Central Elementary

Central Elementary operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Rancho Cucamonga, California, part of Central Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 436 students spanning grades K through 5.

Within Central Elementary, which oversees 7 schools and 4,317 students, Central Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Central Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 75% of students at Central Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Central Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.7%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of +0.8 points.

In the broader community, San Bernardino County reports that 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), Central Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cucamonga Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Central Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 15%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 11% across the same window.

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