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What advice would you give to incoming students at Granite Pointe Elementary?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD UNION·NCES 061605012269
Granite Pointe Elementary
2900 Berkshire Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93313 · (661) 837-6040 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
23.1:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
604 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 134 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (134) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
45.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +23.6pp since 2014
Math
37.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +22.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 46 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 24 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.3% | 21.3% | 23.1% | 31.3% |
| Math | 17.6% | 20.3% | 28.8% | 33.3% |
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 | 45.6% | 37.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.2% | 31.7% |
| 2022-23 | 39.1% | 27.5% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 28.4% |
| 2018-19 | 56.0% | 53.5% |
| 2017-18 | 62.0% | 43.6% |
| 2016-17 | 51.1% | 41.8% |
| 2015-16 | 42.0% | 34.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Granite Pointe Elementary
Granite Pointe Elementary's state test result (39.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Pointe Elementary this school | 670 | 90.1% | 39.4% |
| Roeding Elementary Fresno | 704 | 88.8% | 29.8% |
| Liberty Elementary Riverside | 651 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
| Del Rosa Elementary San Bernardino | 659 | 92.6% | 16.4% |
| De Anza Elementary San Jacinto | 692 | 88.2% | 31.7% |
| Cloverdale Elementary Moreno Valley | 694 | 86.6% | 23.6% |
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 Granite Pointe Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #2,545 of 5,151 | #43 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #2,452 of 5,172 ▲ 450 | #39 of 150 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #2,400 of 5,172 ▲ 97 | #38 of 150 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.8pp | #950 of 5,116 | #30 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #896 of 5,915 | #56 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.1:1 | #3,063 of 5,352 | #105 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #3,760 of 5,354 | #81 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,089 of 5,625 | #58 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.0% | #604 of 3,837 | #8 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
670
-312 (-32%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 906
Student : Teacher
23.1:1
was 25.8:1
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 | 670 | 29 | 23.1:1 | 90% (604) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 34 | 20.9:1 | 93% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 906 | 39.2 | 23.1:1 | 86% (783) |
| 2020-21 | 982 | 38 | 25.8:1 | 58% (570) |
| 2017-18 | 944 | 37 | 25.5:1 | 82% (771) |
| 2015-16 | 938 | 39 | 24.1:1 | 79% (737) |
| 2010-11 | 906 | N/A | N/A | 81% (732) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Granite Pointe Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (944 to 670); teachers down 22% (37 to 29).
About Granite Pointe Elementary
A mid-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California, Granite Pointe Elementary is part of Greenfield Union. The school has 670 students in 2024-25 across kindergarten through 5. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 44% higher.
Greenfield Union has 13 schools; together they serve 8,860 students.
Hispanic students are 81% of those enrolled at Granite Pointe Elementary. The next largest groups are 6% Black, 6% White, and 5% Asian. In Kern County overall, about 57% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Granite Pointe Elementary are from different groups.
There are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 23.1:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Of all students at Granite Pointe Elementary, 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Kern County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
Granite Pointe Elementary holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of California public elementary schools.
Granite Pointe Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (39.4%) and its predicted rate (26.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
The school is in Kern County, where median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
Granite Pointe Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Berkshire Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of Granite Pointe Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Granite Pointe Elementary is ahead of the 39.1% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 982 students in 2020-21 to 670 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.8:1 in 2020-21 to 23.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Greenfield Union
- Leon H. Ollivier MiddleMiddle · 1,152 students
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · 873 students
- McKee MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 845 students
- Raffaello Palla ElementaryElementary · 770 students
- Valle Verde ElementaryElementary · 768 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
- Berkshire Elementary0.6 mi · 932
- Stonecreek Junior High0.9 mi · 986
- Roy W. Loudon Elementary1.0 mi · 807
- Dolores S. Whitley TK-81.1 mi · 1,151
- Horizon Elementary1.3 mi · 845
- W. A. Kendrick Elementary1.3 mi · 699
Frequently asked questions
About Granite Pointe ElementaryHow many students attend Granite Pointe Elementary?
Granite Pointe Elementary enrolls approximately 670 students in grades KG-05.
Is Granite Pointe Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Granite Pointe Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Granite Pointe Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Granite Pointe Elementary is approximately 23.1:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Granite Pointe Elementary?
Student demographics at Granite Pointe Elementary are roughly 6% White, 81% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Granite Pointe Elementary public or private?
Granite Pointe Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Greenfield Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.