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What advice would you give to incoming students at Karl F. Clemens Elementary?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASCO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064140006845
Karl F. Clemens Elementary
600 Griffith Ave., Wasco, CA 93280 · (661) 758-7120 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- C-Three-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
21.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
526 students
DISTRICT 91% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 109 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
21.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.4pp since 2014
Math
12.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.1% | 14.3% | 18.9% | 59.6% |
| Math | 3.8% | 8.3% | 22.7% | 65.3% |
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 | 21.4% | 12.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.5% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 22.8% | 14.3% |
| 2018-19 | 27.4% | 16.2% |
| 2017-18 | 28.0% | 13.3% |
| 2016-17 | 20.5% | 16.8% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
17.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Karl F. Clemens Elementary
Karl F. Clemens Elementary's state test result (17.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Karl F. Clemens Elementary this school | 551 | 95.5% | 17.3% |
| Palm View Elementary Coachella | 561 | 94.8% | 26.3% |
| Sheridan Street Elementary Los Angeles | 555 | 96.0% | 29.5% |
| Washington Elementary Santa Ana | 529 | 95.7% | 24.0% |
| Corona Avenue Elementary Bell | 542 | 95.9% | 29.2% |
| Walnut Park Elementary Huntington Park | 555 | 95.3% | 32.7% |
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 Karl F. Clemens Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.3% | #4,796 of 5,151 | #130 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.0% | #4,945 of 5,172 ▼ 187 | #133 of 150 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,765 of 5,172 ▼ 69 | #131 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #1,287 of 5,116 | #30 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,859 of 5,915 | #93 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,618 of 5,352 | #67 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.1% | #5,100 of 5,354 | #135 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.5% | #390 of 5,625 | #24 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #3,538 of 3,837 | #85 of 95 |
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
551
-42 (-7%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 842
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 551 | 26 | 21.2:1 | 95% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 527 | 23 | 22.9:1 | 95% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 26.1 | 20.9:1 | 95% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 25 | 23.7:1 | 86% (510) |
| 2017-18 | 568 | 28.3 | 20.1:1 | 94% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 25 | 24.0:1 | 94% (565) |
| 2010-11 | 623 | N/A | N/A | 100% (620) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 81% (498) |
| 1990-91 | 842 | 38 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Karl F. Clemens Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (568 to 551); teachers down 8% (28.3 to 26).
About Karl F. Clemens Elementary
Karl F. Clemens Elementary, located in Wasco, California, is a mid-sized elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 551 students on the rolls.
Wasco Union Elementary enrolls 3,473 students in 6 schools, including Karl F. Clemens Elementary.
Roughly 96% of students at Karl F. Clemens Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups make up 2% White. County-wide, 57% of Kern County residents are Hispanic. The diversity index for Karl F. Clemens Elementary is 7%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 26 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 1.1 students per teacher. The school reported 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
Among California public elementary schools, Karl F. Clemens Elementary outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Karl F. Clemens Elementary, the prediction is 23.6% and the result is 17.3%.
For the population of Kern County, median household income comes to about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
Thomas Jefferson Middle is about 0.2 miles from Karl F. Clemens Elementary, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Karl F. Clemens Elementary comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Karl F. Clemens Elementary the locale Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Karl F. Clemens Elementary enrolled 593 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 551. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 23.7:1 to 21.2:1.
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Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wasco Union Elementary
- Palm Avenue MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- John L. Prueitt ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- James A. Forrest ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Teresa Burke ElementaryElementary · 503 students
Other schools in Wasco
- Wasco HighHigh · 1,672 students
- Palm Avenue MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- John L. Prueitt ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- James A. Forrest ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Teresa Burke ElementaryElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Middle0.2 mi · 591
- Wasco High0.5 mi · 1,672
- James A. Forrest Elementary0.5 mi · 576
- Wasco Independence High0.7 mi · 109
- Palm Avenue Middle0.8 mi · 631
- Teresa Burke Elementary1.2 mi · 503
Frequently asked questions
About Karl F. Clemens ElementaryHow many students attend Karl F. Clemens Elementary?
Karl F. Clemens Elementary enrolls approximately 551 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Karl F. Clemens Elementary serve?
Karl F. Clemens Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Karl F. Clemens Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Karl F. Clemens Elementary is approximately 21.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Karl F. Clemens Elementary?
Karl F. Clemens Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 96% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Karl F. Clemens Elementary?
Karl F. Clemens Elementary is overseen by Wasco Union Elementary in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.