Walnut Avenue Elementary

Set in Chino, California, Walnut Avenue Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school, part of Chino Valley Unified. It instructs 483 students across grades K through 6.

Within Chino Valley Unified, which oversees 35 schools and 25,548 students, Walnut Avenue Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Walnut Avenue Elementary records that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 3% Asian, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 92% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Walnut Avenue Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.9%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Walnut Avenue Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chino High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Walnut Avenue Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Walnut Avenue Elementary has fell 32%, going from 710 students in 2018 to 483 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 27.3:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.