Lankershim Elementary

Lankershim Elementary sits in Highland, a quiet residential community tucked between San Bernardino and the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, where the pace is a little slower and neighborhoods feel more tight-knit than the surrounding urban sprawl. The school serves a working-class community and, like much of San Bernardino City Unified, faces real academic challenges — scoring in the lower percentiles statewide in English, math, and science. Families who are deeply invested in their child's education may want to supplement with outside resources, but those rooted in the neighborhood and looking for a local school with a genuine community feel will find one here.