Hardy Brown College Prep

Hardy Brown College Prep is an elementary school of small scale in San Bernardino, California, operated by Hardy Brown College Prep District, instructing 316 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Hardy Brown College Prep is a school of Hardy Brown College Prep District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Hardy Brown College Prep shows that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, On paper, Hardy Brown College Prep has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 90% of students at Hardy Brown College Prep qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Hardy Brown College Prep is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lytle Creek Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a high-density setting. Hardy Brown College Prep operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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