Cole Elementary

Cole Elementary operates as a compact primary school in Highland, California, operated by San Bernardino City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 380 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 72 schools in San Bernardino City Unified (44,080 students total), Cole Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Cole Elementary reports that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 9% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Cole Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.7%.

Around the school, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Cole Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Highland Pacific Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Cole Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cole Elementary has remained close to its prior level, going from 388 students in 2018 to 380 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 in 2025.

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