Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino

What stands out at Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino

Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino is a high-poverty, small charter elementary school in San Bernardino, California, enrolling 152 students.

At 21.7:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the California median, within a few percentage points of the 21.5:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 81.0% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 152 puts it in the smaller third of California schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 93% of the 9,998 California schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Among 328 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need California schools statewide, it ranks #312, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is predominantly Hispanic or Latino (83% of enrollment) (diversity index 29/100).

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 55.9% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 27.6% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among San Bernardino's elementary schools, it stands alongside Paakuma K-8 (940 students): Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino is smaller than that campus by headcount and runs heavier classes (21.7:1 vs 20.9:1).

Ballington Acad for Arts & Scis - San Bernardino District is a single-school charter district, so Ballington Acad for the Arts and Scis - San Bernardino operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25