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How has Leo G. Pauly Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
694
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000314
Leo G. Pauly Elementary
313 Planz Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93304 · (661) 631-5430 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL694 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% 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.
- 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
20.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
652 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 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (113).
Student demographics
30%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
32.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.1pp since 2014
Math
19.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +10.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.3% | 22.9% | 25.6% | 42.2% |
| Math | 6.0% | 13.3% | 32.3% | 48.5% |
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 | 32.1% | 19.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 21.1% |
| 2022-23 | 17.9% | 18.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.8% | 8.9% |
| 2018-19 | 35.4% | 15.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 13.7% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 10.7% |
| 2015-16 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
25.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
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 Leo G. Pauly Elementary
Leo G. Pauly Elementary's state test result (25.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary this school | 694 | 93.9% | 25.5% |
| Cabot Yerxa Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 664 | 94.4% | 18.2% |
| Frank West Elementary Bakersfield | 650 | 94.8% | 23.9% |
| Sunnymead Elementary Moreno Valley | 642 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
| Evergreen Elementary Bakersfield | 660 | 96.8% | 20.9% |
| College Heights Elementary Bakersfield | 761 | 94.7% | 13.5% |
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 Leo G. Pauly Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #4,022 of 5,151 | #87 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.2% | #4,364 of 5,172 ▼ 301 | #100 of 150 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,763 of 5,172 ▲ 237 | #87 of 150 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.9pp | #395 of 5,116 | #14 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 694 | #789 of 5,915 | #52 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,046 of 5,352 | #42 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.7% | #3,963 of 5,354 | #90 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #583 of 5,625 | #35 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #3,761 of 3,837 | #91 of 95 |
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
694
-33 (-5%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 20.8:1
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 | 694 | 34.3 | 20.2:1 | 94% (652) |
| 2023-24 | 729 | 38.4 | 19.0:1 | 96% (697) |
| 2022-23 | 689 | 33 | 20.9:1 | 92% (634) |
| 2020-21 | 727 | 35 | 20.8:1 | 96% (701) |
| 2017-18 | 700 | 33.5 | 20.9:1 | 97% (679) |
| 2015-16 | 729 | 34 | 21.4:1 | 95% (694) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | N/A | N/A | 99% (612) |
| 2000-01 | 633 | 34 | 18.6:1 | 97% (615) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 21 | 24.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leo G. Pauly Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (700 to 694); teachers up 2% (33.5 to 34.3).
About Leo G. Pauly Elementary
Leo G. Pauly Elementary runs as a mid-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California. Enrollment stands at 694 students, covering kindergarten through 6. It has 49% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
Across its 44 schools, Bakersfield City enrolls 28,365 students. Leo G. Pauly Elementary is one of those schools.
The share of Hispanic students at Leo G. Pauly Elementary is 83%. Other groups make up 8% Black and 5% White. Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 30%.
For every teacher at Leo G. Pauly Elementary, there are about 20.2 students; the school has 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. There are 652 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 94% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Leo G. Pauly Elementary lands at C+, ahead of 38% of California public elementary schools.
Leo G. Pauly Elementary is 1.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (25.5% versus 24.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in California.
American Community Survey estimates for Kern County show that the median household earns about $70,210 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County has 279 public schools with about 197,431 students, including Leo G. Pauly Elementary.
South High is the nearest public school to Leo G. Pauly Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, Leo G. Pauly Elementary ranks 3rd on proficiency.
NCES assigns Leo G. Pauly Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Leo G. Pauly Elementary enrolled 727 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 694.
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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
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- Planz Elementary1.1 mi · 610
- Casa Loma Elementary1.2 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Leo G. Pauly ElementaryHow many students attend Leo G. Pauly Elementary?
Leo G. Pauly Elementary enrolls approximately 694 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Leo G. Pauly Elementary serve?
Leo G. Pauly Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Leo G. Pauly Elementary?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Leo G. Pauly Elementary.
How diverse is Leo G. Pauly Elementary?
Leo G. Pauly Elementary reports a student body of 5% White, 83% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Leo G. Pauly Elementary public or private?
Leo G. Pauly Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.