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Alumni: what's one memory from Browning Road STEAM Academy that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
453
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCFARLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062423003645
Browning Road STEAM Academy
410 East Perkins, McFarland, CA 93250 · (661) 792-2113 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL453 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
407 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (78).
Student demographics
1%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Browning Road STEAM Academy→McFarland Junior High
Based on grade levels within McFarland Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
29.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +10.2pp since 2014
Math
19.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.6% | 21.6% | 23.9% | 47.0% |
| Math | 3.8% | 16.0% | 29.7% | 50.6% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.2% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 13.8% |
| 2022-23 | 17.0% | 9.4% |
| 2021-22 | 25.7% | 12.3% |
| 2020-21 | 16.6% | 7.0% |
| 2018-19 | 20.9% | 16.1% |
| 2017-18 | 16.8% | 9.8% |
| 2016-17 | 19.9% | 16.1% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 16.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Browning Road STEAM Academy
Browning Road STEAM Academy's state test result (21.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browning Road STEAM Academy this school | 453 | 89.8% | 21.9% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary El Centro | 445 | 90.1% | 31.9% |
| Miguel Hidalgo Elementary Brawley | 437 | 90.4% | 30.5% |
| Whittier Elementary Costa Mesa | 454 | 89.4% | 26.4% |
| Tweedy Elementary South Gate | 471 | 90.2% | 35.6% |
| Rio Plaza Elementary Oxnard | 455 | 88.4% | 16.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Browning Road STEAM Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.9% | #4,405 of 5,151 | #107 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #4,330 of 5,172 ▲ 437 | #99 of 150 ▲ 26 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #4,061 of 5,172 ▲ 240 | #98 of 150 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,509 of 5,116 | #51 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 453 | #3,001 of 5,915 | #112 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.2:1 | #4,511 of 5,352 | #131 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 0.9% | #5,344 of 5,354 | #144 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.8% | #1,124 of 5,625 | #61 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #1,555 of 3,837 | #26 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
453
-99 (-18%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
25.2:1
was 25.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 453 | 18 | 25.2:1 | 90% (407) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 23 | 21.3:1 | 93% (455) |
| 2022-23 | 512 | 22 | 23.3:1 | 94% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 552 | 22 | 25.1:1 | 88% (484) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 18.5 | 30.2:1 | 94% (527) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 25 | 26.6:1 | 92% (610) |
| 2010-11 | 636 | N/A | N/A | 99% (628) |
| 2000-01 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 98% (572) |
| 1990-91 | 619 | 28 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Browning Road STEAM Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (558 to 453); teachers down 3% (18.5 to 18).
About Browning Road STEAM Academy
Families in McFarland, California, are served by Browning Road STEAM Academy, a medium-sized elementary school. The school reports 453 students in kindergarten through 6.
McFarland Unified serves 3,282 students across 7 schools.
About 100% of the student body at Browning Road STEAM Academy is Hispanic. County-wide, 57% of Kern County residents are Hispanic. Browning Road STEAM Academy's diversity index is 1%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 18 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 25.2:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 25.2:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 90% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
Browning Road STEAM Academy is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 26.9%. Browning Road STEAM Academy scores 21.9%.
Across Kern County, the median household income is $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County is home to 279 public schools and about 197,431 public school students.
Kern Avenue Elementary is located about 0.6 miles from Browning Road STEAM Academy. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Browning Road STEAM Academy ranks 7th of 7 nearby schools, at 21.9% versus a 32.4% average.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Fringe.
Enrollment has fallen by 99 students since 2020-21, to 453.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in McFarland Unified
- McFarland High School Early CollegeHigh · 1,027 students
- Kern Avenue ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- McFarland Junior HighMiddle · 494 students
- San Joaquin High (Continuation)High · 43 students
- McFarland IndependentCombined · 23 students
Other schools in McFarland
- McFarland High School Early CollegeHigh · 1,027 students
- Kern Avenue ElementaryElementary · 700 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 542 students
- McFarland Junior HighMiddle · 494 students
- San Joaquin High (Continuation)High · 43 students
- McFarland IndependentCombined · 23 students
Nearby schools
- Kern Avenue Elementary0.6 mi · 700
- San Joaquin High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 43
- McFarland Independent0.7 mi · 23
- McFarland High School Early College0.8 mi · 1,027
- McFarland Junior High1.0 mi · 494
- Horizon Elementary1.5 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About Browning Road STEAM AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Browning Road STEAM Academy?
Browning Road STEAM Academy enrolls approximately 453 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Browning Road STEAM Academy serve?
Browning Road STEAM Academy serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Browning Road STEAM Academy?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Browning Road STEAM Academy is approximately 25.2:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Browning Road STEAM Academy?
At Browning Road STEAM Academy, the student body is approximately 0% White, 100% Hispanic.
Is Browning Road STEAM Academy public or private?
Browning Road STEAM Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by McFarland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.