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Cypress Elementary

Public Grades K-6
4445th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,817 California Elementary Schools
Better than 24% of California elementary schools
Summary

Cypress Elementary is a K–6 school in Highland, California, serving 517 students in San Bernardino City Unified. In 2025–2026, its proficiency rates were below state and district results in English language arts (ELA), math, and science. The most important concern is that results were also below the nearby-school average in all three subjects, with especially low math proficiency in grades 5 and 6.

Math is the school’s strongest relative result, while ELA is its weakest nearby comparison. Math proficiency was 22%, about 3 percentage points below the district and 4 points below the nearby-school average; ELA was 31%, about 8 points below the district and 5 points below nearby schools. Science proficiency was 19%, about 6 points below the district and 4 points below nearby schools. Third grade was a bright spot: ELA and math were both 42%, with math the second-highest among nearby schools reporting that grade. In contrast, math proficiency was 10% in grade 5 and 7% in grade 6; the sixth-grade result was the lowest among schools reporting that grade.

Scores rose overall from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, but state results increased more, so the gap widened by about 2 percentage points in each core subject. SchoolDigger ranked the school at the 24th percentile and gave it 1 star in 2025–2026; that was an 11-point rise from its 2023–2024 low, though still below its 2021–2022 percentile of 28. Its student–teacher ratio was 18.8 in 2024–2025, among the lowest in the nearby group, but the school’s test results were still below nearby averages. Also as context, 94% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. One notable SchoolDigger subgroup result is for English Language Learner Students: the subgroup ranked at the 49th statewide percentile in 2023–2024, compared with the school’s overall 13th percentile, indicating a stronger relative standing for how the school served that group.

517
Students ?
18.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$24,300
Per pupil spending ?
94.2%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
96%
Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)
Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)
 26825 Cypress St.
       Highland, CA  92346-3539

(909) 388-6514

District: San Bernardino City Unified


Students who attend Cypress Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Serrano Middle
High:    Indian Springs High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
85.7%
African American:
7.7%
White:
2.3%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 7th percentile in 2015 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 17 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (21% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 18% California)
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school21%
District avg28%
California avg42%
4,445th of 5,817
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 24%▲ up 15 pts since 2016
From bottom 9% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
31st of 48Elementary Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified
1086th of 1,530San Bernardino City 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
202624.34445 of 581723.6%★☆☆☆☆
202525.04400 of 585724.9%★☆☆☆☆
202417.25105 of 586913.0%★☆☆☆☆
202325.94272 of 585927.1%★☆☆☆☆
202226.24231 of 588328.1%★☆☆☆☆
201920.34774 of 578917.5%★☆☆☆☆
201817.54892 of 566213.6%★☆☆☆☆
201720.54648 of 569218.3%★☆☆☆☆
201614.05128 of 56148.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201513.85223 of 56116.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201319.04801 of 553013.2%★☆☆☆☆
201224.04378 of 539018.8%★☆☆☆☆
201118.24787 of 537711.0%★☆☆☆☆
20109.75166 of 53142.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20098.05075 of 51932.3%☆☆☆☆☆
200812.74784 of 51136.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20077.45035 of 51131.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20069.44660 of 48183.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20059.14691 of 48222.7%☆☆☆☆☆
200411.34592 of 48094.5%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202332.8426 of 66135.6%★★☆☆☆
201827.8530 of 70024.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202443.01614 of 316249.0%★★☆☆☆
202338.81906 of 324541.3%★★☆☆☆
202239.41844 of 331144.3%★★☆☆☆
201923.52971 of 32759.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201829.32445 of 324624.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202624.64290 of 558123.1%★☆☆☆☆
202528.43973 of 559729.0%★☆☆☆☆
202415.35096 of 56129.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202329.23832 of 560931.7%★★☆☆☆
202222.14500 of 563520.1%★☆☆☆☆
201920.34603 of 549216.2%★☆☆☆☆
201820.94463 of 541317.6%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202634.33416 of 509432.9%★★☆☆☆
202532.73567 of 510730.2%★★☆☆☆
202423.94203 of 510717.7%★☆☆☆☆
202340.42870 of 508743.6%★★☆☆☆
202236.73170 of 508437.6%★★☆☆☆
201931.33603 of 496327.4%★☆☆☆☆
201827.63712 of 483023.1%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202634.1261 of 36628.7%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.23777 of 542330.4%★★☆☆☆
202531.83846 of 546029.6%★☆☆☆☆
202422.54580 of 551717.0%★☆☆☆☆
202335.93400 of 536336.6%★★☆☆☆
202239.23073 of 526441.6%★★☆☆☆
201927.54065 of 517321.4%★☆☆☆☆
201824.64147 of 508418.4%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202625.84226 of 560324.6%★☆☆☆☆
202523.34444 of 562821.0%★☆☆☆☆
202419.74761 of 564315.6%★☆☆☆☆
202323.74377 of 563822.4%★☆☆☆☆
202231.33673 of 566335.1%★★☆☆☆
201921.44525 of 551017.9%★☆☆☆☆
201817.54780 of 543112.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202417.92501 of 26355.1%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
English Language Learner (2024)49th percentile+36 vs school
African American (2023)36th percentile+8 vs school
Hispanic (2026)33rd percentile+9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)30th percentile+7 vs school
Homeless (2026)29th percentile+5 vs school
Male (2026)25th percentile~ school
Female (2026)23rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2024)5th percentile-8 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy31%-18 vs state
Listening24%~ state avg
Mathematics22%-16 vs state
Science19%-17 vs state
Writing12%-5 vs state
Overall3%-7 vs state
Reading2%-6 vs state

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Tuesday, December 10, 2019

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Frequently Asked Questions about Cypress Elementary

Cypress Elementary ranks in the bottom 23.6% of California elementary schools.

Students who attend Cypress Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Serrano Middle
High : Indian Springs High

Students at Cypress Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 8% African American, 2% White, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 517 students attended Cypress Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2024–25 school spending data (updated)NewNov 2, 2026
2013–14 through 2024–25 immunization rates (updated)Oct 19, 2026
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresOct 15, 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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