James A. Forrest Elementary

James A. Forrest Elementary is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Wasco, California, overseen by Wasco Union Elementary, enrolling 576 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so James A. Forrest Elementary sits 24% bigger than that benchmark.

James A. Forrest Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Wasco Union Elementary, a district that enrolls 3,473 students overall.

Demographically, James A. Forrest Elementary shows that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, James A. Forrest Elementary logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.0:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 89% of students at James A. Forrest Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

With demographic context factored in, James A. Forrest Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.2%, the actual is 28.5%, a residual of +2.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kern County put the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which James A. Forrest Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Thomas Jefferson Middle, around 0.4 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts James A. Forrest Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

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