Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary

Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Rialto, California, part of Rialto Unified, caters to 436 students, covering grades K through 5.

Within Rialto Unified, which oversees 29 schools and 23,067 students, Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (80%). Other groups include 12% Black, 3% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary records 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.0:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 27.7%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Around the school, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Ben F. Kolb Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.4%.

Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elizabeth T. Hughbanks Elementary has shrank 22%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 436 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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