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If you could change one rule at Charles H. Castle Elementary, what would it be?
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Enrollment
832
Elementary
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639009332
Charles H. Castle Elementary
6001 Edgemont Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93309 · (661) 834-5311 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% 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.
- FThree-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
27.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
780 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 166 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is 42% larger than its 6th grade class (117).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.0pp since 2014
Math
17.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 8.8% | 17.2% | 24.7% | 49.3% |
| Math | 4.7% | 12.9% | 24.9% | 57.5% |
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 | 26.0% | 17.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.7% | 14.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.2% | 22.1% |
| 2021-22 | 38.1% | 25.1% |
| 2018-19 | 42.0% | 28.3% |
| 2017-18 | 36.8% | 24.4% |
| 2016-17 | 33.0% | 19.7% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
20.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Charles H. Castle Elementary
Charles H. Castle Elementary's state test result (20.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles H. Castle Elementary this school | 832 | 93.8% | 20.7% |
| Park Hill Elementary San Jacinto | 824 | 91.6% | 15.4% |
| Whittier Elementary Hemet | 816 | 92.5% | 18.5% |
| Fruitvale Elementary Hemet | 778 | 91.3% | 23.9% |
| Park View Elementary Victorville | 793 | 89.4% | 21.2% |
| Eucalyptus Hawthorne | 709 | 91.3% | 32.8% |
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 Charles H. Castle Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.7% | #4,527 of 5,151 | #114 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.6% | #4,512 of 5,172 ▲ 217 | #112 of 150 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,384 of 5,172 ▼ 63 | #111 of 150 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.8pp | #144 of 5,116 | #2 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #298 of 5,915 | #18 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.1:1 | #5,133 of 5,352 | #143 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #3,198 of 5,354 | #64 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.8% | #603 of 5,625 | #38 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #3,717 of 3,837 | #88 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
832
+43 (+5%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 833
Student : Teacher
27.1:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 832 | 30.8 | 27.1:1 | 94% (780) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 31.8 | 26.6:1 | 93% (785) |
| 2022-23 | 839 | 31.8 | 26.4:1 | 93% (779) |
| 2020-21 | 789 | 29 | 27.2:1 | 91% (716) |
| 2017-18 | 843 | 29.5 | 28.6:1 | 90% (756) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 25 | 28.9:1 | 88% (639) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | N/A | N/A | 91% (668) |
| 2000-01 | 760 | 35 | 21.7:1 | 55% (416) |
| 1990-91 | 833 | 32 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Charles H. Castle Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (843 to 832); teachers up 4% (29.5 to 30.8).
About Charles H. Castle Elementary
Charles H. Castle Elementary is a large elementary school with its address in Bakersfield, California. The school serves 832 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The 25 schools in Panama-Buena Vista Union enroll 19,366 students altogether, Charles H. Castle Elementary among them.
By race and ethnicity, Charles H. Castle Elementary is 73% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Black, 8% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Kern County overall, about 57% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Charles H. Castle Elementary comes in at 44%.
The school employs the equivalent of 30.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 27.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Charles H. Castle Elementary is 94%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
Charles H. Castle Elementary is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Charles H. Castle Elementary scores 20.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 24.6%.
Kern County census figures show that median household income is about $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. A total of 279 public schools operate in Kern County, serving about 197,431 students.
Nearest public school: O. J. Actis Junior High, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Charles H. Castle Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Charles H. Castle Elementary ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 20.7% against a local average of 23.5%.
NCES describes the area around Charles H. Castle Elementary as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 789 to 832.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
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Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- O. J. Actis Junior High0.4 mi · 681
- Stine Elementary0.9 mi · 615
- Kern Workforce 2000 Academy0.9 mi · 491
- Fred L. Thompson Junior High0.9 mi · 714
- West High1.1 mi · 2,159
- Louise Sandrini Elementary1.2 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Charles H. Castle ElementaryHow large is Charles H. Castle Elementary?
Charles H. Castle Elementary enrolls approximately 832 students in grades KG-06.
Is Charles H. Castle Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Charles H. Castle Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Charles H. Castle Elementary have?
Charles H. Castle Elementary employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 27.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Charles H. Castle Elementary?
Student demographics at Charles H. Castle Elementary are roughly 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Charles H. Castle Elementary in?
Charles H. Castle Elementary is part of Panama-Buena Vista Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.