Shadow Hills Elementary

Shadow Hills Elementary operates as a small elementary-level community in Fontana, California, part of Fontana Unified. Current enrollment sits at 364 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Shadow Hills Elementary sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

Shadow Hills Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Fontana Unified, a district that enrolls 32,735 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Shadow Hills Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 5% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Shadow Hills Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Shadow Hills Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shadow Hills Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 28.8%; this one delivers 32.8%.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Shadow Hills Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Southridge Tech Middle, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Shadow Hills Elementary comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Shadow Hills Elementary has shrank 9%, going from 400 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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