Gerald A. Smith Elementary

Set in Bloomington, California, Gerald A. Smith Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under Colton Joint Unified. It serves 565 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Gerald A. Smith Elementary sits 22% above that benchmark.

Colton Joint Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 18,397 students. Gerald A. Smith Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Gerald A. Smith Elementary logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Gerald A. Smith Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Gerald A. Smith Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports 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. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Gerald A. Smith Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Maple Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Gerald A. Smith Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gerald A. Smith Elementary has decreased 21%, going from 716 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 today.

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