Hacienda Elementary

Located at 19950 Hacienda Blvd., in California City, California, Hacienda Elementary is a moderately sized elementary school that instructs 497 students (grades 3 through 5), part of Mojave Unified.

Within Mojave Unified, which oversees 6 schools and 2,902 students, Hacienda Elementary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Hacienda Elementary records that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Black, 12% White, 7% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Hacienda Elementary reports 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 27.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Hacienda Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.5%, the actual is 16.7%, a residual of -12.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Hacienda Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is California City Middle, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Hacienda Elementary comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 18.0%.

Hacienda Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 24.1:1 in 2018 to 27.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.