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Riley Elementary

Public Grades K-5
3748th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 35% of California elementary schools
Summary

Riley Elementary is a K–5 school in San Bernardino, serving 462 students in the San Bernardino City Unified area. Its 2025–26 results show a clear local strength in math: Riley outperformed its district and most nearby schools in that subject, even though proficiency in all three core subjects remained below state rates.

Math is Riley’s strongest core subject compared with nearby schools: it ranked third among 10 schools with results, behind Ramona-Alessandro Elementary and Captain Leland Norton Elementary. Riley’s math proficiency was 30%, 5 percentage points above the district but 8 below the state. ELA was 36%—3 points below the district and 13 below the state—while science was 26%, 1 point above the district and 10 below the state. Riley ranked third of 10 nearby schools in ELA and fourth of nine in science. Within Riley, grade 4 math and grade 5 ELA stand out; grade 3 is weaker in both math and ELA.

Results have improved overall, though not evenly: from 2022–23 to 2025–26, ELA rose 10 percentage points and science rose 11, while math increased 3 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide rating also rose from the 23rd percentile and 1 star in 2023–24 to the 35th percentile and 2 stars in 2025–26, though Riley remains below the statewide midpoint. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 subgroup rankings show a stronger relative standing for Hispanic students, at the 57th percentile compared with Riley’s overall 35th, and a weaker one for Special Education students, at the 14th percentile. For context, Riley’s student–teacher ratio was 21:1 in 2024–25, and 96% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are descriptive measures, not explanations for results.

462
Students ?
21.0
Student/teacher ratio ?
$23,406
Per pupil spending ?
95.9%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 1266 North G St.
       San Bernardino, CA  92405-5011

(909) 388-6460

District: San Bernardino City Unified


Students who attend Riley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Arrowview Middle
High:    San Bernardino High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
91.6%
African American:
6.5%
White:
1.1%
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At a glance
▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 29th percentile in 2015 → 35th in 2026
Strengths
✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 42% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 13 pts below the California average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school25%
District avg28%
California avg42%
3,748th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 35%▲ up 8 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 35% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
14th of 53Elementary Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified
727th of 968San 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
202632.73748 of 580435.4%★★☆☆☆
202528.44101 of 585730.0%★★☆☆☆
202423.74493 of 586923.4%★☆☆☆☆
202326.84192 of 585928.5%★☆☆☆☆
202236.13367 of 588342.8%★★☆☆☆
201932.73716 of 578935.8%★★☆☆☆
201845.72797 of 566250.6%★★★☆☆
201740.53075 of 569246.0%★★☆☆☆
201626.24077 of 561427.4%★☆☆☆☆
201526.63971 of 561129.2%★☆☆☆☆
201335.23661 of 553033.8%★★☆☆☆
201232.03803 of 539029.4%★☆☆☆☆
201119.34728 of 537712.1%★☆☆☆☆
201016.54817 of 53149.4%☆☆☆☆☆
200913.94806 of 51937.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20088.94968 of 51132.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200710.44895 of 51134.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20068.64691 of 48182.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20059.24688 of 48222.8%☆☆☆☆☆
200412.44529 of 48095.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202262.1555 of 222775.1%★★★★☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202436.82046 of 316235.3%★★☆☆☆
202352.71065 of 324567.2%★★★☆☆
202269.2505 of 331184.7%★★★★☆
201939.11837 of 327543.9%★★☆☆☆
201878.1381 of 324688.3%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202632.53663 of 556934.2%★★☆☆☆
202525.14239 of 559724.3%★☆☆☆☆
202421.94520 of 561219.5%★☆☆☆☆
202330.53710 of 560933.9%★★☆☆☆
202236.73219 of 563542.9%★★☆☆☆
201935.83358 of 549238.9%★★☆☆☆
201847.92600 of 541352.0%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202652.92164 of 508557.4%★★★☆☆
202543.92729 of 510746.6%★★☆☆☆
202437.23179 of 510737.8%★★☆☆☆
202341.32813 of 508744.7%★★☆☆☆
202253.12011 of 508460.4%★★★☆☆
201943.82694 of 496345.7%★★☆☆☆
201861.41557 of 483067.8%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202337.4212 of 33536.7%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202644.82817 of 541247.9%★★☆☆☆
202537.73369 of 546038.3%★★☆☆☆
202432.03781 of 551731.5%★★☆☆☆
202338.43181 of 536340.7%★★☆☆☆
202251.92168 of 526458.8%★★★☆☆
201947.92549 of 517350.7%★★★☆☆
201865.51417 of 508472.1%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202634.23531 of 559036.8%★★☆☆☆
202533.13616 of 562835.7%★★☆☆☆
202426.94098 of 564327.4%★☆☆☆☆
202324.14332 of 563823.2%★☆☆☆☆
202236.33249 of 566342.6%★★☆☆☆
201930.83736 of 551032.2%★★☆☆☆
201843.42823 of 543148.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202622.92498 of 292014.5%★☆☆☆☆
202524.82332 of 284718.1%★☆☆☆☆
202422.12285 of 263513.3%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Disabled (2022)75th percentile+32 vs school
Hispanic (2026)57th percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)48th percentile+13 vs school
Male (2026)37th percentile~ school
Homeless (2023)37th percentile+8 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)35th percentile+12 vs school
Female (2026)34th percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)14th percentile-21 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy36%-13 vs state
Mathematics30%-8 vs state
Science26%-10 vs state
Listening24%~ state avg
Writing15%-3 vs state
Overall10%~ state avg
Reading9%~ state avg

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Riley Elementary ranks 3748th of 5804 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students who attend Riley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Arrowview Middle
High : San Bernardino High

Students at Riley Elementary are 92% Hispanic, 6% African American, 1% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 462 students attended Riley Elementary.

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Latest California data All new data »
2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 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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