Buena Vista Arts-Integrated

Set in Montclair, California, Buena Vista Arts-Integrated is a modestly sized elementary campus, run under Ontario-Montclair. It educates 369 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Buena Vista Arts-Integrated sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 33 schools in Ontario-Montclair (17,640 students total), Buena Vista Arts-Integrated accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Buena Vista Arts-Integrated lists that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 5% White, 5% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% 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, Buena Vista Arts-Integrated ranks in the top 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 38.5%; Buena Vista Arts-Integrated posts 60.4%, +21.9 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 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 Buena Vista Arts-Integrated is one.

The closest other public school is Vernon Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Buena Vista Arts-Integrated comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 39.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 403 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 today.

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