Cypress Elementary

Set in Fontana, California, Cypress Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community, part of Fontana Unified. It educates 572 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Fontana Unified, which oversees 44 schools and 32,735 students, Cypress Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Cypress Elementary logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 4% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Cypress Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.7%; this one delivers 20.1%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Cypress Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Harry S. Truman Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Cypress Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.0%.

Cypress Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 16%: 684 students in 2018 compared to 572 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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