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Clay Elementary

Public Grades K-8

469^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 92% of California elementary schools

Summary

Clay Elementary is a top-rated K-8 public school serving 246 students in Kingsburg, CA, operating within the highly-ranked Clay Joint Elementary district.

The school is a standout for academic excellence, with about 75% of students proficient in both English and Math—far exceeding state averages and dramatically outperforming nearby schools like Washington Elementary and Cesar E Chavez Elementary. This high achievement is consistent across all student groups and has been maintained for nearly a decade. Furthermore, Clay fosters an exceptional culture of attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate of 0.0%, compared to a state average of 19.4%.

Interestingly, Clay Elementary achieves these remarkable results very efficiently. It spends significantly less per student than most neighboring schools and operates with a higher student-teacher ratio, yet delivers superior outcomes. The school's success, especially when compared to other schools in districts like Parlier Unified or Kings River Union Elementary just miles away, suggests its strength comes from specific, effective practices within the school and its supportive district.

246

Students ?

27.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,509

Per pupil spending ?

15.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

12449 South Smith Ave.
Kingsburg, CA 93631-9717

(559) 897-4185

District: Clay Joint Elementary

Students who attend Clay Elementary usually attend:

High:

Kingsburg High

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.2%

Hispanic:

32.1%

Asian:

2.4%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 90th percentile in 2015 → 92nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (74% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 8% of California elementary schools

Worth a look

!Large classes — about 27 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school74%

District avg74%

California avg41%

Elementary school

469^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 8%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

160^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 6%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From top 2% (2015) to top 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

74^th of 1,543Clay Joint Elementary among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	93.0	469 of 5857	92.0%	★★★★★
2024	87.1	857 of 5869	85.4%	★★★★☆
2023	85.6	929 of 5859	84.1%	★★★★☆
2022	86.8	866 of 5883	85.3%	★★★★☆
2021	86.2	191 of 1417	86.5%	★★★★☆
2019	91.5	558 of 5789	90.4%	★★★★★
2018	92.0	517 of 5662	90.9%	★★★★★
2017	95.7	268 of 5692	95.3%	★★★★★
2016	92.5	470 of 5614	91.6%	★★★★★
2015	91.6	538 of 5611	90.4%	★★★★★
2013	82.0	949 of 5530	82.8%	★★★★☆
2012	77.8	1138 of 5390	78.9%	★★★★☆
2011	65.8	1709 of 5377	68.2%	★★★☆☆
2010	76.3	1169 of 5314	78.0%	★★★★☆
2009	74.8	1216 of 5193	76.6%	★★★★☆
2008	75.1	1183 of 5113	76.9%	★★★★☆
2007	84.9	759 of 5113	85.2%	★★★★☆
2006	82.0	874 of 4818	81.9%	★★★★☆
2005	84.7	746 of 4822	84.5%	★★★★☆
2004	77.8	991 of 4809	79.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.6	298 of 5597	94.7%	★★★★★
2024	89.9	623 of 5612	88.9%	★★★★☆
2023	81.7	1028 of 5609	81.7%	★★★★☆
2022	78.3	1183 of 5635	79.0%	★★★★☆
2021	76.1	279 of 1267	78.0%	★★★★☆
2019	80.6	1044 of 5492	81.0%	★★★★☆
2018	83.1	904 of 5413	83.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	92.0	286 of 5084	94.4%	★★★★★
2019	82.5	618 of 4963	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	75.0	902 of 4830	81.3%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	98.4	72 of 5264	98.6%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	85.6	806 of 5628	85.7%	★★★★☆
2024	79.9	1078 of 5643	80.9%	★★★★☆
2023	86.3	800 of 5638	85.8%	★★★★☆
2022	88.7	699 of 5663	87.7%	★★★★☆
2021	89.2	146 of 1272	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	95.2	237 of 5510	95.7%	★★★★★
2018	95.5	223 of 5431	95.9%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	82.3	330 of 2598	87.3%	★★★★☆
2024	72.1	740 of 2651	72.1%	★★★★☆
2023	69.8	811 of 2661	69.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	69.4	833 of 2726	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	89.0	128 of 2834	95.5%	★★★★★
2018	86.2	213 of 2737	92.2%	★★★★★

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	94.7	160 of 2761	94.2%	★★★★★
2024	91.6	240 of 2783	91.4%	★★★★★
2023	90.1	276 of 2781	90.1%	★★★★★
2022	94.3	157 of 2740	94.3%	★★★★★
2021	98.4	20 of 894	97.8%	★★★★★
2019	90.5	255 of 2715	90.6%	★★★★★
2018	90.4	231 of 2480	90.7%	★★★★★
2017	95.4	112 of 2508	95.5%	★★★★★
2016	89.8	233 of 2497	90.7%	★★★★★
2015	96.7	55 of 2477	97.8%	★★★★★
2013	88.2	117 of 2379	95.1%	★★★★★
2012	79.5	319 of 2259	85.9%	★★★★☆
2011	86.4	157 of 2236	93.0%	★★★★★
2010	92.3	53 of 2179	97.6%	★★★★★
2009	92.4	59 of 2063	97.1%	★★★★★
2008	93.0	55 of 2005	97.3%	★★★★★
2007	90.8	103 of 1999	94.8%	★★★★★
2006	88.6	143 of 1804	92.1%	★★★★★
2005	90.2	117 of 1777	93.4%	★★★★★
2004	76.0	339 of 1769	80.8%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	90.2	243 of 2533	90.4%	★★★★★
2024	83.8	374 of 2551	85.3%	★★★★☆
2023	77.0	488 of 2531	80.7%	★★★★☆
2022	84.7	346 of 2509	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	92.1	50 of 738	93.2%	★★★★★
2019	84.9	322 of 2380	86.5%	★★★★☆
2018	91.1	199 of 2262	91.2%	★★★★★

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	97.9	30 of 2395	98.7%	★★★★★
2022	97.7	36 of 2359	98.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	95.0	133 of 2534	94.8%	★★★★★
2024	90.5	240 of 2552	90.6%	★★★★★
2023	95.3	123 of 2538	95.2%	★★★★★
2022	96.7	87 of 2527	96.6%	★★★★★
2021	99.1	13 of 763	98.3%	★★★★★
2019	93.2	174 of 2407	92.8%	★★★★★
2018	92.2	176 of 2273	92.3%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	87.1	105 of 1520	93.1%	★★★★★
2024	83.5	172 of 1537	88.8%	★★★★☆
2023	84.2	164 of 1543	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	88.4	93 of 1555	94.0%	★★★★★
2019	81.1	237 of 1602	85.2%	★★★★☆
2018	87.2	113 of 1496	92.4%	★★★★★

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2022)99th percentile+13 vs school

Female (2025)95th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2022)94th percentile+9 vs school

White (2025)87th percentile-5 vs school

Male (2025)86th percentile-6 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)99th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2025)95th percentile~ school

White (2025)93rd percentile~ school

Female (2025)90th percentile-4 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics76%+38 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy75%+26 vs state

Science65%+32 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clay Elementary	Public	K-8	12449 South Smith Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Clay Joint Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-4185	246	9	27.3	15.4%	158 (64.2%)	1 (0.4%)	79 (32.1%)	6 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	93	469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	92.0%		87.1	857^th of 5869 public elementary schools	85.4%	388																	65.6	64.3	65.0	61.5	75.9	84.4	67.7	76.7	82.1	75.0	69.2	89.7	78.1	74.2	73.3	67.9	75.6	$26,509	$25,748	$761
Kings River Elementary	Public	K-8	3961 Avenue 400	Kingsburg	93631	Tulare County	Kings River Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-7209	389	20	19.4	87.7%	15 (3.9%)	0 (0.0%)	370 (95.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	23.7	4527^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.7%		20.4	4823^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	17.8%	296																	10.8	27.7	20.2	37.5	24.4	33.3	25.5	32.7	44.4	33.0	31.7	31.0	22.2	17.0	20.4	19.6	23.4	$46,614	$44,920	$1,694
Washington Elementary	Public, Charter	K	1501 Ellis St.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-2955	285	13	21.9	69.1%	69 (24.2%)	2 (0.7%)	189 (66.3%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (5.3%)								(n/a)																																		$18,875	$17,838	$1,037
Lincoln Elementary	Public, Charter	2-3	1900 Mariposa St.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-5141	442	20	22.1	70.1%	107 (24.2%)	2 (0.5%)	291 (65.8%)	19 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.2%)								(n/a)																				66.1						66.1	63.0						63.0	$16,879	$15,856	$1,023
Cesar E Chavez Elementary	Public	K-6	500 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-3595	439	22	19.9	95.4%	9 (2.1%)	3 (0.7%)	425 (96.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	11	5570^th of 5857 public elementary schools	4.9%		12.3	5535^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	35	0.0	0.0	5.6	3.2	50.0	11.1	5.6	23.8	9.1	5.6	5.6	6.4	0.0	0.0	11.1	4.8	11.5		11.5	13.3	10.4	21.2	24.7			17.7	17.3	20.8	7.7	9.6			13.7
Washington Elementary	Public	K-5	1250 K St.	Reedley	93654	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7270	288	13	22.1	92.0%	18 (6.3%)	3 (1.0%)	255 (88.5%)	2 (0.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.8%)	70.9	1559^th of 5857 public elementary schools	73.4%		59.5	2089^th of 5869 public elementary schools	64.4%	530																	43.2		43.2	45.7	50.0	56.8				50.7	63.0	55.8	61.4				59.9	$27,616	$26,214	$1,402
Riverview Elementary	Public	K-8	8662 South Lac Jac Ave.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Kings Canyon Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 305-7290	509	21	23.6	69.2%	82 (16.1%)	0 (0.0%)	409 (80.4%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (2.9%)	60.1	2065^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.7%		56.1	2234^th of 5869 public elementary schools	61.9%	169																	32.8	33.3	33.1	54.9	44.7	54.0	61.9	76.2	65.6	60.3	41.2	34.0	43.8	46.0	55.6	49.2	45.6	$18,465	$16,944	$1,521
Central Valley Home	Public, Virtual, Charter	K-8	1776 Sixth Ave.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(559) 897-6740	119	4	29.6	87.4%	16 (13.4%)	0 (0.0%)	96 (80.7%)	2 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (4.2%)	8.8	5696^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.7%		19	4935^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.9%	761																	0.0	21.1	12.9	9.5	15.4	16.7	23.1	26.9	36.8	22.1	14.3	0.0	0.0	23.1	18.5	26.3	15.2	$18,445	$17,552	$893
Roosevelt Elementary	Public, Charter	1	1185 Tenth St.	Kingsburg	93631	Fresno County	Kingsburg Elementary Charter	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 897-5193	186	9	20.6	73.7%	34 (18.3%)	0 (0.0%)	138 (74.2%)	6 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.3%)								(n/a)																																		$20,745	$19,636	$1,109
S Ben Benavidez Elementary	Public	K-6	13900 Tuolumne St.	Parlier	93648	Fresno County	Parlier Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(559) 646-2963	409	18	22.7	95.6%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	404 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	25.4	4358^th of 5857 public elementary schools	25.6%		27.4	4165^th of 5869 public elementary schools	29.0%	193																	7.3		7.3	35.9	18.3	44.1	20.5			29.3	43.4	25.0	30.4	14.1			26.9

Frequently Asked Questions about Clay Elementary

How many students attend Clay Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 246 students attended Clay Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Clay Elementary attend?

Students who attend Clay Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Kingsburg High

What is the racial makeup of Clay Elementary?

Students at Clay Elementary are 64% White, 32% Hispanic, 2% Asian.

What district is Clay Elementary in?

Clay Joint Elementary

Is Clay Elementary a good school?

Yes. Clay Elementary ranks in the top 8.0% of California elementary schools.

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