Oehl Elementary

Located at 2525 Palm Ave., in Highland, California, Oehl Elementary is an average-sized elementary school that hosts 436 students (grades K through 6), operated by San Bernardino City Unified.

San Bernardino City Unified comprises 72 schools with combined enrollment of 44,080 students; Oehl Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Oehl Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Oehl Elementary lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Oehl Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.5%; this one delivers 22.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Oehl Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Serrano Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Oehl Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Oehl Elementary at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 23.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oehl Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 533 (now 436). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 71% to 78% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Oehl Elementary typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.