Palm Avenue Elementary

Palm Avenue Elementary, a mid-sized primary school in San Bernardino, California, overseen by San Bernardino City Unified, teaches 479 students, covering grades K through 6.

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

Demographically, Palm Avenue Elementary records that 79% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder is composed of 10% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Palm Avenue Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 44.5%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Avenue Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cesar E. Chavez Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palm Avenue Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Palm Avenue Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 28.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palm Avenue Elementary has contracted 21%, going from 603 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 67% to 79%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.2:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

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