Chapman Heights Elementary

Chapman Heights Elementary operates as an average-sized primary school in Yucaipa, California, run under Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified. Current enrollment sits at 597 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

On the student-mix side, Chapman Heights Elementary reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 38% White, 4% multiracial. Compared to San Bernardino County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Chapman Heights Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Chapman Heights Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at Chapman Heights Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Chapman Heights Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Chapman Heights Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Valley Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Chapman Heights Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 24%: 786 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 56%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.