Bear Gulch Elementary

Bear Gulch Elementary is an elementary campus of medium-sized scale in Rancho Cucamonga, California, one of the schools within Central Elementary, hosting 443 students in grades K through 5.

Central Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,317 students. Bear Gulch Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Bear Gulch Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 13% Black, 8% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Bear Gulch Elementary logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bear Gulch Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Bear Gulch Elementary is one.

Los Amigos Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Bear Gulch Elementary at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 32.1%.

Bear Gulch Elementary operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 524 students in 2018 compared to 443 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 55% to 68%. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 in 2025.

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