Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 624 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUGUS UNION·NCES 063597006159
Santa Clarita Elementary
27177 Seco Canyon Rd., Saugus, CA 91350 · (661)294-5340 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
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allk12 Grade
Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
25.4:1
7 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 26.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
81 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2023-24
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 36 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 21% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 26% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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.
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
58.5%
CA avg 47.1% . +3.5pp since 2014
Math
46.0%
CA avg 35.6% . +5.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2023-24
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 29.6% | 28.9% | 17.0% | 24.4% |
| Math | 23.4% | 22.6% | 25.6% | 28.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.9% | 45.5% |
| 2021-22 | 52.8% | 40.1% |
| 2018-19 | 58.0% | 44.3% |
| 2017-18 | 56.4% | 46.8% |
| 2016-17 | 56.0% | 42.7% |
| 2015-16 | 48.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 →
Where Santa Clarita Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,565 of 5,151 | #354 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,855 of 5,172 ▼ 66 | #448 of 1,129 ▼ 37 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #1,433 of 5,172 ▲ 264 | #323 of 1,129 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #5,452 of 5,915 | #1,238 of 1,300 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.6% | #4,022 of 5,625 | #1,017 of 1,276 |
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.
6-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24Enrollment
170
-218 (-56%) vs 2017
-75% since 1990-91, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
24.3:1
was 25.9:1
% White
22%
was 52%
% Hispanic
56%
was 33%
% Black
5%
was 4%
% Asian
14%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 170 | 7 | 24.3:1 | 48% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 254 | 10 | 25.4:1 | 50% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | 9 | 24.9:1 | 29% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 15 | 25.9:1 | 32% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 15 | 27.9:1 | 30% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | N/A | N/A | 19% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 606 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 14% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 668 | 23 | 29.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Clarita Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 56% (388 to 170); teachers down 53% (15 to 7).
About Santa Clarita Elementary
The public elementary school Santa Clarita Elementary is located in Saugus, California. The school had 170 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2023-24. Average enrollment for elementary schools in California is about 465, so this school runs 63% smaller than that.
The district, Saugus Union, has 9,359 students enrolled across 15 schools.
Santa Clarita Elementary's enrollment is 56% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 22% White, 14% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 8 points above the 48% share among Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Santa Clarita Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 25.4:1, with 7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Santa Clarita Elementary is 48%. For comparison, public schools in Los Angeles County average 70%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Santa Clarita Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 52.4% actual against 51.6% predicted.
Within Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County, with a combined enrollment of about 1,265,907.
Arroyo Seco Junior High is the public school closest to Santa Clarita Elementary, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Santa Clarita Elementary places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Santa Clarita Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Santa Clarita Elementary had 388 students in 2017-18 and 170 in 2023-24, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. White students went from 52% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 22% in 2023-24. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.9:1 in 2017-18 to 24.3:1 in 2023-24.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Arroyo Seco Junior High0.2 mi · 1,239
- James Foster Elementary0.6 mi · 508
- Highlands Elementary0.7 mi · 666
- Saugus High1.0 mi · 2,317
- Emblem Academy1.0 mi · 810
- North Park Elementary1.0 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Clarita ElementaryHow many students attend Santa Clarita Elementary?
Santa Clarita Elementary enrolls approximately 170 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Santa Clarita Elementary serve?
Santa Clarita Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Santa Clarita Elementary?
Approximately 25.4:1 students per teacher at Santa Clarita Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Santa Clarita Elementary?
At Santa Clarita Elementary, the student body is approximately 22% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 14% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Santa Clarita Elementary?
Santa Clarita Elementary is overseen by Saugus Union in Los Angeles County.
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