East SBV Times

In the 2023-24 school year, kindergarten was the largest grade in San Bernardino City Unified School District, with 4,212 students making up 8.5% of the student body, according to the California Department of Education. This represents a growth of 0.1% compared to the previous year.

The grade with the second highest number of students was 12th grade, with 3,870 students, or 7.8% of the student body.

The school that had the highest number of kindergarten students in San Bernardino City Unified School District during the period was Roosevelt Elementary School, while Howard Inghram Elementary School had the fewest.

Overall, San Bernardino City Unified School District enrolled 49,301 students, ranking as the ninth highest enrolled district in California for the 2023-24 school year. It ranked eighth highest in the previous school year.

California's public schools face a growing financial crisis driven by declining enrollment and an increase in chronic absenteeism, both impacting the state's school funding model.

Enrollment, which peaked at 6.3 million students in the early 2000s, has steadily declined to under 6 million today, with projections indicating it could fall below 5.2 million by 2032. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.

At the same time, chronic absenteeism has surged from 12% pre-pandemic to 25%, disproportionately impacting younger students and jeopardizing their long-term success.

School	Total Enrollment
Alternative Learning Center	49
Anderson	73
Arrowhead Elementary School	254
Arrowview Middle School	922
Arroyo Valley High School	2,730
Barton Elementary School	505
Belvedere Elementary School	564
Bing Wong Elementary School	608
Bob Holcomb Elementary School	585
Bradley Elementary School	543
Cajon High School	2,662
Captain Leland Norton Elementary School	451
Cesar E. Chavez Middle School	1,085
Cole Elementary School	397
Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy	699
Curtis Middle School	707
Cypress Elementary School	496
Davidson Elementary School	406
Del Rosa Elementary School	592
Del Vallejo Middle School	617
Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary School	341
E. Neal Roberts Elementary School	424
Emmerton Elementary School	467
Fairfax Elementary School	323
George Brown Jr. Elementary School	781
Golden Valley Middle School	757
Graciano Gomez Elementary School	486
H. Frank Dominguez Elementary School	329
Highland Pacific Elementary School	263
Hillside Elementary School	601
Howard Inghram Elementary School	235
Hunt Elementary School	528
Indian Springs High School	1,829
Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary School	407
Kendall Elementary School	372
Kimbark Elementary School	333
Lankershim Elementary School	527
Lincoln Elementary School	572
Lytle Creek Elementary School	536
Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary School	422
Marshall Elementary School	390
Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School	589
Middle College High	258
Monterey Elementary School	345
Mt. Vernon Elementary School	477
Muscoy Elementary School	646
Newmark Elementary School	398
North Park Elementary School	514
North Verdemont Elementary School	528
Oehl Elementary School	464
Paakuma K-8	984
Pacific High School	1,222
Palm Avenue Elementary School	479
Parkside Elementary School	524
Ramona-Alessandro Elementary School	471
Richardson PREP HI Middle School	595
Riley Elementary School	472
Rio Vista Elementary School	419
Roger Anton Elementary School	615
Roosevelt Elementary School	524
San Andreas High School	452
San Bernardino High School	1,475
San Gorgonio High School	1,447
Serrano Middle School	685
Shandin Hills Middle School	768
Sierra High School	474
Thompson Elementary School	451
Urbita Elementary School	390
Vermont Elementary School	661
Warm Springs Elementary School	492
Wilson Elementary School	470
Yvonne Harmon	10