Judson & Brown Elementary

As a mid-tier K-5 school in Redlands, California, Judson & Brown Elementary serves 484 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within Redlands Unified.

Redlands Unified runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 19,105 students. Judson & Brown Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Judson & Brown Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 22% White, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. Compared to San Bernardino County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Judson & Brown Elementary reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.5:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Judson & Brown Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +3.3 points.

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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Judson & Brown Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Clement Middle, roughly 1.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Judson & Brown Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Judson & Brown Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 39.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 553 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 44% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.0:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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