North Tamarind Elementary

Located at 7961 Tamarind Ave., in Fontana, California, North Tamarind Elementary is a modestly sized elementary campus that hosts 373 students (grades K through 6), operated by Fontana Unified.

Across the 44 schools in Fontana Unified (32,735 students total), North Tamarind Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, North Tamarind Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). The remainder reads as 5% White, 5% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, North Tamarind Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting North Tamarind Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

After controlling for student poverty, North Tamarind Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.9%; this one delivers 15.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household income runs about $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 North Tamarind Elementary is one.

Alder Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), North Tamarind Elementary ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 24.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at North Tamarind Elementary has fell 26%, going from 504 students in 2018 to 373 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 today.

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