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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Hacienda Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
497
Elementary
DISTRICT 473 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOJAVE UNIFIED·NCES 062523011964
Hacienda Elementary
19950 Hacienda Blvd., California City, CA 93505 · (760) 373-5824 · Kern County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
27.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
417 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 162 | 33% |
| Grade 4 | 180 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 155 | 31% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Mojave Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +1.1pp since 2014
Math
11.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 1 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.5% | 17.6% | 19.3% | 56.7% |
| Math | 2.7% | 8.6% | 25.5% | 63.2% |
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 | 24.1% | 11.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.6% | 12.1% |
| 2022-23 | 21.1% | 8.7% |
| 2021-22 | 19.7% | 6.5% |
| 2018-19 | 25.1% | 18.4% |
| 2017-18 | 23.2% | 15.8% |
| 2016-17 | 24.3% | 15.4% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 11.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 Hacienda Elementary
Hacienda Elementary's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hacienda Elementary this school | 497 | 83.9% | 17.1% |
| Cameron Elementary Barstow | 436 | 89.7% | 24.0% |
| Westside Park Elementary Adelanto | 481 | 86.9% | 13.2% |
| Marsh Elementary Antioch | 522 | 81.4% | 6.9% |
| Mojave Elementary Mojave | 420 | 90.7% | 8.4% |
| American Lakes Sacramento | 625 | 87.0% | 9.4% |
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 Hacienda Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #4,807 of 5,151 | #133 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #4,990 of 5,172 ▼ 78 | #136 of 150 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #4,566 of 5,172 ▲ 30 | #121 of 150 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.6pp | #1,793 of 5,116 | #58 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #2,468 of 5,915 | #108 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 27.6:1 | #5,197 of 5,352 | #144 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,450 of 5,354 | #14 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.9% | #1,778 of 5,625 | #88 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #3,203 of 3,837 | #71 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
497
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
27.6:1
was 25.3:1
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 | 497 | 18 | 27.6:1 | 84% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 20 | 24.1:1 | 92% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 22 | 24.0:1 | 92% (486) |
| 2020-21 | 531 | 21 | 25.3:1 | 84% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 529 | 22 | 24.1:1 | 87% (462) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 21 | 23.5:1 | 83% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | N/A | N/A | 84% (367) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hacienda Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (529 to 497); teachers down 18% (22 to 18).
About Hacienda Elementary
Hacienda Elementary is an elementary school located in California City, California, in Kern County. It educates 497 students in grades 3 through 5.
Hacienda Elementary sits within Mojave Unified, which has 6 schools and 2,902 students.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Hacienda Elementary. Smaller groups are 27% Black, 12% White, and 7% multiracial. Hacienda Elementary has a diversity index of 63%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Hacienda Elementary is 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 27.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. About 84% of students, or 417, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Kern County averages 76%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Hacienda Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Hacienda Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (17.1%) and its predicted rate (30.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Kern County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Hacienda Elementary is among the 279 public schools in Kern County.
Nearest public school: California City Middle, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Hacienda Elementary holds 3 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hacienda Elementary at 4th of 7.
Under the NCES locale system, Hacienda Elementary is Rural: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 531 to 497. Students per teacher rose from 25.3 in 2020-21 to 27.6 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 Mojave Unified
- California City HighHigh · 604 students
- Robert P. Ulrich ElementaryElementary · 503 students
- California City MiddleMiddle · 478 students
- Mojave ElementaryElementary · 420 students
- Mojave Jr./Sr. HighHigh · 400 students
Other schools in California City
- California City HighHigh · 604 students
- Robert P. Ulrich ElementaryElementary · 503 students
- California City MiddleMiddle · 478 students
Nearby schools
- California City Middle0.2 mi · 478
- Robert P. Ulrich Elementary1.0 mi · 503
- California City High2.1 mi · 604
- Mojave Elementary12.4 mi · 420
- Mojave Jr./Sr. High12.5 mi · 400
- William A. Bailey Elementary12.7 mi · 366
Frequently asked questions
About Hacienda ElementaryHow many students attend Hacienda Elementary?
Hacienda Elementary enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does Hacienda Elementary serve?
Hacienda Elementary serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hacienda Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hacienda Elementary is approximately 27.6:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hacienda Elementary?
Student demographics at Hacienda Elementary are roughly 12% White, 52% Hispanic, 27% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Hacienda Elementary in?
Hacienda Elementary is part of Mojave Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.