Eucalyptus Elementary

Eucalyptus Elementary, a heavily attended elementary-level community in Hesperia, California, overseen by Hesperia Unified, hosts 737 students, covering grades K through 6. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Within Hesperia Unified, which oversees 25 schools and 23,188 students, Eucalyptus Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Eucalyptus Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 8% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the resource side, On paper, Eucalyptus Elementary has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Eucalyptus Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Eucalyptus Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 16.6%, a residual of -11.2 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household income runs about $85,478, 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), Eucalyptus Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Cypress School of the Arts, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Eucalyptus Elementary at 3rd of 4; the average score across the group is 18.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eucalyptus Elementary has grew 13%, going from 652 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 73% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

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