Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary

As a cozy K-5 school in San Bernardino, California, Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary educates 379 students from grades K through 5, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified.

Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary is one of 72 schools operated by San Bernardino City Unified, a district that enrolls 44,080 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (91%); the rest comes out to 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 94% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.5%.

Across the wider county, San Bernardino County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Howard Inghram Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 554 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 82% to 91%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

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