17 public K-12 schools in Chino from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.
National city placement
According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chino has more public-school enrollment than 85% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chino's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.
11 of Chino's 17 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.
The 37-point gap between Buena Vista Continuation High and Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive shows the range hidden by Chino's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.
That concentration means Chino-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Chino school enrollment ranges from 121 students (lowest) to 2,077 students (highest), a spread of 1,956 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
12% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
| # | School | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Buena Vista Continuation High | 60 |
| 2. | Lyle S. Briggs Fundamental | 34 |
| 3. | Edwin Rhodes Elementary | 33 |
| 4. | E. J. Marshall Elementary | 31 |
| 5. | Alicia Cortez Elementary | 31 |
| 6. | Don Antonio Lugo High | 30 |
| 7. | Newman Elementary | 30 |
| 8. | Ramona Junior High | 29 |
| 9. | Cal Aero Preserve Academy | 28 |
| 10. | Howard Cattle Elementary | 28 |
| 11. | Dickson Elementary | 27 |
| 12. | Anna a. Borba Fundamental Elementary | 27 |
| 13. | Chino High | 25 |
| 14. | Magnolia Junior High | 25 |
| 15. | Scale Leadership Academy - East | 24 |
| 16. | Allegiance Steam Academy - Thrive | 23 |
| 17. | Walnut Avenue Elementary | 23 |
Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.
Buena Vista Continuation High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chino schools in this federal-data comparison at 60/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.
Chino has 17 public schools with a total enrollment of 12,347 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.8:1.
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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.
