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Enrollment
994
Elementary
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639012414
Douglas J. Miller Elementary
7345 Mountain Ridge Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93313 · (661) 836-6689 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL994 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
28.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
795 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 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 130 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 142 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 150 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 147 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (151) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (147).
Student demographics
60%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
50.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.3pp since 2014
Math
38.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.8% | 27.5% | 23.5% | 26.3% |
| Math | 14.9% | 23.6% | 30.2% | 31.3% |
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 | 50.3% | 38.5% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.8% | 32.1% |
| 2021-22 | 48.9% | 34.7% |
| 2018-19 | 50.7% | 46.4% |
| 2017-18 | 45.8% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 30.0% |
| 2015-16 | 39.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Douglas J. Miller Elementary
Douglas J. Miller Elementary's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas J. Miller Elementary this school | 994 | 80.0% | 42.1% |
| Harvest Elementary Fresno | 1,010 | 74.8% | 36.3% |
| Central Elementary Fresno | 762 | 81.5% | 42.8% |
| Samuel Kennedy Elementary Sacramento | 883 | 86.1% | 26.0% |
| Charles E. Mack Elementary Sacramento | 840 | 83.8% | 25.1% |
| Ocia A. Peters Elementary Garden Grove | 893 | 82.9% | 55.3% |
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 Douglas J. Miller Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #2,298 of 5,151 | #33 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.5% | #2,406 of 5,172 ▲ 193 | #36 of 150 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #2,011 of 5,172 ▲ 330 | #22 of 150 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,462 of 5,116 | #77 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 994 | #79 of 5,915 | #5 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 28.0:1 | #5,234 of 5,352 | #145 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #1,789 of 5,354 | #33 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #2,192 of 5,625 | #100 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #2,339 of 3,837 | #42 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
994
+88 (+10%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
28.0:1
was 26.6:1
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 | 994 | 35.5 | 28.0:1 | 80% (795) |
| 2023-24 | 1,010 | 34.5 | 29.3:1 | 78% (787) |
| 2022-23 | 998 | 34.5 | 28.9:1 | 75% (753) |
| 2020-21 | 906 | 34 | 26.6:1 | 60% (548) |
| 2017-18 | 1,137 | 42.5 | 26.8:1 | 74% (836) |
| 2015-16 | 941 | 33 | 28.5:1 | 69% (652) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | N/A | N/A | 76% (561) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Douglas J. Miller Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (1,137 to 994); teachers down 16% (42.5 to 35.5).
About Douglas J. Miller Elementary
This page covers Douglas J. Miller Elementary, a large elementary school in Bakersfield, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 994 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 114% higher.
Panama-Buena Vista Union runs Douglas J. Miller Elementary along with 24 other schools, enrolling 19,366 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Douglas J. Miller Elementary is 53%, a majority. It is also 34% Asian, 6% White, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put Kern County at about 57% Hispanic, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 60%.
Douglas J. Miller Elementary reports a ratio of 28.0 students per teacher, from 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 5.7 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Douglas J. Miller Elementary, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Douglas J. Miller Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 66% of California public elementary schools.
Douglas J. Miller Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.1%, compared with a predicted 32.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Kern County area, median household income comes to about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
About 0.8 miles separate Douglas J. Miller Elementary from the closest public school, Ridgeview High. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Douglas J. Miller Elementary is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 10% rise, from 906 to 994. The ratio of students to teachers went from 26.6:1 to 28.0:1 over the same years.
Douglas J. Miller Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Panama-Buena Vista Union
- Dolores S. Whitley TK-8Elementary · 1,151 students
- Stonecreek Junior HighMiddle · 986 students
- Earl Warren Junior HighMiddle · 965 students
- Berkshire ElementaryElementary · 932 students
- Bill L. Williams ElementaryElementary · 926 students
- Panama ElementaryElementary · 876 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
- Ridgeview High0.8 mi · 2,575
- Bill L. Williams Elementary1.0 mi · 926
- Stonecreek Junior High1.2 mi · 986
- Berkshire Elementary1.2 mi · 932
- Roy W. Loudon Elementary1.4 mi · 807
- Panama Elementary1.4 mi · 876
Frequently asked questions
About Douglas J. Miller ElementaryHow many students attend Douglas J. Miller Elementary?
Douglas J. Miller Elementary enrolls approximately 994 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Douglas J. Miller Elementary serve?
Douglas J. Miller Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Douglas J. Miller Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Douglas J. Miller Elementary is approximately 28.0:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Douglas J. Miller Elementary?
Student demographics at Douglas J. Miller Elementary are roughly 6% White, 53% Hispanic, 5% Black, 34% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Douglas J. Miller Elementary in?
Douglas J. Miller Elementary is part of Panama-Buena Vista Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.