Oakmont Elementary, Claremont CA

Original Research by School Decision on Oakmont Elementary

Oakmont Elementary is a small school in Claremont serving kindergarten through sixth grade, with a student body that is majority Hispanic, followed by a substantial white population and smaller black and Asian communities. About two in five students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.

The school's academic results show mixed performance across tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency ranges from about half of fourth and sixth graders meeting grade-level standards down to roughly mid-forties for third and fifth graders. Math proficiency is lower across the board, ranging from about three in five third graders down to roughly a quarter of fifth graders. Fifth grade science proficiency sits at about four in ten. Taken as a whole, Oakmont's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades places it below the midpoint among the county's districts. A parent may want to look further into what support systems and interventions the school offers in math, where the gaps are most pronounced, particularly in the upper elementary grades.

Claremont itself is a college town anchored by the seven-member Claremont Colleges consortium, with a walkable downtown Village featuring cafes, galleries, shops, and a strong presence of parks and outdoor space. The town is served by Metrolink commuter rail with weekday service, and a light rail extension is under development. Housing costs in the area are substantial, with home values well above state and national medians and monthly rents reflecting tight market conditions. The city is in the midst of significant mixed-use development immediately adjacent to the Village, centered on a transit-oriented, multi-phase project that includes apartment buildings, commercial space, and residential units, the first large-scale market-rate apartments built in Claremont in decades.

Specific data on Oakmont's staffing, attendance rates, discipline, special education enrollment, English learner population, and programs were not available, so a parent seeking detail on those dimensions should ask the school directly. The school district, Claremont Unified, did not publish lasting, parent-relevant policy or programmatic changes in available sources, so information about district-level direction should be sought from the district office as well.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 358%

School 58% · District 62% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 56% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 47% · ▼ 20 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 636%

School 36% · District 52% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 60% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 59% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 61% · ▼ 15 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 654%

School 54% · District 61% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 47% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolClaremont Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income53%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income47%Higher-income53%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income33%Higher-income56%22 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income50%8 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income50%Higher-income63%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income47%23 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income13%Higher-income39%26 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income44%19 pp gap