Kit Carson Elementary

Set in Hanford, California, Kit Carson Elementary is a compact primary school, one of the schools within Kit Carson Union Elementary. It serves 345 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 2 schools in Kit Carson Union Elementary (405 students total), Kit Carson Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Kit Carson Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest consists of 25% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Kit Carson Elementary falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.1%; this one comes in at 22.4%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kings County put the typical household earns roughly $70,995 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kit Carson Elementary is one of 67 public schools in Kings County (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students).

Nearest neighbor: Mid Valley Alternative Charter, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Kit Carson Elementary comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.7%.

Kit Carson Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 10%: 385 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 35% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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