NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in San Clemente, CA

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11 public K-12 schools in San Clemente from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
8,374
Students
33.5/100
Avg Resource Index
21.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, San Clemente has more public-school enrollment than 75% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. San Clemente's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of San Clemente's 11 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 3 middle and 1 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Vista Del Mar Middle and Truman Benedict Elementary shows the range hidden by San Clemente's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 25%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
20th percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

San Clemente High accounts for 32.7% of all San Clemente public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means San Clemente-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Clemente school enrollment varies 14× across entities

San Clemente school enrollment ranges from 195 students (lowest) to 2,740 students (highest), a spread of 2,545 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

San Clemente student-teacher ratio is 21.4:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Vista Del Mar Middle 50
2. Shorecliffs Middle 39
3. Marblehead Elementary 38
4. Bernice Ayer Middle 35
5. Clarence Lobo Elementary 33
6. San Onofre Elementary 32
7. Concordia Elementary 31
8. Vista Del Mar Elementary 30
9. San Clemente High 28
10. Las Palmas Elementary 27
11. Truman Benedict Elementary 26

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in San Clemente

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Clarence Lobo Elementary 64.2/100
  2. 2 San Onofre Elementary 64.1/100
  3. 3 Marblehead Elementary 62.0/100
  4. 4 Las Palmas Elementary 57.3/100
  5. 5 Shorecliffs Middle 55.9/100

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Which San Clemente school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Vista Del Mar Middle has the highest Resource Investment Index among the San Clemente schools in this federal-data comparison at 50/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in San Clemente, CA? ▼

San Clemente has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,374 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.4:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.