Mesquite Trails Elementary

Mesquite Trails Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school in Hesperia, California, one of the schools within Hesperia Unified. The school serves 882 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Mesquite Trails Elementary sits 90% bigger than that benchmark.

Hesperia Unified comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 23,188 students; Mesquite Trails Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Mesquite Trails Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 75%; the rest breaks down as 19% White, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.9:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at Mesquite Trails Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mesquite Trails Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Mesquite Trails Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cedar Middle, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Mesquite Trails Elementary at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 21.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. Mesquite Trails Elementary's enrollment has contracted 5% since 2018, when it stood at 931 (now 882). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 75% across the same window.

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