Maple Elementary

Set in Hesperia, California, Maple Elementary is a big primary school, run under Hesperia Unified. It enrolls 988 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 112% bigger than typical.

Across the 25 schools in Hesperia Unified (23,188 students total), Maple Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Maple Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%); the rest breaks down as 7% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 25.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Maple Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 84% of students at Maple Elementary qualify 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 demographically-adjusted basis, Maple Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.4%, the actual is 27.2%, a residual of -2.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Maple Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Topaz Preparatory Academy, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Maple Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.3%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Maple Elementary's enrollment has edged up 22% since 2018, when it stood at 809 (now 988). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 70% to 84%. Class-load math has widened: from 23.1:1 in 2018 to 25.0:1 in 2025.

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