Summary:
Clay Joint Elementary has one listed elementary school, Clay Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 8 and enrolling 246 students. In 2025–26, the school’s all-grade proficiency was 81% in English language arts, 80% in math, and 64% in science, compared with California’s 49%, 38%, and 36%, respectively. The school was ahead of the state by 32 percentage points in English language arts, 42 in math, and 28 in science; chronic absenteeism was 0%, versus 18% statewide. Most important, its results were substantially above the state in all three subjects, with the largest advantage in math.
There is no peer-school top or bottom comparison because Clay Elementary is the only school listed. Within the school, third-grade math stood out: 100% were proficient, 53 percentage points above the state; third-grade English language arts was 90%, 46 points above the state. Results were lower in some other grades, though still above state comparisons: grade 4 English language arts was 62%, 16 points above the state, and grade 7 math was 72%, 34 points above. Science ranged from 70% in grade 5 to 58% in grade 8, a 12-point difference.
Results improved in English language arts and math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while science dipped: the school gained 6 percentage points in English language arts and 5 in math, and fell 1 point in science. Its lead over California widened by 6 points in English language arts and 4 in math, but narrowed by 4 in science. SchoolDigger rankings also improved over the three listed years, moving from 857th of 5,869 schools (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2023–24 to 253rd of 5,804 (96th percentile, 5 stars) in 2025–26. The student-teacher ratio was 27.3 in 2024–25, and 16% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–25.
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