Elderberry Elementary

Elderberry Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in Ontario, California, operated by Ontario-Montclair. The school teaches 544 students in grades K through 6.

Within Ontario-Montclair, which oversees 33 schools and 17,640 students, Elderberry Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Elderberry Elementary shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 4% Black, 2% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elderberry Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.4%, the actual is 38.2%, a residual of +13.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 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 Elderberry Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Buena Vista Arts-Integrated, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elderberry Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elderberry Elementary at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

Elderberry Elementary operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elderberry Elementary has decreased 29%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 544 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.5:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Elderberry Elementary community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.