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Enrollment
870
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000304
Horace Mann Elementary
2710 Niles St., Bakersfield, CA 93306 · (661) 631-5360 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL870 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
21.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
830 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 159 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 106 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (159) is 50% larger than its 6th grade class (106).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
32.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.9pp since 2014
Math
23.3%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.8% | 23.1% | 21.3% | 45.8% |
| Math | 8.0% | 15.3% | 26.9% | 49.8% |
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 | 32.9% | 23.3% |
| 2023-24 | 26.8% | 17.1% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 14.8% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 14.2% |
| 2018-19 | 36.5% | 22.8% |
| 2017-18 | 32.5% | 25.2% |
| 2016-17 | 34.5% | 27.0% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 25.0% |
| 2014-15 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
25.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Horace Mann Elementary
Horace Mann Elementary's state test result (25.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace Mann Elementary this school | 870 | 95.4% | 25.1% |
| Raffaello Palla Elementary Bakersfield | 770 | 94.5% | 29.6% |
| Myra A. Noble Elementary Bakersfield | 813 | 90.9% | 12.4% |
| Valle Verde Elementary Bakersfield | 768 | 92.8% | 32.8% |
| George Brown Jr. Elementary San Bernardino | 733 | 92.1% | 24.3% |
| Fremont Elementary Bakersfield | 707 | 95.0% | 18.9% |
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 Horace Mann Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #4,069 of 5,151 | #89 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #3,963 of 5,172 ▲ 528 | #82 of 150 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.9% | #3,684 of 5,172 ▲ 450 | #82 of 150 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.3pp | #1,283 of 5,116 | #43 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 870 | #213 of 5,915 | #15 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #1,647 of 5,352 | #69 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.3% | #4,577 of 5,354 | #112 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #399 of 5,625 | #27 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #943 of 1,139 | #37 of 42 |
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
870
+20 (+2%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 20.7:1
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 | 870 | 41 | 21.2:1 | 95% (830) |
| 2023-24 | 881 | 40 | 22.0:1 | 96% (845) |
| 2022-23 | 845 | 37.8 | 22.3:1 | 93% (783) |
| 2020-21 | 850 | 41 | 20.7:1 | 97% (821) |
| 2017-18 | 851 | 40 | 21.3:1 | 97% (827) |
| 2015-16 | 887 | 38 | 23.3:1 | 97% (856) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | N/A | N/A | 98% (756) |
| 2000-01 | 822 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 96% (786) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 31 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace Mann Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (851 to 870); teachers up 2% (40 to 41).
About Horace Mann Elementary
Horace Mann Elementary is a large elementary school found in Bakersfield, California. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend the school, which enrolls 870 students. The average among elementary schools in California is roughly 465 students; this school is 87% above that.
Horace Mann Elementary sits within Bakersfield City, which has 44 schools and 28,365 students.
Most students at Horace Mann Elementary are Hispanic: 91% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% Black and 3% White. Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Horace Mann Elementary has a diversity index of 17%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Horace Mann Elementary is 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 21.2:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 95%. Public schools in Kern County average 76%.
Horace Mann Elementary is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Horace Mann Elementary's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (25.1%) and its predicted rate (23.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of California schools.
Across Kern County, median household income is about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Horace Mann Elementary is among the 279 public schools in Kern County.
Nearest public school: Ramon Garza Elementary, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Horace Mann Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 19.9% on proficiency, and Horace Mann Elementary is above that at 25.1%.
Horace Mann Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 870, close to the 850 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
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- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
- Dr. Juliet Thorner ElementaryElementary · 813 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
Other Horace Mann Elementary schools
23 other US public schools in 12 states are named Horace Mann Elementary. Horace Mann Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 24.
- Horace Mann ElementaryGlendale, CA · 672 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryBeverly Hills, CA · 578 students
- Horace Mann ElementarySan Jose, CA · 293 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryOakland, CA · 200 students
- Horace Mann Elementary SchoolNORTH BERGEN, NJ · 978 students
Nearby schools
- Ramon Garza Elementary0.4 mi · 658
- Sierra Middle0.5 mi · 731
- East Bakersfield High0.5 mi · 2,331
- Harding Elementary1.0 mi · 542
- Compton Junior High1.0 mi · 586
- Mt. Vernon Elementary1.0 mi · 614
Frequently asked questions
About Horace Mann ElementaryHow large is Horace Mann Elementary?
Horace Mann Elementary enrolls approximately 870 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Horace Mann Elementary serve?
Horace Mann Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Horace Mann Elementary?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Horace Mann Elementary.
How diverse is Horace Mann Elementary?
Horace Mann Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Horace Mann Elementary?
Horace Mann Elementary is overseen by Bakersfield City in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.