Clarence Lobo Elementary

Set in San Clemente, California, Clarence Lobo Elementary is a close-knit K-5 school, part of Capistrano Unified. It works with 328 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Clarence Lobo Elementary sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Clarence Lobo Elementary is one of 58 schools operated by Capistrano Unified, a district that serves 40,251 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clarence Lobo Elementary reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 38% Hispanic, 17% multiracial. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.5:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Clarence Lobo Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Clarence Lobo Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -5.7 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $116,289 per year, about 44% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Clarence Lobo Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

San Clemente High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Clarence Lobo Elementary ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Clarence Lobo Elementary's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 328). Over the same period, the White share declined from 56% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 26.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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