Cal Aero Preserve Academy

As a heavily attended elementary-level community in Chino, California, Cal Aero Preserve Academy caters to 982 students from grades K through 8, operated by Chino Valley Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 111% larger than typical.

Within Chino Valley Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 25,548 students, Cal Aero Preserve Academy is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Cal Aero Preserve Academy reports that 43% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 8% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Cal Aero Preserve Academy logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Cal Aero Preserve Academy tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.1%.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Cal Aero Preserve Academy is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Legacy Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cal Aero Preserve Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cal Aero Preserve Academy at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 1,331 students in 2018 compared to 982 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 27.7:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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