Mt. Vernon Elementary

Mt. Vernon Elementary is a primary school of medium-sized scale in San Bernardino, California, operated by San Bernardino City Unified, serveing 471 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 72 schools in San Bernardino City Unified (44,080 students total), Mt. Vernon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Mt. Vernon Elementary records that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Mt. Vernon Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Mt. Vernon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Mt. Vernon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 14.2%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Mt. Vernon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Graciano Gomez Elementary, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Mt. Vernon Elementary comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt. Vernon Elementary has contracted 15%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 87% to 95%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 today.

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