El Tejon Elementary

Located at 4337 Lebec Rd., in Lebec, California, El Tejon Elementary is a tiny junior high that hosts 221 students (grades 5 through 8), run under El Tejon Unified. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 659.

Across the 3 schools in El Tejon Unified (699 students total), El Tejon Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, El Tejon Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting El Tejon Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

After controlling for student poverty, El Tejon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.

In the broader community, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), El Tejon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Frazier Park Elementary, around 4.6 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), El Tejon Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 29.4%.

El Tejon Elementary operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. El Tejon Elementary's enrollment has edged up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 221). The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.0:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.