Mission Elementary

Mission Elementary, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Redlands, California, one of the schools within Redlands Unified, instructs 594 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 28% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 25 schools in Redlands Unified (19,105 students total), Mission Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Mission Elementary reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%; the rest looks like 13% Asian, 12% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to San Bernardino County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mission Elementary lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Mission Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.9%, the actual is 35.1%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Mission Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Gorman Learning Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mission Elementary. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Mission Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Mission Elementary's enrollment has increased 6% since 2018, when it stood at 561 (now 594). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 50% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 24.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.