Baker Elementary

As a rural-scale elementary campus in Baker, California, Baker Elementary works with 59 students from grades K through 5, run under Baker Valley Unified. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Baker Elementary sits 87% below that benchmark.

Baker Valley Unified runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 125 students. Baker Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Baker Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, Baker Elementary records 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Baker Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.1%; Baker Elementary posts 6.8%, -27.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Baker Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Baker Junior High, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Baker Elementary.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Baker Elementary's enrollment has climbed 11% since 2018, when it stood at 53 (now 59). The White share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.