Shandin Hills Middle

Located at 4301 Little Mountain Dr., in San Bernardino, California, Shandin Hills Middle is a moderately sized 6-8 campus that enrolls 709 students (grades 6 through 8), part of San Bernardino City Unified.

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

Looking at the student body, Shandin Hills Middle shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 4% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Shandin Hills Middle tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Shandin Hills Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.6%.

Around the school, census data for San Bernardino County shows the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Shandin Hills Middle is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Bob Holcomb Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Shandin Hills Middle. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Shandin Hills Middle at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Shandin Hills Middle's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 822 (now 709). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 19.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.