Cameron Elementary

Set in Barstow, California, Cameron Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Barstow Unified. It hosts 436 students across grades K through 5.

Cameron Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Barstow Unified, a district that enrolls 6,118 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Cameron Elementary lists that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 28% Black, 10% White, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cameron Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 20.2%, a residual of -5.8 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $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 Cameron Elementary is one.

Barstow Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cameron Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cameron Elementary at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 13.8%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 35%: 668 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 15% to 10% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.7:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.

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