Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary

Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is an average-sized elementary-level community in Colton, California, part of Rialto Unified. The school teaches 608 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Within Rialto Unified, which oversees 29 schools and 23,067 students, Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary records that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of +3.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: William G. Jehue Middle, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary's enrollment has edged down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 608). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 today.

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