Browning Road STEAM Academy

As a mid-sized primary school in McFarland, California, Browning Road STEAM Academy teaches 453 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within McFarland Unified.

Across the 7 schools in McFarland Unified (3,282 students total), Browning Road STEAM Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Browning Road STEAM Academy shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Browning Road STEAM Academy higher than the state norm the norm. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Kern County's rate of about 76%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Browning Road STEAM Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.0%; this one delivers 19.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household income runs about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Browning Road STEAM Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Kern Avenue Elementary, around 0.6 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Browning Road STEAM Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 31.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Browning Road STEAM Academy has contracted 19%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 453 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 30.2:1 in 2018 to 25.2:1 in 2025.

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