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DepEd-CLSU Elementary (Lab.) School is a public school located inside the University of Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz Nueva Ecija. Through the memorandum of Understanding between the Bureau of Public School (BSP) and the Central Luzon State University (CLSU) the BPS-CLSU Elementary (Lab.) School was opened on July 13, 1970. It was soon named MEC III – CLSU and then DECS – CLSU.

Now, its current name is DepEd – CLSU Elementary (Lab.) School. Under the contract between the Bureau of Education and the university, the school would be supervised and administered by the Schools Division Superintendent by Nueva Ecija and it was CLSU who would provide all the facilities and equipment needed by the school that the BSP could not be provided. The school started with combination classes I-II and III-IV. Two rooms under the CLSU grandstand were used as classrooms. Another room was used as a school clinic and library. It started only two teachers from Bagong Sikat Elementary School and the other two peace corps volunteers were assigned to teach English and Mathematics in elementary.

Through the efforts of CLSU President Amado C. Corpuz, the College of Education , Dean Professor Conchita m. Chruz, the first lady of the university, Dr. Filomena Campos, Governor Eduardo L. Joson, and Mr. Prescilliano Evamgelista, an alumnus of the university, the following year, the Grade 5 class was organized in 1972 – 1973; until the school became a complete elementary. 

There are currently 580 students enrolled at DepEd CLSU Elementary (Lab.) School, comprising 297 male students enrolled from kindergarten to grade 6 and 283 female students.Bantug is a barangay in the city of Muñoz, in the province of Nueva Ecija. Its population as determined by the 2020 Census was 11,104. This represented 13.17% of the total population of Muñoz. The household population of Bantug in the 2015 Census was 10,093 broken down into 2,471 households or an average of 4.08 members per household. The population of Bantug grew from 7,312 in 1990 to 11,104 in 2020, an increase of 3,792 people over the course of 30 years. The latest census figures in 2020 denote a positive growth rate of 1.50%, or an increase of 759 people, from the previous population of 10,345 in 2015. Bantug is situated at approximately 15.7226, 120.9219, in the island of Luzon. Elevation at these coordinates is estimated at 75.0 meters or 246.1 feet above mean sea level.