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San Bernardino, California - 3 schools
2,028
Total Enrollment
3
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Per-Pupil Spending
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District-Level NCES Analysis
San Bernardino County Office of Education operates 3 public schools serving 2,028 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in San Bernardino County.
The funding mix is 27.0% local, 57.5% state, and 15.5% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 557.2:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 50.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 63.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% African American, 9.4% White across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is San Bernardino County Special Education, with a diversity index of 58.6/100.
San Bernardino County Special Education accounts for 78.6% of all San Bernardino County Office of Education student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Bernardino County Office of Education a distant remainder — means San Bernardino County Office of Education-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
San Bernardino County Office of Education school enrollment varies 16× across entities
San Bernardino County Office of Education school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 1,860 students (highest), a spread of 1,747 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
San Bernardino County Office of Education has higher-than-average Title I eligibility — 80.5% of the population qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch
free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is the federal threshold for Title I funding allocations, established under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015). Areas above 75% eligibility — including this one — receive concentration grants on top of the basic Title I formula. Regions with eligibility this high typically draw a substantially larger federal funding share relative to their local tax base, which can either offset or reinforce existing gaps depending on allocation policy.
San Bernardino County Office of Education student-counselor ratio is 557:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
San Bernardino County Office of Education chronic absenteeism rate is 50.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Comparisons are relative to San Bernardino County Office of Education's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in San Bernardino County Office of Education?
San Bernardino County Office of Education has 3 schools, including 3 combined. Total enrollment is 2,028 students.
What is the demographic composition of San Bernardino County Office of Education?
San Bernardino County Office of Education students are 63.5% Hispanic or Latino, 20.2% African American, 9.4% White, 1.9% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.