Valley Elementary

Set in Yucaipa, California, Valley Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school, operated by Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified. It enrolls 518 students across grades K through 5.

Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,519 students. Valley Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Valley Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest reads as 28% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Valley Elementary has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 81% of students at Valley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Valley Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.1%; this one delivers 33.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Valley Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Oak View High School & Education Center is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Valley Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.5%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Valley Elementary's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 518). The White share of enrollment shrank from 35% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 22.6:1 in 2018 to 24.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Valley Elementary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.