125th Anniversary

Ontario-Montclair School District proudly celebrates its 125th year!
On September 15, 1884, 20 children walked upstairs to the loft of George McIntyre’s carpenter shop, located near C Street and Euclid Ave., making it a classroom of sorts, and the Ontario School District officially began offering instruction.

After the first school year, expenditures totaled $49.18 for a four-month period, not including $10 monthly rental of the McIntyre loft and $50 a month for one teacher, Miss Jamie N. Case.


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Salaries

1913 Teacher Salaries
No Experience	$585/year
1 Year Experience	$675/year
2+ Years Experience	$810/year

1937 non-certificated employees wages
Nurses	$900/year
Bookkeeper	$125/month
Head Janitor	$28/week
Garage Mechanic	$25/week
Bus Drivers	$23/week
Secretary	$21/week
Cafeteria Supervisor	$0.525/hour
Cafeteria Clerks	$0.425/hour
All Other Employees	$0.40/hour

Student Enrollment

1952 Average enrollment per Classroom
Monte Vista	35.8
Grove	35.2
Cypress	34.8
Central	34.7
Lincoln	33.2
Euclid	33.1
Edison	32.8
San Antonio	32.1

District Enrollment Through the Years

Year	Enrolled	ADA
1884	61	27
1890	274	195+
1900	438	377
1910	833	648
1920	1,431	1,134
1930	2,689	2,351
1940	2,693	2,384
1950	4,379	4,288
1960	12,577	12,243
1970	17,488	17,247
1980
1990
2000

We express our appreciation to Dwayne Palasek for compiling much of the history of OMSD while a graduate student at Cal State Fullerton in 1973, and to the Ontario City Library for sharing information found in the Model Colony Room.