Rio Vista Elementary

Rio Vista Elementary, an average-sized elementary campus in San Bernardino, California, operated by San Bernardino City Unified, educates 412 students, covering grades K through 6.

San Bernardino City Unified runs 72 schools in total, collectively educating 44,080 students. Rio Vista Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Rio Vista Elementary lists that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Rio Vista Elementary records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Rio Vista Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.7%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) logs that median household earnings sit near $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), Rio Vista Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Woodward Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Rio Vista Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 22.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 5%: 434 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 78% to 87% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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