Del Vista Math and Science Academy

Del Vista Math and Science Academy, a medium-sized elementary campus in Delano, California, part of Delano Union Elementary, caters to 526 students, covering grades K through 5.

Delano Union Elementary runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,185 students. Del Vista Math and Science Academy is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Del Vista Math and Science Academy lists that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest looks like 5% Asian. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Del Vista Math and Science Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 90% of students at Del Vista Math and Science Academy qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Del Vista Math and Science Academy performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of +14.3 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kern County put the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Del Vista Math and Science Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Del Vista Math and Science Academy. On composite proficiency, Del Vista Math and Science Academy comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. Del Vista Math and Science Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 4%: 548 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.9:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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