Paul Rogers Elementary

Paul Rogers Elementary is one of the mid-tier elementary schools in Colton, California, part of Colton Joint Unified, with 602 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 29% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Colton Joint Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,397 students; Paul Rogers Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Paul Rogers Elementary lists that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Paul Rogers Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Paul Rogers Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Colton Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Paul Rogers Elementary comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 28.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Paul Rogers Elementary has fell 17%, going from 725 students in 2018 to 602 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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