Valencia Elementary

Valencia Elementary operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Upland, California, part of Upland Unified. Current enrollment sits at 571 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Upland Unified comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,461 students; Valencia Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Valencia Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Valencia Elementary has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Valencia Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Valencia Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 60.7%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that 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%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Valencia Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Pioneer Junior High, roughly 1.0 miles away. 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), Valencia Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 571 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 43% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 25.0:1 in 2018 to 23.7:1 today.

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