Oleander Elementary

Oleander Elementary is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in Fontana, California, operated by Fontana Unified, teacheing 517 students in grades K through 5.

Fontana Unified comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 32,735 students; Oleander Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Oleander Elementary records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Oleander Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Oleander Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 28.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Oleander Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Date Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oleander Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 23.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 38%: 830 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 in 2025.

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