Warm Springs Elementary

Warm Springs Elementary is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in San Bernardino, California, part of San Bernardino City Unified, hosting 490 students in grades K through 6.

San Bernardino City Unified runs 72 schools in total, collectively educating 44,080 students. Warm Springs Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Warm Springs Elementary reports that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 6% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Warm Springs Elementary shows 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Warm Springs Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.9%; this one delivers 17.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Bernardino County shows median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Warm Springs Elementary is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Lankershim Elementary 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. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Warm Springs Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

Warm Springs Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 536 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.4:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.