Randall Pepper Elementary

Randall Pepper Elementary is a medium-sized elementary campus in Fontana, California, operated by Fontana Unified. The school hosts 455 students in grades K through 5.

Fontana Unified runs 44 schools in total, collectively educating 32,735 students. Randall Pepper Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Randall Pepper Elementary records that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 4% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Randall Pepper Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 92% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Randall Pepper Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.6%; this one delivers 16.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) reports that median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Randall Pepper Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Cypress Elementary, around 0.5 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), Randall Pepper Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Randall Pepper Elementary has decreased 24%, going from 600 students in 2018 to 455 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Randall Pepper Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.