Clement Middle

Clement Middle is a middle school of big scale in Redlands, California, overseen by Redlands Unified, enrolling 1,023 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 55% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Within Redlands Unified, which oversees 25 schools and 19,105 students, Clement Middle is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Clement Middle reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 14% White, 8% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Clement Middle tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.2%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Clement Middle is one.

Lugonia Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Clement Middle comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clement Middle's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,004 (now 1,023). White enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 in 2025.

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