El Camino Real Elementary

Located at 911 El Camino Real Rd., in Arvin, California, El Camino Real Elementary is a well-populated elementary campus that works with 771 students (grades K through 6), one of the schools within Arvin Union. Enrollment runs roughly 66% bigger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 4 schools in Arvin Union (2,801 students total), El Camino Real Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, El Camino Real Elementary reports that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), El Camino Real Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.8%; this one delivers 24.9%.

In the surrounding community, Kern County reports that median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. El Camino Real Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Sierra Vista Elementary, roughly 1.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, El Camino Real Elementary comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 21.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 865 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 95% to 86% across the same window.

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