NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Colton, CA

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15 public K-12 schools in Colton from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
10,678
Students
27.5/100
Avg Resource Index
22.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Colton has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Colton'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

10 of Colton's 15 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 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Colton's reporting schools show 73.0% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 22.9:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 43-point gap between Washington High and Alice Birney Elementary is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
7th percentile
Teacher staffing
6th percentile

Colton High accounts for 16.2% of all Colton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Colton-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 NCES Common Core of Data

Colton school enrollment varies 14× across entities

Colton school enrollment ranges from 126 students (lowest) to 1,729 students (highest), a spread of 1,603 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Colton reports 73.0% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Colton student-teacher ratio is 22.9:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

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.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Washington High 60
2. Georgia F. Morris Elementary 37
3. Colton Middle 35
4. Mojave River Academy - National Trails 35
5. Colton High 34
6. Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary 32
7. Abraham Lincoln Elementary 26
8. William G. Jehue Middle 23
9. Woodrow Wilson Elementary 22
10. Reche Canyon Elementary 20
11. Paul Rogers Elementary 19
12. William Mckinley Elementary 19
13. Alice Birney Elementary 17
14. Ulysses Grant Elementary 17
15. Cooley Ranch Elementary 17

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Colton

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.

  1. 1 Mojave River Academy - National Trails 43.5/100
  2. 2 Cooley Ranch Elementary 42.0/100
  3. 3 Reche Canyon Elementary 41.2/100
  4. 4 Woodrow Wilson Elementary 36.4/100
  5. 5 Washington High 28.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Colton?

Which Colton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Washington High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Colton 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.

How many schools are in Colton, CA? ▼

Colton has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,678 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.9:1.

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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.