Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary

Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is an elementary campus of small scale in San Bernardino, California, one of the schools within San Bernardino City Unified, instructing 394 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 72 schools in San Bernardino City Unified (44,080 students total), Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 98% of students are eligible 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%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.0%; this one delivers 17.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Community School/Independent Alternative Education, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 19.4%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 71% to 87%. Class-load math has tightened: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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