Davidson Elementary

Davidson Elementary operates as a reasonably sized primary school in San Bernardino, California, run under San Bernardino City Unified. Current enrollment sits at 408 students spanning grades K through 6.

San Bernardino City Unified comprises 72 schools with combined enrollment of 44,080 students; Davidson Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Davidson Elementary logs that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 6% Black, 4% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Davidson Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Davidson Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $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. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Davidson Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: George Brown Jr. Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Davidson Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 25.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 7%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 76% to 88% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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