Ben F. Kolb Middle

Ben F. Kolb Middle operates as a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Rialto, California, part of Rialto Unified. Current enrollment sits at 917 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 39% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Ben F. Kolb Middle is one of 29 schools operated by Rialto Unified, a district that instructs 23,067 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Ben F. Kolb Middle logs that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 12% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Ben F. Kolb Middle higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at Ben F. Kolb Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Ben F. Kolb Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.0%; this one delivers 30.0%.

Across the wider county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Ben F. Kolb Middle is one campus in the mix.

W.J.C. Trapp Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ben F. Kolb Middle comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ben F. Kolb Middle's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 985 (now 917).

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.