Sycamore Hills Elementary

Set in Fontana, California, Sycamore Hills Elementary is an average-sized primary school, overseen by Colton Joint Unified. It caters to 565 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Colton Joint Unified comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 18,397 students; Sycamore Hills Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sycamore Hills Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (81%). Other groups include 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sycamore Hills Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.8%, the actual is 28.8%, a residual of -3.0 points.

Across the wider 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 the poverty rate sits near 11%. Sycamore Hills Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Ruth O. Harris Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Hills Elementary at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 27.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sycamore Hills Elementary has ticked down 35%, going from 872 students in 2018 to 565 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 21.7:1 in 2025.

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