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What's the most underrated thing about Las Flores Elementary that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 368 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIERRA SANDS UNIFIED·NCES 063680006236
Las Flores Elementary
720 West Las Flores, Ridgecrest, CA 93555 · (760) 499-1860 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
25.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
249 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 117 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
49.1%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.9pp since 2014
Math
46.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +4.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 22.4% | 26.7% | 22.8% | 28.0% |
| Math | 18.5% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 22.4% |
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 | 49.1% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 42.5% |
| 2022-23 | 43.9% | 40.8% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 32.8% |
| 2020-21 | 43.8% | 35.0% |
| 2018-19 | 55.9% | 44.9% |
| 2017-18 | 56.0% | 44.9% |
| 2016-17 | 59.2% | 41.6% |
| 2015-16 | 58.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 56.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Las Flores Elementary
Las Flores Elementary's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Flores Elementary this school | 526 | 47.3% | 45.7% |
| Lemon Avenue Elementary La Mesa | 502 | 44.4% | 52.1% |
| Jackson Elementary Jackson | 479 | 49.3% | 32.5% |
| Chet F. Harritt Elementary Santee | 606 | 46.4% | 50.0% |
| Carlton Hills Elementary Santee | 601 | 47.9% | 59.0% |
| Woodlake Elementary Community Charter Woodland Hills | 561 | 45.8% | 56.0% |
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 Las Flores Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #2,019 of 5,151 | #25 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,817 of 5,172 ▲ 184 | #14 of 150 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #2,103 of 5,172 ▲ 331 | #29 of 150 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.7pp | #419 of 5,116 | #16 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #2,138 of 5,915 | #101 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 25.5:1 | #4,668 of 5,352 | #134 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.1% | #1,614 of 5,354 | #24 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.3% | #4,034 of 5,625 | #137 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.9% | #659 of 1,139 | #25 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
526
+64 (+14%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 618
Student : Teacher
25.5:1
was 24.3:1
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 | 526 | 20.6 | 25.5:1 | 47% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 21.2 | 26.0:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2022-23 | 526 | 21.2 | 24.8:1 | 38% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 19 | 24.3:1 | 55% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 492 | 19 | 25.9:1 | 48% (238) |
| 2015-16 | 506 | 19 | 26.6:1 | 51% (259) |
| 2010-11 | 434 | N/A | N/A | 42% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 523 | 24 | 21.8:1 | 35% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 618 | 27 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Flores Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (492 to 526); teachers up 9% (19 to 20.6).
About Las Flores Elementary
Las Flores Elementary is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Ridgecrest, California. It has an enrollment of 526 students in kindergarten through 5.
Sierra Sands Unified has a total of 10 schools and 4,974 students, Las Flores Elementary among them.
More than half of enrollment at Las Flores Elementary is White: 52%. Other groups make up 31% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Black. Kern County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Las Flores Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 25.5:1, with 20.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. The school has 47% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Las Flores Elementary lands at B-, ahead of 53% of California public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Las Flores Elementary lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.7%; the prediction is 51.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kern County show that median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
James Monroe Middle is the nearest public school to Las Flores Elementary, about 0.9 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 33.0%, lower than Las Flores Elementary's 45.7%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Remote: in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 526 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 462. Its ratio of students to teachers was 24.3:1 in 2020-21, and 25.5:1 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 Sierra Sands Unified
- Burroughs HighHigh · 1,536 students
- Murray MiddleMiddle · 643 students
- Faller ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- James Monroe MiddleMiddle · 490 students
- Richmond ElementaryElementary · 364 students
- Gateway ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Other schools in Ridgecrest
- Burroughs HighHigh · 1,536 students
- Murray MiddleMiddle · 643 students
- Faller ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- James Monroe MiddleMiddle · 490 students
- Richmond ElementaryElementary · 364 students
- Gateway ElementaryElementary · 346 students
Other Las Flores Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Las Flores Elementary. Las Flores Elementary is the largest of the 2.
- Las Flores ElementaryRancho Santa Margarita, CA · 328 students
Nearby schools
- James Monroe Middle0.9 mi · 490
- Ridgecrest Elem Acad for Language Music and Sci0.9 mi · 239
- Mesquite Continuation High0.9 mi · 95
- Murray Middle1.3 mi · 643
- Richmond Elementary1.4 mi · 364
- Burroughs High1.4 mi · 1,536
Frequently asked questions
About Las Flores ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Las Flores Elementary?
Las Flores Elementary enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Las Flores Elementary serve?
Las Flores Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Las Flores Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Las Flores Elementary is approximately 25.5:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Las Flores Elementary?
At Las Flores Elementary, the student body is approximately 52% White, 31% Hispanic, 3% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Las Flores Elementary?
Las Flores Elementary is overseen by Sierra Sands Unified in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.