Schools · Fontana
Fontana, CA schools
Fontana’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 68% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 24 schools through grade 6, then one of 6 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Fontana’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Fontana’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 83% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 83%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (557)Better than 91%
High confidence. Built on 2,923 tested students and a graduating class of 5,760; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Fontana kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (Chaffey Joint Union High)68%
State average 48.5%
Reading (grades K–12, Fontana Unified)71%
State average 48.5%
Math (Chaffey Joint Union High)44%
State average 33.4%
Math (grades K–12, Fontana Unified)24.5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 0–49% (a small group)
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
5,760
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Fontana
Chaffey Joint Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 11 schools · 22,040 students
$18,582 per studentCA $21,206A-Fontana Unified School DistrictGrades K–12 · 44 schools · 32,735 students
$20,036 per studentCA $21,206AEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 57 schools in Fontana
Showing 1–30 of 57 schools
Sierra Lakes ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 902 students
PublicCecilia Lucero Solorio ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 813 students
PublicDavid W. Long ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 757 students
PublicNancy R. Kordyak ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 718 students
PublicDorothy Grant Innovations AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 682 students
PublicDolores Huerta International AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 639 students
PublicTed Porter ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 629 students
PublicEast Heritage ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 612 students
PublicWest Heritage ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 611 students
PublicCitrus ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 596 students
PublicPalmetto ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 577 students
PublicCypress ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 572 students
PublicKathy Binks ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 567 students
PublicSouth Tamarind ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 565 students
PublicSycamore Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 565 students
PublicFalcon Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 546 students
PublicDate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 533 students
PublicMango ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 523 students
D-PublicOleander ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 517 students
PublicRandall Pepper ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 455 students
PublicPoplar ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 450 students
PublicJuniper ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 446 students
PublicHemlock ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 426 students
PublicCanyon Crest ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 420 students
PublicAlmond ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 418 students
PublicJurupa Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 388 students
PublicTokay ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 378 students
PublicNorth Tamarind ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 373 students
PublicShadow Hills ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 364 students
PublicLocust ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 346 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.