Michael D'Arcy Elementary

Michael D'Arcy Elementary is a cozy elementary school in Fontana, California, run under Colton Joint Unified. The school hosts 336 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 28% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Colton Joint Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,397 students; Michael D'Arcy Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Michael D'Arcy Elementary logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%; the rest breaks down as 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Michael D'Arcy Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Michael D'Arcy Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at Michael D'Arcy Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Michael D'Arcy Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 28.1%, a residual of -5.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Michael D'Arcy Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jurupa Vista Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Michael D'Arcy Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 35%: 513 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.