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Evergreen Elementary
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 136 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (110).
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 21.4% | 23.1% | 45.2% |
| Math | 1.9% | 9.8% | 28.7% | 59.6% |
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.7% | 11.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.8% | 12.4% |
| 2022-23 | 27.2% | 16.1% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 11.0% |
| 2018-19 | 36.3% | 23.5% |
| 2017-18 | 31.6% | 21.1% |
| 2016-17 | 29.4% | 20.4% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 18.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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%.
Schools most like Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Elementary this school | 660 | 96.8% | 20.9% |
| Frank West Elementary Bakersfield | 650 | 94.8% | 23.9% |
| Cabot Yerxa Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 664 | 94.4% | 18.2% |
| Sunnymead Elementary Moreno Valley | 642 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield | 694 | 93.9% | 25.5% |
| Sixty-Sixth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 649 | 97.8% | 41.9% |
Where Evergreen Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.9% | #4,500 of 5,151 | #112 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.7% | #4,961 of 5,172 ▼ 72 | #135 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,805 of 5,172 ▲ 219 | #89 of 150 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.2pp | #2,928 of 5,116 | #91 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #957 of 5,915 | #59 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #486 of 5,352 | #16 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #4,122 of 5,354 | #96 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.8% | #219 of 5,625 | #16 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #3,786 of 3,837 | #93 of 95 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 660 | 35 | 18.9:1 | 97% (639) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 34.2 | 20.1:1 | 97% (665) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 33.1 | 20.2:1 | 94% (633) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 35 | 19.2:1 | 98% (657) |
| 2017-18 | 664 | 32.5 | 20.4:1 | 96% (638) |
| 2015-16 | 655 | 31 | 21.1:1 | 91% (599) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | N/A | N/A | 91% (522) |
| 2000-01 | 558 | 29 | 19.2:1 | 81% (454) |
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (664 to 660); teachers up 8% (32.5 to 35).
About Evergreen Elementary
Evergreen Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California, one of the schools in Bakersfield City. A total of 660 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. The average for elementary schools in California is about 465 students, so this school is 42% above average.
The Bakersfield City system has 44 schools and 28,365 students.
The large majority of students at Evergreen Elementary, 85%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 8% Black and 6% White. Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Evergreen Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 26%.
With 35 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Evergreen Elementary was 18.9:1. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 97%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
allk12 grades Evergreen Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Evergreen Elementary, the prediction is 22.8% and the result is 20.9%.
Census estimates describe Kern County this way: median household income is about $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 279 public schools in Kern County, with a combined enrollment of about 197,431.
Curran Middle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 20.4% on proficiency, and Evergreen Elementary is above that at 20.9%.
In the federal locale system, Evergreen Elementary is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (673) to 2024-25 (660).
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