Trona Elementary

Trona Elementary is a very small primary school in Trona, California, one of the schools within Trona Joint Unified. The school caters to 147 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 68% below typical.

Trona Joint Unified comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 258 students; Trona Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Trona Elementary lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 33% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Trona Elementary records 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Trona Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.1%, the actual is 18.4%, a residual of -13.6 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) records that 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. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Trona Elementary is one.

Trona High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Trona Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Trona Elementary has grew 5%, going from 140 students in 2018 to 147 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 28% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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