Alder Middle

Set in Fontana, California, Alder Middle is an average-sized middle school, part of Fontana Unified. It hosts 964 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Fontana Unified comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 32,735 students; Alder Middle is among them.

In terms of who attends, Alder Middle shows that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Black, 3% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Alder Middle has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Alder Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Alder Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.9%.

Around the school, San Bernardino County reports that median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Alder Middle is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Locust Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Alder Middle comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 18%: 1,182 students in 2018 compared to 964 in 2025.

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