Summary
Clayton A. Record Junior Elementary serves 492 students in grades K–5 in San Jacinto, within San Jacinto Unified. In 2025–2026, its English language arts (ELA) results were close to the district’s, math was notably stronger, and science was slightly lower; all three subjects were below California’s proficiency rates. Its clearest relative strength is math compared with the district and nearby schools, though it still trails the state.
Compared with nine nearby schools, Clayton ranked fourth of 10 in both ELA and math, and sixth in science. Its proficiency was 34% in ELA and 25% in math, above nearby-school averages of 31% and 21%; in science, its 23% was about even with the 24% average. The district rates were 34% in ELA, 18% in math and 24% in science, while state rates were 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. Fifth grade is a particular bright spot: math proficiency was 31%, the highest among nearby schools, and ELA was 45%, second only to Megan Cope Elementary. Results are less strong in third- and fourth-grade math.
Over four years, ELA rose 4 points and science rose 3, while math slipped 1 point; the state gap narrowed in ELA but widened in math and science. SchoolDigger ranked Clayton in the 28th percentile statewide, with 1 star and a rank of 4,165 out of 5,804; it was at the 38th percentile in 2014–2015. In 2024–2025, its student–teacher ratio was 21.9, the third-lowest among these schools, and 88% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible. Chronic absenteeism reached 23% in 2025–2026, above the district’s 22% and state’s 18%. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well Clayton serves English Language Learner Students fell from the 60th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 22nd in 2023–2024 (rank 2,471 of 3,162). For Special Education Students, its ranking dropped from the 58th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 39th in 2025–2026 (rank 1,784 of 2,920).
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