Vista del Valle Elementary

Vista del Valle Elementary, a cozy K-5 school in Claremont, California, part of Claremont Unified, hosts 264 students, covering grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Vista del Valle Elementary is one of 11 schools operated by Claremont Unified, a district that enrolls 6,120 students overall.

Demographically, Vista del Valle Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 78%; the rest breaks down as 9% White, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Vista del Valle Elementary has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 26.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Vista del Valle Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Los Angeles County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Vista del Valle Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 40.7%, a residual of -7.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Los Angeles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Vista del Valle Elementary is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is San Antonio High (Continuation), roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Vista del Valle Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 21%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 67% to 78% over that span.

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