Dickson Elementary

Dickson Elementary is a reasonably sized elementary school in Chino, California, operated by Chino Valley Unified. The school educates 566 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Dickson Elementary sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

Chino Valley Unified comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 25,548 students; Dickson Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Dickson Elementary reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black, 5% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Dickson Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Dickson Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.1%; this one delivers 24.1%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Dickson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sycamore Academy of Science and Cultural Arts - Chino Valley, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dickson Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Dickson Elementary at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 8%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 566 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for Dickson Elementary typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.