Crestmore Elementary

As an average-sized elementary school in Bloomington, California, Crestmore Elementary works with 586 students from grades K through 6, operated by Colton Joint Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.

Colton Joint Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,397 students; Crestmore Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Crestmore Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (98%). That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, On paper, Crestmore Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Crestmore Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.6%, the actual is 28.7%, a residual of +1.1 points.

Around the school, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crestmore Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Walter Zimmerman Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Crestmore Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Crestmore Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 27.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Crestmore Elementary's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 797 (now 586). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.