Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 480 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAPISTRANO UNIFIED·NCES 060744003373
Clarence Lobo Elementary
200 Avenida Vista Montana, San Clemente, CA 92672 · (949) 366-6740 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
178 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 69 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
47.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.5pp since 2014
Math
43.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.9% | 25.6% | 19.0% | 33.6% |
| Math | 17.5% | 26.3% | 26.3% | 29.9% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.5% | 43.8% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 40.8% |
| 2022-23 | 43.4% | 45.8% |
| 2021-22 | 45.2% | 39.6% |
| 2018-19 | 49.2% | 40.6% |
| 2017-18 | 54.6% | 44.7% |
| 2016-17 | 54.6% | 37.3% |
| 2015-16 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 52.0% | 40.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Clarence Lobo Elementary
Clarence Lobo Elementary's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarence Lobo Elementary this school | 328 | 54.3% | 43.5% |
| Alta Heights Elementary Napa | 318 | 56.0% | 41.2% |
| Olivet Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 323 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Manzanita Elementary Charter Santa Rosa | 369 | 54.2% | 31.8% |
| University Elementary at La Fiesta Rohnert Park | 291 | 50.2% | 44.6% |
| Crown Point Elementary San Diego | 313 | 49.5% | 52.5% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Clarence Lobo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #2,191 of 5,151 | #245 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #2,013 of 5,172 ▲ 103 | #228 of 382 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #2,237 of 5,172 ▲ 199 | #241 of 382 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.2pp | #2,205 of 5,116 | #158 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #4,494 of 5,915 | #354 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #1,211 of 5,352 | #48 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #1,353 of 5,354 | #118 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #3,732 of 5,625 | #220 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.8% | #1,663 of 3,837 | #153 of 324 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
328
-12 (-4%) vs 2020
-51% since 2000-01, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 328 | 16 | 20.5:1 | 54% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 17 | 19.7:1 | 48% (161) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 17 | 21.0:1 | 51% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 15 | 22.7:1 | 40% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 399 | 15 | 26.6:1 | 42% (169) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 14 | 26.8:1 | 36% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | N/A | N/A | 35% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 32 | 21.0:1 | 12% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarence Lobo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (399 to 328); teachers up 7% (15 to 16).
About Clarence Lobo Elementary
Clarence Lobo Elementary is an elementary school in San Clemente, California, according to federal school records. The school counts 328 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Clarence Lobo Elementary is run by Capistrano Unified, whose 58 schools enroll 40,251 students.
Clarence Lobo Elementary has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Other students are 38% Hispanic and 17% multiracial. The county population is about 43% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1 at Clarence Lobo Elementary, with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 20.5:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 54% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Orange County average 55%.
Clarence Lobo Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Test results at Clarence Lobo Elementary are 4.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (43.5% actual, 47.7% predicted).
County data help place the school in context: in Orange County, the median household income is $116,289, roughly 44% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Orange County is home to 649 public schools and about 430,458 public school students.
The next-closest public school is San Clemente High, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Clarence Lobo Elementary ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Clarence Lobo Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 12 students since 2020-21, to 328. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 20.5:1, from 22.7:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Capistrano Unified
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- San Juan Hills HighHigh · 2,641 students
- Aliso Niguel HighHigh · 2,563 students
- Tesoro HighHigh · 2,030 students
- Capistrano Valley HighHigh · 1,991 students
- Dana Hills HighHigh · 1,725 students
Other schools in San Clemente
- San Clemente HighHigh · 2,740 students
- Bernice Ayer MiddleMiddle · 919 students
- Las Palmas ElementaryElementary · 743 students
- Vista del Mar ElementaryElementary · 692 students
- Shorecliffs MiddleMiddle · 634 students
- Truman Benedict ElementaryElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- San Clemente High0.8 mi · 2,740
- Marblehead Elementary1.4 mi · 195
- Las Palmas Elementary1.6 mi · 743
- Vista del Mar Middle1.9 mi · 499
- Vista del Mar Elementary1.9 mi · 692
- Shorecliffs Middle2.0 mi · 634
Frequently asked questions
About Clarence Lobo ElementaryHow many students attend Clarence Lobo Elementary?
Clarence Lobo Elementary enrolls approximately 328 students in grades KG-05.
Is Clarence Lobo Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarence Lobo Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Clarence Lobo Elementary have?
Clarence Lobo Elementary employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Clarence Lobo Elementary?
Student demographics at Clarence Lobo Elementary are roughly 43% White, 38% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Clarence Lobo Elementary public or private?
Clarence Lobo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Capistrano Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.