Public schools in Colton, CA

Colton has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 1 high, 2 middle, 10 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 10,678 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Colton Joint Unified runs 11 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 3 districts and agencies that run Colton's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in ColtonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Colton Joint Unified1119,297$18,922
Rialto Unified324,132$18,123
Mojave River Academy - National Trails District1655$14,044

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

One high school in Colton, 1,729 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Colton High1,72919.479.2%Colton Joint Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 middle schools in Colton, 2,314 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
William G. Jehue Middle1,44425.473.3%Rialto Unified
Colton Middle87021.981.1%Colton Joint Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

10 elementary schools in Colton, 5,708 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Alice Birney Elementary68122.783.0%Colton Joint Unified
Dr. Ernest Garcia Elementary60825.265.1%Rialto Unified
Georgia F. Morris Elementary60425.768.9%Rialto Unified
Paul Rogers Elementary60222.379.1%Colton Joint Unified
Ulysses Grant Elementary58923.674.5%Colton Joint Unified
Abraham Lincoln Elementary58722.680.6%Colton Joint Unified
Reche Canyon Elementary54723.672.6%Colton Joint Unified
Cooley Ranch Elementary53022.871.5%Colton Joint Unified
William McKinley Elementary49522.377.8%Colton Joint Unified
Woodrow Wilson Elementary46524.281.7%Colton Joint Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Colton, 927 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Mojave River Academy - National Trails80124.974.7%Mojave River Academy - National Trails District
Washington High1267.481.7%Colton Joint Unified

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Colton's public schools compare with California's

The median Colton school has 22.8 students per full-time teacher, more than the California median of 21.6. Its median school enrolls 602 students (state 471).

Colton against California, schools open in 2024-25 with students
ColtonCalifornia
Median students per teacher22.821.6
Median school size (students)602471
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)not reportednot reported
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)100%74%
Charter schools6.7%13%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 15 Colton schools and the 9,918 California schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Colton

  1. Colton Joint UnifiedRuns 11 of Colton's 15 public schools and spent $18,922 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$18,922
  2. Colton High, the largest high school in Colton1,729 students in 2024-25, 19.4 per teacher.1,729
  3. Compare Colton Joint Unified with Rialto UnifiedColton's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in CaliforniaCalifornia's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Colton addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in California

  1. Los Angeles564 schools
  2. San Diego283 schools
  3. San Jose232 schools
  4. Sacramento197 schools
  5. Fresno179 schools
  6. Bakersfield146 schools
  7. San Francisco123 schools
  8. Stockton122 schools

Questions about schools in Colton

  1. How many public schools are in Colton, CA?
    15 public schools with an address in Colton were open in 2024-25: 1 high, 2 middle, 10 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 10,678 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Colton?
    Colton High, with 1,729 students in 2024-25 (Colton Joint Unified).
  3. Which districts run Colton's schools?
    Colton Joint Unified (11 schools), Rialto Unified (3 schools), Mojave River Academy - National Trails District (1 school). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .