Lime Street Elementary

As a large K-5 school in Hesperia, California, Lime Street Elementary educates 887 students from grades K through 6, overseen by Hesperia Unified. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 91% above typical.

Lime Street Elementary is one of 25 schools operated by Hesperia Unified, a district that enrolls 23,188 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lime Street Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Black, 9% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Lime Street Elementary shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lime Street Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 28.8%; this one comes in at 13.8%, -15.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, San Bernardino County reports that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Lime Street Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sultana High, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Lime Street Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 23.9%.

Lime Street Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lime Street Elementary has showed little movement, going from 873 students in 2018 to 887 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 today.

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