Jurupa Vista Elementary

As a modestly sized K-5 school in Fontana, California, Jurupa Vista Elementary hosts 388 students from grades K through 6, part of Colton Joint Unified.

Colton Joint Unified runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 18,397 students. Jurupa Vista Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Jurupa Vista Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 11% Black, 3% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 82% of students at Jurupa Vista Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Jurupa Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household income runs about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Jurupa Vista Elementary is one.

Michael D'Arcy Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Jurupa Vista Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Jurupa Vista Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 26%: 523 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.