Edison Elementary

Edison Elementary is one of the expansive elementary schools in Ontario, California, operated by Ontario-Montclair, with 736 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Ontario-Montclair comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 17,640 students; Edison Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Edison Elementary shows that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 11% White, 8% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Edison Elementary sits in the top 10% of California schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 36.1%; actual is 66.6%, +30.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that 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. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Edison Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Berlyn Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Edison Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Edison Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 32.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 5%: 771 students in 2018 compared to 736 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for Edison Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.