Theodore Vick Elementary

Theodore Vick Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Adelanto, California, part of Adelanto Elementary. The school serves 494 students in grades K through 5.

Adelanto Elementary runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 7,660 students. Theodore Vick Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Theodore Vick Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% White, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Theodore Vick Elementary has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.4:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Theodore Vick Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 36.8%; actual is 17.5%, a gap of -19.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Theodore Vick Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Columbia Middle, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Theodore Vick Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 18.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. Theodore Vick Elementary's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 567 (now 494). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 65% to 71% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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