	12.6%	164	18.3	18.3	27.1	25.9	27.9		26.9	27.3	13.8	15.9		19.2	94.1			95.2			$22,796	$20,638	$2,158
Georgia F. Morris Elementary	Public	K-5	1900 West Randall Ave.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-6864	604	24	25.7	81.5%	7 (1.2%)	35 (5.8%)	546 (90.4%)	8 (1.3%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.8%)	34.5	3623^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	38.1%		43.8	2934^th of 5869 public elementary schools	50.0%	689	23.5	23.5	32.0	40.9	39.8		37.8	38.0	38.7	16.8		30.6							$18,863	$17,390	$1,473
J. Calvin Boyd Elementary	Public	K-5	310 East Merrill St.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7929	569	23	24.7	87.0%	13 (2.3%)	13 (2.3%)	531 (93.3%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.1%)	24.5	4456^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.9%		18	5033^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.2%	577	15.2	15.2	34.4	35.5	28.9		32.6	29.4	34.6	11.5		24.1							$20,867	$19,144	$1,723
Paul Rogers Elementary	Public	K-6	955 West Laurel St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5027	602	27	22.2	92.4%	8 (1.3%)	9 (1.5%)	580 (96.3%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	25.2	4374^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.3%		21.8	4702^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	19.9%	328	13.3	13.3	40.3	31.8	31.1	34.9	34.3	42.5	16.3	11.2	19.8	21.5	95.5			95.5	97.0	95.5	$22,797	$19,974	$2,823
William McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	600 West Johnston St.	Colton	92324	San Bernardino County	Colton Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 580-5028	495	22	22.3	88.3%	7 (1.4%)	9 (1.8%)	474 (95.8%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	16.5	5147^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.1%		20.4	4817^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.9%	330	17.2	17.2	27.3	33.3	28.1	22.4	27.2	15.2	19.6	13.8	9.3	14.0	91.6	94.0			91.6	96.4	$22,082	$19,342	$2,740
Levi Bemis Elementary	Public	K-5	774 East Etiwanda Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7916	566	25	22.6	85.0%	17 (3.0%)	41 (7.2%)	489 (86.4%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.4%)	7 (1.2%)	7 (1.2%)	24.3	4470^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.7%		14.9	5309^th of 5869 public elementary schools	9.5%	839	15.9	15.9	21.6	35.9	35.4		30.7	23.9	33.3	20.7		25.8							$21,789	$18,434	$3,355
Winn A. Myers Elementary	Public	K-5	975 North Meridian Ave.	Rialto	92410	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7921	461	20	23.0	91.5%	6 (1.3%)	29 (6.3%)	417 (90.5%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.7%)	33.5	3681^st of 5857 public elementary schools	37.2%		27.6	4146^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.4%	465	27.4	27.4	29.6	32.9	44.1		35.8	26.4	24.4	36.9		29.3							$21,554	$19,630	$1,924
Lida M. Henry Elementary	Public	K-5	470 East Etiwanda Ave.	Rialto	92376	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7909	391	17	23.4	89.3%	5 (1.3%)	25 (6.4%)	356 (91.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	27.5	4168^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.8%		23.6	4518^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.0%	350	35.5	35.5	25.8	26.6	36.1		29.1	30.3	22.5	24.2		25.5	88.0	89.2	90.4	91.6	90.4	90.4	$24,685	$22,372	$2,313

Frequently Asked Questions about J.P. Kelley Elementary

What is the racial makeup of J.P. Kelley Elementary?

Students at J.P. Kelley Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 7% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of J.P. Kelley Elementary attend?

Students who attend J.P. Kelley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Warren F. Frisbie Middle
High : Rialto High

How many students attend J.P. Kelley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 661 students attended J.P. Kelley Elementary.

Is J.P. Kelley Elementary a good school?

J.P. Kelley Elementary ranks in the bottom 19.5% of California elementary schools.

What district is J.P. Kelley Elementary in?

Rialto Unified

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