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Danbury Special EducationPublicClaremont, CAGrades TK-847 students

Danbury Special Education: A special education center. No Scope Score publishes here.

A Scope Score ranks schools a family can choose between. At Danbury Special Education, students are placed here by an IEP team, not by address and not by lottery — so a comparative rank would measure something a family's choice never entered. We show what California reports and hold the rank.

special education center

no score · no band · no rank — enrollment assigned, not chosen

47 students · placed by an IEP team

SchoolScope has no scored record for this school, so there is nothing here to rank either way. Why we withhold a score →

Danbury Special Education is a special education center in Claremont, California. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, performance band, archetype or ranking for schools where enrollment is assigned rather than chosen.

SchoolScope holds no scored record for Danbury Special Education this year — no Scope Score, band or rank — so there is no picture to draw beyond the figures on this page.

Worth a conversation

If a placement here is part of a child's IEP, this page is background, not the decision — the IEP team meeting is where fit actually gets decided.

  • Ask how this placement was determined, and what the annual IEP review looks at.
  • Ask what related services — speech, occupational therapy, counseling — are provided on site.
  • Ask how and when a return to a less-restrictive setting gets reconsidered.
The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 8 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher8 · district 24
Teaching staff7 teachers
Avg. experience9.9 years
Fully credentialed55%
First-year teachers14%
PrincipalEduardo Acevedo
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$61,214 – $124,240
Principal salary$145,585 – $171,840
Superintendent salary$350,075

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent · FY 2024–25

It spends $85,733 per student, more than the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $85,733, CA average $14,491$85,733 · spent at this school
District current expense · FY 2024–25$17,396 per student
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 58%Instruction support 9%Student services 15%Administration 9%Buildings & maintenance 8%Other 1%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,706 per pupil
2019$12,482 per pupil
2018$12,213 per pupil
2017$11,543 per pupil
2016$11,247 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Who is enrolled

More than half of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 47 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Transitional kindergarten is offered here — confirmed by actual Census Day enrollment, not just the listed grade span.

Hispanic or Latino48.9% · district 47.0% · CA 56.1%
White21.3% · district 26.4% · CA 19.9%
Asian8.5% · district 11.3% · CA 10.2%
Black10.6% · district 4.2% · CA 4.8%
Other10.6% · district 11.1% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch51.1% · CA 64%

Contact

PrincipalEduardo Acevedo
GradesTK-8
Enrollment47 students
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Data source: California Department of Education. SchoolScope publishes no Scope Score, band or rank for this school for 2025 — enrollment, staffing, and finance figures above are CDE's own current data. Data updated 2026-09-27.methodology · data updates · report issue

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