Deer Canyon Elementary

Deer Canyon Elementary operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in Alta Loma, California, overseen by Alta Loma Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 496 students spanning grades K through 6.

Deer Canyon Elementary is one of 10 schools operated by Alta Loma Elementary, a district that teaches 5,535 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Deer Canyon Elementary records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to San Bernardino County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Deer Canyon Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deer Canyon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Deer Canyon Elementary is one.

Vineyard Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Deer Canyon Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Deer Canyon Elementary at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.6%.

Deer Canyon Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Deer Canyon Elementary has ticked down 22%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 496 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 35% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 26.4:1 in 2025.

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