Tiefort View Intermediate

Tiefort View Intermediate is a reasonably sized primary school in Fort Irwin, California, run under Silver Valley Unified. The school hosts 408 students in grades 3 through 5.

Across the 8 schools in Silver Valley Unified (2,183 students total), Tiefort View Intermediate accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Tiefort View Intermediate shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably less Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Tiefort View Intermediate lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Tiefort View Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.1%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Tiefort View Intermediate is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Fort Irwin Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Tiefort View Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Tiefort View Intermediate at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 8%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 408 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 32% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 22.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.