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What do you wish you knew before starting at College Heights Elementary?
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Enrollment
761
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000293
College Heights Elementary
2551 Sunny Ln., Bakersfield, CA 93305 · (661) 631-5220 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL761 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
21.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
721 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 118 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (118) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (104).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
17.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.8pp since 2014
Math
9.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 4 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 | 4.4% | 13.3% | 17.5% | 64.7% |
| Math | 0.7% | 9.1% | 25.3% | 65.0% |
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 | 17.8% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 16.4% | 10.1% |
| 2022-23 | 18.1% | 9.8% |
| 2021-22 | 17.8% | 7.6% |
| 2018-19 | 28.6% | 13.2% |
| 2017-18 | 26.5% | 14.1% |
| 2016-17 | 28.4% | 15.2% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 College Heights Elementary
College Heights Elementary's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| College Heights Elementary this school | 761 | 94.7% | 13.5% |
| Seventy-Fifth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 752 | 96.8% | 30.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary Bakersfield | 780 | 95.8% | 12.7% |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield | 694 | 93.9% | 25.5% |
| Armada Elementary Moreno Valley | 684 | 92.4% | 31.9% |
| Cabot Yerxa Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 664 | 94.4% | 18.2% |
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 College Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #5,010 of 5,151 | #139 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #5,050 of 5,172 ▼ 32 | #138 of 150 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.8% | #4,956 of 5,172 ▲ 4 | #140 of 150 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.1pp | #2,958 of 5,116 | #93 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 761 | #493 of 5,915 | #36 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,474 of 5,352 | #63 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #4,173 of 5,354 | #97 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.7% | #481 of 5,625 | #32 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #2,386 of 3,837 | #43 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
761
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 821
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 19.9:1
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 | 761 | 36.3 | 21.0:1 | 95% (721) |
| 2023-24 | 784 | 37.5 | 20.9:1 | 94% (734) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 34 | 22.8:1 | 91% (710) |
| 2020-21 | 774 | 39 | 19.9:1 | 98% (760) |
| 2017-18 | 868 | 37.5 | 23.1:1 | 97% (842) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 41 | 21.3:1 | 95% (829) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | N/A | N/A | 97% (830) |
| 2000-01 | 814 | 39 | 20.9:1 | 96% (783) |
| 1990-91 | 821 | 33 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for College Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (868 to 761); teachers down 3% (37.5 to 36.3).
About College Heights Elementary
College Heights Elementary is an elementary school located in Bakersfield, California, in Kern County. It is open to students in kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 761 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 64% higher.
Bakersfield City has 28,365 students spread across 44 schools.
Hispanic students are 86% of those enrolled at College Heights Elementary. Next come 9% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 57% Hispanic among all Kern County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
College Heights Elementary lists 36.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 21.0 students per teacher. The school's 21.0:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 95% of the student body. The 76% average for public schools in Kern County is 19 points lower.
College Heights Elementary holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of California public elementary schools.
In California, College Heights Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 13.5% actual against a predicted 24.0%.
In Kern County, home to about 915,075 people, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kern County number 279, with about 197,431 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, Washington Middle, is the closest to College Heights Elementary. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of College Heights Elementary. Its average proficiency rate of 13.5% is below the 20.2% average for nearby schools.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 774 in 2020-21, 761 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 19.9:1 to 21.0:1.
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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 Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Colonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · 960 students
- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
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
- Washington Middle0.6 mi · 639
- Myra A. Noble Elementary0.7 mi · 813
- Jefferson Elementary1.0 mi · 510
- Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary1.0 mi · 960
- East Bakersfield High1.1 mi · 2,331
- Harding Elementary1.1 mi · 542
Frequently asked questions
About College Heights ElementaryHow large is College Heights Elementary?
College Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 761 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does College Heights Elementary serve?
College Heights Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does College Heights Elementary have?
College Heights Elementary employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
What is the student diversity at College Heights Elementary?
Student demographics at College Heights Elementary are roughly 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees College Heights Elementary?
College Heights Elementary is overseen by Bakersfield City in Kern County.
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