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Shadow Ridge
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Shadow Ridge
Located at 15776 Main St., in Hesperia, California, Shadow Ridge is a cozy combined-grade school that teaches 378 students (grades K through 12), operated by Hesperia Unified. Compared to the state average of about 602 students per school, that is 37% smaller than typical.
Hesperia Unified comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 23,188 students; Shadow Ridge is among them.
Demographically, Shadow Ridge records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Ridge is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Joshua Circle Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Shadow Ridge operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 159%: 146 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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