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 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.9%; this one delivers 13.5%.

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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