Clyde W. Needham Elementary

Clyde W. Needham Elementary operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Lodi, California, run under Lodi Unified. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 465.

Lodi Unified runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 27,047 students. Clyde W. Needham Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clyde W. Needham Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 74% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 6% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Clyde W. Needham Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 94% of students at Clyde W. Needham Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than San Joaquin County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, Clyde W. Needham Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for San Joaquin County put the typical household earns roughly $92,179 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, San Joaquin County runs 251 public schools (combined enrollment of about 153,026 students), of which Clyde W. Needham Elementary is one.

Liberty High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Clyde W. Needham Elementary at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 36.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Clyde W. Needham Elementary's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 364 (now 363). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 83% to 74%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.