Harry S. Truman Middle

Harry S. Truman Middle operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in Fontana, California, part of Fontana Unified. Current enrollment sits at 883 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Harry S. Truman Middle sits 34% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 44 schools in Fontana Unified (32,735 students total), Harry S. Truman Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Harry S. Truman Middle shows that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder consists of 3% White, 2% Asian, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Harry S. Truman Middle has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Harry S. Truman Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.3%; this one delivers 23.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Harry S. Truman Middle is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Fontana High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Harry S. Truman Middle at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 27%: 1,205 students in 2018 compared to 883 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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