Riley Elementary

As a moderately sized elementary school in San Bernardino, California, Riley Elementary enrolls 462 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within San Bernardino City Unified.

Within San Bernardino City Unified, which oversees 72 schools and 44,080 students, Riley Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Riley Elementary shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school logs 6% Black. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Riley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 96% of students are eligible 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Riley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 27.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Riley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Lincoln Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Riley Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Riley Elementary has contracted 19%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 81% to 92% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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