Upland Elementary

Upland Elementary is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Upland, California, part of Upland Unified, with 404 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Upland Unified runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,461 students. Upland Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Upland Elementary logs that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 6% White, 5% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Upland Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than San Bernardino County's rate of about 74%.

After controlling for student poverty, Upland Elementary is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 43.8%, a residual of +16.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 Upland Elementary is one.

Upland Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Upland Elementary ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Upland Elementary has edged down 17%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 76% to 85% over that span.

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