Skyline North Elementary

Set in Barstow, California, Skyline North Elementary is a cozy elementary campus, operated by Barstow Unified. It enrolls 322 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 31% smaller than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Barstow Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,118 students. Skyline North Elementary is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Skyline North Elementary lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder reads as 24% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. Compared to San Bernardino County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.2:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 74% of students at Skyline North Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Skyline North Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.3%; this one comes in at 18.1%, -17.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household income runs about $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Skyline North Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Central High (Continuation), around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Skyline North Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.3%.

Skyline North Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Skyline North Elementary's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 383 (now 322). The White share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 23.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Skyline North Elementary typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.