Cooley Ranch Elementary

Cooley Ranch Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus in Colton, California, overseen by Colton Joint Unified. The school serves 530 students in grades K through 6.

Within Colton Joint Unified, which oversees 27 schools and 18,397 students, Cooley Ranch Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Cooley Ranch Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 18% Black, 4% White, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Cooley Ranch Elementary lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.8:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 81% of students at Cooley Ranch Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, Cooley Ranch Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 23.1%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) records that median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Cooley Ranch Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

San Bernardino County Special Education is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cooley Ranch Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cooley Ranch Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

Cooley Ranch Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cooley Ranch Elementary has ticked down 13%, going from 606 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 61% to 74% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.