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Evergreen Elementary

2600 Rose Marie Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93304 · (661) 631-5930 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of California public elementary schools
  • 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
660
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
639 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten13621%
Grade 110115%
Grade 29615%
Grade 312118%
Grade 49615%
Grade 511017%

This year's kindergarten class (136) is 24% larger than its 5th grade class (110).

Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 62% · US 70%
White
376%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 20% · US 43%
Hispanic
56385%
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 56% · US 30%
Black
548%
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 5% · US 15%
Asian
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 12% · US 6%
Two+
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
33150%
Female
32950%

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Test scores

CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
31.7%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.7pp since 2014
Math
11.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.3pp since 2014

What 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

SubjectStandard ExceededStandard MetStandard Nearly MetStandard Not Met
English Language Arts10.2%21.4%23.1%45.2%
Math1.9%9.8%28.7%59.6%
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 yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2531.7%11.7%
2023-2427.8%12.4%
2022-2327.2%16.1%
2021-2230.0%11.0%
2018-1936.3%23.5%
2017-1831.6%21.1%
2016-1729.4%20.4%
2015-1638.0%21.0%
2014-1523.0%18.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
20.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation

What 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%.

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 Evergreen Elementary

Evergreen Elementary's state test result (20.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Evergreen Elementary this school66096.8%20.9%
Frank West Elementary
Bakersfield
65094.8%23.9%
Cabot Yerxa Elementary
Desert Hot Springs
66494.4%18.2%
Sunnymead Elementary
Moreno Valley
64295.3%21.1%
Leo G. Pauly Elementary
Bakersfield
69493.9%25.5%
Sixty-Sixth Street Elementary
Los Angeles
64997.8%41.9%
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 Evergreen Elementary ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn CaliforniaIn 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
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 2024-25
Enrollment
660
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+18% since 2000-01, when it was 558
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 19.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-256603518.9:197% (639)
2023-2468934.220.1:197% (665)
2022-2367033.120.2:194% (633)
2020-216733519.2:198% (657)
2017-1866432.520.4:196% (638)
2015-166553121.1:191% (599)
2010-11571N/AN/A91% (522)
2000-015582919.2:181% (454)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Evergreen Elementary.

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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Kern County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Evergreen Elementary
District
Bakersfield City
Address
2600 Rose Marie Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93304
Phone
(661) 631-5930
County
Kern County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
660
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
18.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
639 (97%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
060363007098
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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29 other US public schools in 13 states are named Evergreen Elementary. Evergreen Elementary is the 4th largest of the 30.

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Frequently asked questions

About Evergreen Elementary
How large is Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary enrolls approximately 660 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Evergreen Elementary serve?
Evergreen Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Evergreen Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Evergreen Elementary is approximately 18.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Evergreen Elementary?
Evergreen Elementary is overseen by Bakersfield City in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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