Enrollment
365
Elementary
DISTRICT 503 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061089010808
Harvest Elementary
1320 Vassar Ave., Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 720-2725 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL365 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 90% 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.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
296 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
47.5%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.5pp since 2014
Math
48.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +29.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.7% | 22.8% | 20.9% | 31.6% |
| Math | 25.3% | 23.4% | 23.4% | 27.9% |
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 | 47.5% | 48.7% |
| 2023-24 | 54.3% | 50.3% |
| 2022-23 | 41.3% | 38.5% |
| 2021-22 | 43.2% | 31.4% |
| 2018-19 | 52.5% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 42.8% | 29.0% |
| 2016-17 | 38.8% | 26.5% |
| 2015-16 | 38.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in California's top 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 Harvest Elementary
Harvest Elementary's state test result (51.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest Elementary this school | 365 | 81.1% | 51.4% |
| Gledhill Street Elementary North Hills | 373 | 78.8% | 42.3% |
| Vine Elementary West Covina | 346 | 79.2% | 52.7% |
| Wing Lane Elementary Valinda | 384 | 83.9% | 23.3% |
| Kwis Elementary Hacienda Heights | 305 | 80.3% | 38.1% |
| John A. Otis Elementary National City | 367 | 84.2% | 29.8% |
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 Harvest Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,619 of 5,151 | #13 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #1,673 of 5,172 ▼ 173 | #10 of 150 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #2,233 of 5,172 ▼ 635 | #33 of 150 ▼ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.8pp | #509 of 5,116 | #18 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 365 | #4,118 of 5,915 | #123 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #228 of 5,352 | #6 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #3,788 of 5,354 | #84 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.1% | #2,079 of 5,625 | #96 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.1% | #591 of 3,837 | #7 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
365
-22 (-6%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 668
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 365 | 20.5 | 17.8:1 | 81% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 20.5 | 17.9:1 | 84% (309) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 82% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 17 | 22.8:1 | 69% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 22 | 23.4:1 | 72% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 21 | 25.5:1 | 72% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 668 | N/A | N/A | 78% (519) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harvest Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (515 to 365); teachers down 7% (22 to 20.5).
About Harvest Elementary
Among the schools in Delano, California, is Harvest Elementary, a small elementary school. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 365 students. That puts enrollment 22% below the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Delano Union Elementary (12 schools, 6,185 students) runs Harvest Elementary.
By race and ethnicity, Harvest Elementary is 81% Hispanic. Other groups include 13% Asian and 4% White. The county population is about 57% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Harvest Elementary, there are about 17.8 students; the school has 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California, 22.3:1, is higher. There are 296 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 81% of enrollment.
Among California public elementary schools, Harvest Elementary outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Harvest Elementary would score about 32.0%. It scores 51.4%, a top-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Kern County, home to about 915,075 people, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kern County number 279, with about 197,431 students.
Of the public schools around it, Harvest Elementary is closest to La Vina Middle, about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Harvest Elementary at 1st of 8.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment decreased by 6% across 4 years, from 387 in 2020-21 to 365 in 2024-25. The ratio was 22.8:1 in 2020-21 and 17.8:1 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 Delano Union Elementary
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
- Cecil Avenue Math and Science AcademyMiddle · 585 students
- Almond Tree MiddleMiddle · 554 students
- Del Vista Math and Science AcademyElementary · 526 students
- La Vina MiddleMiddle · 521 students
Other schools in Delano
- Wonderful College Prep AcademyCombined · 1,845 students
- Robert F. Kennedy HighHigh · 1,394 students
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- Delano HighHigh · 1,221 students
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
Other Harvest Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Harvest Elementary. Harvest Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- Harvest ElementaryFresno, CA · 1,010 students
- Harvest ElementaryKerman, CA · 535 students
- Harvest Elementary SchoolSALINE, MI · 439 students
Nearby schools
- La Vina Middle0.1 mi · 521
- Cesar E. Chavez High0.6 mi · 1,318
- Valley High0.6 mi · 71
- Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy0.6 mi · 585
- Del Vista Math and Science Academy0.6 mi · 526
- Delano High0.7 mi · 1,221
Frequently asked questions
About Harvest ElementaryHow large is Harvest Elementary?
Harvest Elementary enrolls approximately 365 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Harvest Elementary serve?
Harvest Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Harvest Elementary?
Approximately 17.8:1 students per teacher at Harvest Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harvest Elementary?
At Harvest Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 81% Hispanic, 1% Black, 13% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Harvest Elementary public or private?
Harvest Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Delano Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.