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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMONT ELEMENTARY·NCES 062085002502

Lamont Elementary

8201 Palm Ave., Lamont, CA 93241 · (661) 845-4404 · Kern County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
Enrollment
586
Elementary
DISTRICT 773 · STATE 465
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
467 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten
174
Grade 1
122
Grade 2
148
Grade 3
142
Student demographics
White
71%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 20%
Hispanic
57899%
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
28949%
Female
29751%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
Lamont Elementary→Myrtle Avenue Elementary→Mountain View Middle
Based on grade levels within Lamont Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standard
English Language Arts
15.8%
CA avg 47.1% . +0.8pp since 2014
Math
17.8%
CA avg 35.6% . -10.2pp since 2014

What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 10 points.

Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
586
-200 (-25%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 25.8:1
% White
1%
was 1%
% Hispanic
99%
was 98%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About Lamont Elementary

Located at 8201 Palm Ave., in Lamont, California, Lamont Elementary is a moderately sized K-5 school that instructs 586 students (grades K through 3), operated by Lamont Elementary. That puts it 26% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lamont Elementary is one of 4 schools operated by Lamont Elementary, a district that serves 2,561 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lamont Elementary logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, Lamont Elementary logs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lamont Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.0%; Lamont Elementary posts 16.8%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Lamont Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Nueva Continuation High, roughly 0.3 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lamont Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 21.6%.

Lamont Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Lamont Elementary's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 786 (now 586). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 25.8:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

On allk12, the feed for Lamont Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.

Kern County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
Lamont Elementary
District
Lamont Elementary
Address
8201 Palm Ave., Lamont, CA 93241
Phone
(661) 845-4404
County
Kern County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–03
Total enrollment
586
Teachers (FTE)
28
Student–teacher ratio
20.9:1
Free/Reduced lunch
467 (80%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
062085002502
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Lamont Elementary
How large is Lamont Elementary?
Lamont Elementary enrolls approximately 586 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does Lamont Elementary serve?
Lamont Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does Lamont Elementary have?
Lamont Elementary employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lamont Elementary?
Student demographics at Lamont Elementary are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Lamont Elementary public or private?
Lamont Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lamont Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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