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Paakuma K-8

Q: Is Paakuma K-8 a good school?

Paakuma K-8 ranks 1672 nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-8

1672^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 71% of California elementary schools

Summary

Paakuma K-8 is a large, improving public school serving 940 students from kindergarten through 8th grade in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, where it stands out as a high-performing 4-star school within a lower-performing district system.

The school is on a strong upward trend, with its statewide ranking climbing into the 71st percentile, and it significantly outperforms its district averages in core subjects like English and Math. A standout achievement is its excellent student attendance; its chronic absenteeism rate of 12% is less than half the district average and better than most nearby schools, including Vermont Elementary and Kimbark Elementary. Paakuma shows particular effectiveness in educating various student groups and has shown more consistent improvement than some neighboring schools, such as Palm Avenue Elementary and North Verdemont Elementary.

While Paakuma is a top choice within its district, cross-district comparisons show that schools in neighboring districts like Etiwanda Elementary (home to Falcon Ridge Elementary) and Rialto Unified (home to Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary) often have higher overall rankings, highlighting the influence of broader district factors. Parents should note that while Paakuma excels in English, middle-grade math scores show room for growth, and its K-8 structure offers educational continuity that many nearby elementary schools do not.

940

Students ?

20.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,032

Per pupil spending ?

50.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

17875 Sycamore Creek Loop Pkwy
San Bernardino, CA 92407

(909) 355-3137

District: San Bernardino City Unified

Students who attend Paakuma K-8 usually attend:

High:

Cajon High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

66.0%

White:

13.5%

African American:

9.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 52nd percentile in 2016 → 71st in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 19 percentile points since 2016

✓Among the top-ranked schools in San Bernardino City Unified

✓Above the California median (71st percentile)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school41%

District avg26%

California avg41%

Elementary school

1,672^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 29%▲ up 20 pts since 2016

From top 48% (2016) to top 29% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

739^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 27%▲ up 56 pts since 2016

From bottom 17% (2016) to top 27% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 48Elementary Schools in the San Bernardino City Unified

1200^th of 1,543San 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.4	1672 of 5857	71.5%	★★★★☆
2024	60.3	2053 of 5869	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.8	2062 of 5859	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	62.3	1928 of 5883	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.1	2121 of 5789	63.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	58.2	2119 of 5662	62.6%	★★★☆☆
2017	63.9	1843 of 5692	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2016	46.1	2704 of 5614	51.8%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.6	74 of 569	87.0%	★★★★☆
2023	84.4	65 of 661	90.2%	★★★★★
2022	89.7	41 of 663	93.8%	★★★★★
2019	94.2	29 of 747	96.1%	★★★★★
2018	76.7	105 of 700	85.0%	★★★★☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	40.7	1045 of 2227	53.1%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	62.8	1836 of 5597	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2024	62.2	1853 of 5612	67.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	62.6	1825 of 5609	67.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.2	1887 of 5635	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	58.3	2042 of 5492	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.0	1934 of 5413	64.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	78.9	790 of 5107	84.5%	★★★★☆
2024	67.8	1282 of 5107	74.9%	★★★★☆
2023	70.2	1173 of 5087	76.9%	★★★★☆
2022	72.4	1044 of 5084	79.5%	★★★★☆
2019	71.3	1102 of 4963	77.8%	★★★★☆
2018	72.0	1037 of 4830	78.5%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	65.8	1505 of 5460	72.4%	★★★★☆
2024	50.4	2369 of 5517	57.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.1	1866 of 5363	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	70.0	1173 of 5264	77.7%	★★★★☆
2019	60.4	1759 of 5173	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.8	2053 of 5084	59.6%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.5	1454 of 5628	74.2%	★★★★☆
2024	55.9	2160 of 5643	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.2	2167 of 5638	61.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	61.1	1910 of 5663	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.1	1994 of 5510	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	55.0	2171 of 5431	60.0%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	61.8	310 of 670	53.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.0	594 of 2847	79.1%	★★★★☆
2024	43.0	1204 of 2635	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.8	755 of 2420	68.8%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	70.8	751 of 2598	71.1%	★★★★☆
2024	51.6	1365 of 2651	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.2	1426 of 2661	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	51.5	1413 of 2726	48.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	40.1	1851 of 2834	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.8	2032 of 2737	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.2	739 of 2761	73.2%	★★★★☆
2024	61.6	849 of 2783	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.7	966 of 2781	65.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.9	802 of 2740	70.7%	★★★★☆
2019	45.5	1282 of 2715	52.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.2	1297 of 2480	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	33.7	1573 of 2508	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2016	18.6	2074 of 2497	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.5	67 of 609	89.0%	★★★★☆
2024	90.2	43 of 627	93.1%	★★★★★
2023	86.4	49 of 613	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	90.7	36 of 637	94.3%	★★★★★
2019	77.1	108 of 643	83.2%	★★★★☆
2018	58.6	204 of 600	66.0%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	58.9	863 of 2533	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	65.4	715 of 2551	72.0%	★★★★☆
2023	63.3	748 of 2531	70.4%	★★★★☆
2022	64.7	719 of 2509	71.3%	★★★★☆
2019	48.2	1103 of 2380	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	41.3	1259 of 2262	44.3%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.6	506 of 2395	78.9%	★★★★☆
2024	65.8	595 of 2388	75.1%	★★★★☆
2023	61.7	690 of 2374	70.9%	★★★★☆
2022	75.5	390 of 2359	83.5%	★★★★☆
2019	47.8	1003 of 2213	54.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.0	1106 of 2072	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	68.7	565 of 2542	77.8%	★★★★☆
2024	60.5	744 of 2579	71.2%	★★★★☆
2023	65.9	612 of 2531	75.8%	★★★★☆
2022	75.1	401 of 2458	83.7%	★★★★☆
2019	47.0	1104 of 2369	53.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.7	1336 of 2230	40.1%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.4	581 of 2534	77.1%	★★★★☆
2024	55.4	921 of 2552	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.0	1032 of 2538	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.7	796 of 2527	68.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	42.1	1240 of 2407	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.1	1192 of 2273	47.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	56.9	451 of 1566	71.2%	★★★★☆
2024	40.1	773 of 1552	50.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	55.1	465 of 1531	69.6%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	71.6	392 of 1520	74.2%	★★★★☆
2024	66.0	485 of 1537	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	57.3	628 of 1543	59.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.7	719 of 1555	53.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	61.5	607 of 1602	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	72.5	406 of 1496	72.9%	★★★★☆

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

African American (2025)87th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)85th percentile+13 vs school

Special Education (2025)79th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)74th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)72nd percentile~ school

White (2025)71st percentile~ school

Female (2025)67th percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2024)54th percentile-11 vs school

Disabled (2022)53rd percentile-14 vs school

Middle school

African American (2025)89th percentile+16 vs school

Hispanic (2025)79th percentile+6 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)78th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)77th percentile+4 vs school

White (2025)74th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)71st percentile~ school

Female (2025)66th percentile-7 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy59%+10 vs state

Mathematics45%+8 vs state

Science35%~ state avg

Listening19%-6 vs state

Writing19%~ state avg

Overall7%-3 vs state

Reading5%~ state avg

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by a student
Tuesday, August 4, 2020

Teachers have favorite students and make it obvious. Other teachers like putting kids on the spotlight and be unnecessarily harsh. The staff scare children a lot. Close Quote

by a student
Friday, April 3, 2020

Staff is racist and biased. Gives unnecessary consequences and the students can be very rude. Do not take your child here. Everything people say is a lie. Close Quote

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Paakuma K-8	Public	K-8	17875 Sycamore Creek Loop Pkwy	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 355-3137	940	45	20.7	50.7%	127 (13.5%)	87 (9.3%)	620 (66.0%)	49 (5.2%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	50 (5.3%)	68.4	1672^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	71.5%		60.3	2053^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	65.0%	381	8.3	10.0	11.1	5.0	0.0	7.7	7.0	37.5	20.0	11.1	10.0	15.0	15.4	19.1	25.0	20.0	11.1	30.0	15.0	7.7	19.1	0.0	5.0	11.1	5.0	0.0	15.4	5.2	36.2	33.9	35.1	63.6	48.1	56.9	61.2	62.3	61.5	59.0	66.4	48.1	42.2	40.3	33.0	40.4	44.9							$24,032	$4,690	$19,342
Nancy R. Kordyak Elementary	Public	K-5	4580 Mango Ave.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 421-4203	718	32	22.5	62.3%	61 (8.5%)	67 (9.3%)	539 (75.1%)	29 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	19 (2.6%)	43.7	2969^th of 5857 public elementary schools	49.3%		49.1	2599^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.7%	370																													32.0		32.0	36.6	38.4	53.6				42.8	37.6	41.4	25.8				35.0							$20,692	$3,766	$16,926
Dr. Edward Fitzgerald Elementary	Public	K-5	2568 West Terra Vista Dr.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 854-3800	414	17	23.8	77.8%	22 (5.3%)	37 (8.9%)	339 (81.9%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	27.8	4147^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.2%		21.7	4706^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.8%	559																													24.6		24.6	36.8	28.9	41.0				35.0	22.4	21.4	27.9				23.5							$21,628	$3,382	$18,246
North Verdemont Elementary	Public	K-6	3555 West Meyers Rd.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6730	549	26	21.1	74.3%	67 (12.2%)	49 (8.9%)	390 (71.0%)	24 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	17 (3.1%)	59.4	2092^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%		49.2	2594^th of 5869 public elementary schools	55.8%	502																													40.6		40.6	47.0	44.4	60.0	58.5			51.9	37.8	39.7	43.8	47.7			41.9							$23,014	$4,797	$18,217
W.J.C. Trapp Elementary	Public	K-5	2750 North Riverside Ave.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7911	537	22	24.4	73.9%	25 (4.7%)	34 (6.3%)	463 (86.2%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	65.1	1833^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	68.7%		50	2552^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	56.5%	719																													35.2		35.2	64.7	53.9	49.5				55.7	69.4	49.0	31.9				49.6							$20,240	$3,331	$16,909
Kimbark Elementary	Public	K-6	18021 West Kenwood Ave.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6641	337	18	18.7	64.1%	66 (19.6%)	21 (6.2%)	220 (65.3%)	17 (5.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.9%)	70.7	1572^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	73.2%		67.5	1705^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.9%	133																													59.0		59.0	51.1	56.4	76.9	51.4			58.8	48.9	48.7	56.4	34.3			47.5							$25,036	$4,584	$20,452
Sierra Lakes Elementary	Public	K-5	5740 Avenal Pl.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Fontana Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 357-5270	902	39	23.0	63.3%	108 (12.0%)	120 (13.3%)	479 (53.1%)	151 (16.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	40 (4.4%)	37.4	3388^th of 5857 public elementary schools	42.2%		34.2	3590^th of 5869 public elementary schools	38.8%	202																													24.2		24.2	38.5	39.7	41.4				39.8	35.9	40.6	22.6				32.7	95.0	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	98.3	$17,508	$2,076	$15,432
Palm Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	6565 Palm Ave.	San Bernardino	92407	San Bernardino County	San Bernardino City Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 880-6753	479	24	19.9	77.9%	50 (10.4%)	17 (3.5%)	376 (78.5%)	17 (3.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.5%)	58.8	2129^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.7%		56.7	2200^th of 5869 public elementary schools	62.5%	71																													32.3		32.3	55.6	41.3	53.2	72.7			55.3	47.2	29.3	33.9	54.6			41.1	96.0	97.3	97.3		97.3		$24,424	$4,808	$19,616
Falcon Ridge Elementary	Public	K-5	5470 Lytle Creek Rd.	Fontana	92336	San Bernardino County	Etiwanda Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 463-6111	546	26	20.9	26.6%	82 (15.0%)	60 (11.0%)	271 (49.6%)	74 (13.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	58 (10.6%)	88.3	754^th of 5857 public elementary schools	87.1%		80.1	1147^th of 5869 public elementary schools	80.5%	393																													52.9		52.9	69.7	73.3	72.9				72.2	72.7	65.1	57.7				64.6							$15,807	$1,049	$14,758
Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary	Public	K-5	2241 North Apple Ave.	Rialto	92377	San Bernardino County	Rialto Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(909) 820-7970	436	19	22.9	78.0%	13 (3.0%)	52 (11.9%)	350 (80.3%)	7 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.7%)	8 (1.8%)	19.1	4912^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.1%		31.9	3790^th of 5869 public elementary schools	35.4%	1122																													20.0		20.0	25.4	27.5	35.4				29.7	25.4	15.7	7.5				15.8							$20,202	$3,871	$16,331

Frequently Asked Questions about Paakuma K-8

What schools do graduates of Paakuma K-8 attend?

Students who attend Paakuma K-8 usually go on to attend:

High : Cajon High

What is the racial makeup of Paakuma K-8?

Students at Paakuma K-8 are 66% Hispanic, 14% White, 9% African American, 5% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

Is Paakuma K-8 a good school?

Paakuma K-8 ranks 1672^nd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Paakuma K-8?

In the 2024-25 school year, 940 students attended Paakuma K-8.

What district is Paakuma K-8 in?

San Bernardino City Unified

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