Cucamonga Middle

Cucamonga Middle operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Rancho Cucamonga, California, run under Central Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 662 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

Central Elementary runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,317 students. Cucamonga Middle is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cucamonga Middle shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 15% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Cucamonga Middle has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Cucamonga Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 71% of students at Cucamonga Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cucamonga Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Cucamonga Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Central Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cucamonga Middle. On composite proficiency, Cucamonga Middle comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cucamonga Middle has edged down 15%, going from 781 students in 2018 to 662 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 27% to 15%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 22.3:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 in 2025.

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