Ramona Elementary

Set in Montclair, California, Ramona Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, operated by Ontario-Montclair. It instructs 556 students across grades K through 6.

Ontario-Montclair comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 17,640 students; Ramona Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Ramona Elementary logs that nearly all students (96%) are Hispanic. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Ramona Elementary records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Ramona Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 88% 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Ramona Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.2%, the actual is 39.3%, a residual of +12.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Ramona Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Howard Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Ramona Elementary comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 34.8%.

Ramona Elementary operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 752 students in 2018 compared to 556 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.1:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 in 2025.

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