Albany Park Elementary

Set in Delano, California, Albany Park Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, run under Delano Union Elementary. It serves 319 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 31% below typical.

Within Delano Union Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 6,185 students, Albany Park Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Albany Park Elementary shows that nearly all students (81%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 14% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Albany Park Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 87% of students at Albany Park Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Albany Park Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 27.4%; this one delivers 27.7%.

Around the school, Kern County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Albany Park Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Almond Tree Middle, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Albany Park Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Albany Park Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 38.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Albany Park Elementary has decreased 12%, going from 362 students in 2018 to 319 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 88% to 81%. Class-load math has fell: from 25.9:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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