Golden Valley Middle

As a medium-sized junior high in San Bernardino, California, Golden Valley Middle caters to 742 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by San Bernardino City Unified.

Across the 72 schools in San Bernardino City Unified (44,080 students total), Golden Valley Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Golden Valley Middle shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Other groups include 10% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Golden Valley Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.9%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of +4.3 points.

In the area at large, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Golden Valley Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Parkside Elementary, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Golden Valley Middle comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 25.2%.

Golden Valley Middle operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Golden Valley Middle has ticked down 15%, going from 875 students in 2018 to 742 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 76% to 83% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

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