David W. Long Elementary

Located at 5383 Bridlepath Dr., in Fontana, California, David W. Long Elementary is a sizable K-5 school that works with 757 students (grades K through 5), operated by Etiwanda Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 63% bigger than typical.

David W. Long Elementary is one of 18 schools operated by Etiwanda Elementary, a district that educates 13,666 students overall.

On the student-mix side, David W. Long Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% White, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, 5% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 23% of students at David W. Long Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, David W. Long Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.7%, the actual is 64.9%, a residual of -0.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. David W. Long Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Falcon Ridge Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around David W. Long Elementary. On composite proficiency, David W. Long Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

David W. Long Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at David W. Long Elementary has ticked down 10%, going from 838 students in 2018 to 757 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 22% across the same window.

On this page, members of the David W. Long Elementary community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.