El Roble Intermediate

Set in Claremont, California, El Roble Intermediate is an average-sized intermediate school, overseen by Claremont Unified. It teaches 952 students across grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 44% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

El Roble Intermediate is one of 11 schools operated by Claremont Unified, a district that caters to 6,120 students overall.

Demographically, El Roble Intermediate reports that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 23% White, 15% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. Compared to Los Angeles County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting El Roble Intermediate higher than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

After controlling for student poverty, El Roble Intermediate sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 57.8%.

Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), El Roble Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around El Roble Intermediate. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts El Roble Intermediate at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 46.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at El Roble Intermediate has declined 13%, going from 1,098 students in 2018 to 952 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 34% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 22.8:1 in 2025.

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