Oakmont Elementary

Oakmont Elementary, a tight-knit elementary-level community in Claremont, California, overseen by Claremont Unified, instructs 270 students, covering grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Oakmont Elementary sits 42% smaller than that benchmark.

Oakmont Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Claremont Unified, a district that hosts 6,120 students overall.

Demographically, Oakmont Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 21% White, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Oakmont Elementary shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 40% of students at Oakmont Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Oakmont Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 45.5%.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), Oakmont Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Vista del Valle Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Oakmont Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.3%.

Oakmont Elementary operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Oakmont Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 310 (now 270). Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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