San Bernardino City Unified
Public school district · San Bernardino County · California · NCES district ID 0634170
San Bernardino City Unified spent $21,009 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 88% of the other California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $16,855). Its 73 schools enrolled 44,088 students in 2024-25; 74.1% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,886 per student, up 13.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90% (California: 86.2%).
NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method
Spending per student among California's largest districts
Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, San Bernardino City Unified ranks 3.
Where the money came from
$1,246,914,000 in revenue: 74.1% state, 10.6% local and 15.3% federal. Total spending including $104,510,000 of capital outlay was $1,113,999,000, or $24,233 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.
- State$924,367,000 74%
- Local$132,090,000 11%
- Federal$190,457,000 15%
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 646 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).
Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25
45,852 students in 2022-23, 44,606 students in 2023-24, 44,080 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.
Teachers and students per teacher
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 45,852 | 2168.6 | 21.1 |
| 2023-24 | 44,606 | 2162.3 | 20.6 |
| 2024-25 | 44,080 | 2147.9 | 20.5 |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.
$273,252,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $5,944 per student
San Bernardino City Unified booked $273,252,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 2,172 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $125,783 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 88 in 100 California districts with a figure (state median $99,744, 1,149 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
| Program | Teacher salaries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Regular programs | $225,442,000 | 82.5% |
| Special education | $36,997,000 | 13.5% |
| Vocational | $6,955,000 | 2.5% |
| Other programs | $3,858,000 | 1.4% |
Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23
The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $4,602 in 2018-19, $4,667 in 2019-20, $4,960 in 2020-21, $5,529 in 2021-22, $5,944 in 2022-23.
Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).
State test results, 2021-22
In 2021-22, the students tested in San Bernardino City Unified scored proficient or above: 32% in reading and 19% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject | This district | California | Students tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts | 32% | 45% | 21,614 |
| Math | 19% | 34% | 21,673 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90% of the 3,306 students in San Bernardino City Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This district | California | |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90% | 86.2% |
| Students in the class | 3,306 | 495,492 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
50 elementary schools, 23,538 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paakuma K-8 | 940 | 20.7 | 35.4% | Not reported |
| George Brown Jr. Elementary | 733 | 22.2 | 81.2% | Not reported |
| Muscoy Elementary | 670 | 21.3 | 86.6% | Not reported |
| Del Rosa Elementary | 659 | 22.3 | 83.6% | Not reported |
| Vermont Elementary | 659 | 21.3 | 90.4% | Not reported |
| Roger Anton Elementary | 619 | 21.3 | 86.8% | Not reported |
| Bob Holcomb Elementary | 598 | 22.2 | 81.4% | Not reported |
| Hillside Elementary | 586 | 21.1 | 77.3% | Not reported |
| Bing Wong Elementary | 581 | 20.0 | 89.8% | Not reported |
| Belvedere Elementary | 557 | 20.6 | 71.1% | Not reported |
| Lankershim Elementary | 551 | 20.4 | 90.7% | Not reported |
| North Verdemont Elementary | 549 | 21.1 | 58.5% | Not reported |
The other 38 elementary schools
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt Elementary | 533 | 19.0 | 91.7% | Not reported |
| Lincoln Elementary | 531 | 19.0 | 93.8% | Not reported |
| Bradley Elementary | 530 | 19.6 | 88.3% | Not reported |
| Lytle Creek Elementary | 525 | 19.5 | 90.1% | Not reported |
| Cypress Elementary | 517 | 18.8 | 83.6% | Not reported |
| North Park Elementary | 514 | 21.4 | 66.7% | Not reported |
| Roosevelt Elementary | 512 | 17.1 | 86.7% | Not reported |
| Ramona-Alessandro Elementary | 502 | 20.1 | 83.3% | Not reported |
| Warm Springs Elementary | 490 | 20.0 | 90.6% | Not reported |
| Barton Elementary | 485 | 20.2 | 90.7% | Not reported |
| Parkside Elementary | 485 | 20.6 | 79.0% | Not reported |
| Graciano Gomez Elementary | 481 | 21.4 | 91.7% | Not reported |
| Palm Avenue Elementary | 479 | 20.0 | 61.8% | Not reported |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary | 471 | 21.4 | 90.2% | Not reported |
| Riley Elementary | 462 | 21.0 | 89.8% | Not reported |
| Captain Leland Norton Elementary | 460 | 21.9 | 91.1% | Not reported |
| Thompson Elementary | 455 | 22.0 | 79.1% | Not reported |
| Wilson Elementary | 449 | 18.7 | 84.2% | Not reported |
| Oehl Elementary | 436 | 21.8 | 76.8% | Not reported |
| Emmerton Elementary | 434 | 20.7 | 88.7% | Not reported |
| E. Neal Roberts Elementary | 425 | 20.7 | 92.5% | Not reported |
| Rio Vista Elementary | 412 | 17.9 | 88.6% | Not reported |
| Davidson Elementary | 408 | 20.4 | 88.7% | Not reported |
| Juanita Blakely Jones Elementary | 394 | 19.2 | 94.7% | Not reported |
| Newmark Elementary | 392 | 23.1 | 85.2% | Not reported |
| Urbita Elementary | 390 | 19.5 | 84.4% | Not reported |
| Marshall Elementary | 384 | 21.3 | 76.6% | Not reported |
| Cole Elementary | 380 | 21.1 | 87.4% | Not reported |
| Manuel A. Salinas Creative Arts Elementary | 379 | 19.0 | 84.7% | Not reported |
| Monterey Elementary | 372 | 20.7 | 93.0% | Not reported |
| Fairfax Elementary | 359 | 23.2 | 91.4% | Not reported |
| Kendall Elementary | 351 | 20.1 | 75.2% | Not reported |
| Kimbark Elementary | 337 | 18.7 | 52.8% | Not reported |
| H. Frank Dominguez Elementary | 297 | 17.5 | 90.6% | Not reported |
| Highland Pacific Elementary | 285 | 18.4 | 81.8% | Not reported |
| Howard Inghram Elementary | 264 | 22.0 | 92.4% | Not reported |
| Arrowhead Elementary | 248 | 19.1 | 87.5% | Not reported |
| Yvonne Harmon | 8 | 7.9 | All free (CEP) | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
11 middle schools, 7,654 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cesar E. Chavez Middle | 1,107 | 22.9 | 74.5% | Not reported |
| Arrowview Middle | 917 | 20.5 | 90.7% | Not reported |
| Golden Valley Middle | 742 | 20.0 | 87.3% | Not reported |
| Serrano Middle | 716 | 17.3 | 82.3% | Not reported |
| Shandin Hills Middle | 709 | 19.0 | 84.8% | Not reported |
| Curtis Middle | 679 | 19.7 | 93.5% | Not reported |
| Del Vallejo Middle | 642 | 18.4 | 90.8% | Not reported |
| Colonel Joseph C. Rodriguez PREP Academy | 640 | 22.3 | 78.6% | Not reported |
| Richardson PREP HI Middle | 583 | 22.4 | 72.2% | Not reported |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle | 581 | 19.7 | 91.9% | Not reported |
| Dr. Mildred Dalton Henry Elementary | 338 | 21.1 | 89.1% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
9 high schools, 12,440 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cajon High | 2,748 | 24.6 | 71.2% | Not reported |
| Arroyo Valley High | 2,692 | 24.1 | 88.4% | Not reported |
| Indian Springs High | 1,810 | 21.7 | 91.7% | Not reported |
| San Bernardino High | 1,440 | 20.9 | 89.7% | Not reported |
| San Gorgonio High | 1,431 | 20.9 | 79.0% | Not reported |
| Pacific High | 1,246 | 19.8 | 88.4% | Not reported |
| San Andreas High | 420 | 12.4 | 91.4% | Not reported |
| Sierra High | 384 | 13.8 | 92.7% | Not reported |
| Middle College High | 269 | 18.8 | 78.1% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
3 other schools, 456 students
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch | Title I, 2021‑22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtual Academy | 346 | 14.6 | 86.1% | Not reported |
| Anderson | 76 | 9.5 | 82.9% | Not reported |
| Alternative Learning Center | 34 | 13.7 | 91.2% | Not reported |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.
One more school on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory
These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.
Yvonne Harmon
Elementary school in San Bernardino; open in 2024-25; 8 students; 7.9 students per teacher.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.
Contact San Bernardino City Unified
- Website: sbcusd.com
- Phone: (909) 381-1100
- Office: 777 North F St., San Bernardino, CA 92410
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.
What to look at next about San Bernardino City Unified
- California districts by spending per studentSan Bernardino City Unified ranks 79 of 646 California districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($21,009).#79 of 646
- Every school district in CaliforniaSan Bernardino City Unified is the number 8 by size of 1,991 California districts, with 45,971 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#8 of 1,991
- San Francisco UnifiedThe next larger California district: 48,785 students in fall 2022, $22,880 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$22,880
- Kern HighThe next smaller California district: 43,020 students in fall 2022, $17,392 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$17,392
- Compare San Bernardino City Unified with San Francisco UnifiedEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
- Cajon High, its largest high school2,748 students in 2024-25, 24.6 per teacher.2,748
- Teacher salary spending across CaliforniaSan Bernardino City Unified spent $125,783 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $99,744); spending, not a salary.$125,783
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Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).
Questions about San Bernardino City Unified
How many schools and students are in San Bernardino City Unified?
73 schools were open in 2024-25 (50 elementary, 11 middle, 9 high, 3 other), enrolling 44,088 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.How much does San Bernardino City Unified spend per student?
$21,009 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the California median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $16,855 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $23,886 per student, up 13.6% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).Where does San Bernardino City Unified's money come from?
$1,246,914,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 74.1% state, 10.6% local and 15.3% federal (NCES F-33).How many children in San Bernardino City Unified live in poverty?
The Census Bureau estimates that 12,215 of the 56,719 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 21.5%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.How much does San Bernardino City Unified spend on teacher salaries?
$273,252,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $5,944 per student. Divided by the 2,172 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $125,783 per teacher, more than 88 in 100 California districts (state median $99,744). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average California teacher salary at $87,275 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).How do students in San Bernardino City Unified do on state tests?
In 2021-22, the students tested in San Bernardino City Unified scored proficient or above: 32% in reading and 19% in math, against 45% in reading and 34% in math across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.What is the graduation rate in San Bernardino City Unified?
90% of the 3,306 students in San Bernardino City Unified's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 86.2% across California. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.What is San Bernardino City Unified's NCES district ID?
0634170. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.
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Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25