Grow Academy Shafter

Grow Academy Shafter is a very small elementary school in Shafter, California, administered by Grow Academy Shafter District. The school enrolls 80 students in kindergarten through 8. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.

Grow Academy Shafter falls under Grow Academy Shafter District.

By race and ethnicity, Grow Academy Shafter is 85% Hispanic. Other groups make up 15% White. Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The school has 5.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.5:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. Federal data show 73% of students (58) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kern County average a similar 76%.

The county, Kern County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,210 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County has 279 public schools with about 197,431 students, including Grow Academy Shafter.

Of the public schools around it, Grow Academy Shafter is closest to Golden Oak Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 7.

Grow Academy Shafter is in a town close to an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Fringe. Grow Academy Shafter operates as a charter school, which is publicly funded and run under a charter.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 700 to 80. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. Federal data show the ratio falling from 33.3:1 to 14.5:1.

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