Levi Bemis Elementary

Levi Bemis Elementary operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in Rialto, California, run under Rialto Unified. Current enrollment sits at 566 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 22% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Rialto Unified runs 29 schools in total, collectively educating 23,067 students. Levi Bemis Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Levi Bemis Elementary lists that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 7% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Levi Bemis Elementary logs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Levi Bemis Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.9%; this one delivers 19.2%.

Zooming out to the county, San Bernardino County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Levi Bemis Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lida M. Henry Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Levi Bemis Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Levi Bemis Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.7%.

Levi Bemis Elementary operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Levi Bemis Elementary's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 566). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.3:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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