Calimesa Elementary

Calimesa Elementary operates as a mid-tier elementary school in Yucaipa, California, one of the schools within Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 511 students spanning grades K through 5.

Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 8,519 students; Calimesa Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calimesa Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%; the rest is composed of 25% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 83% of students at Calimesa Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Calimesa Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.9%; this one delivers 16.5%.

Around the school, San Bernardino County reports that median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Calimesa Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Green Valley High, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Calimesa Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Calimesa Elementary has rose 20%, going from 426 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 36% to 25%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.5:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.