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Enrollment
604
Elementary
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639009335
Louise Sandrini Elementary
4100 Alum Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93309 · (661) 397-1515 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL604 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of California public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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
24.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
555 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 95 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (95).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
39.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +18.3pp since 2014
Math
29.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +14.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.1% | 23.2% | 26.4% | 34.4% |
| Math | 11.9% | 17.1% | 29.8% | 41.2% |
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 | 39.3% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 38.5% |
| 2022-23 | 42.5% | 34.5% |
| 2021-22 | 39.9% | 25.1% |
| 2018-19 | 45.2% | 37.1% |
| 2017-18 | 41.4% | 24.5% |
| 2016-17 | 32.3% | 12.4% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Louise Sandrini Elementary
Louise Sandrini Elementary's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louise Sandrini Elementary this school | 604 | 91.9% | 39.1% |
| Phillip M. Stokoe Elementary Riverside | 621 | 89.0% | 27.6% |
| Sunnymeadows Elementary Moreno Valley | 583 | 94.0% | 22.6% |
| Creekside Elementary Moreno Valley | 612 | 89.9% | 26.2% |
| Midland Elementary Moreno Valley | 553 | 91.7% | 20.1% |
| Chaparral Hills Elementary Moreno Valley | 547 | 93.8% | 27.3% |
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 Louise Sandrini Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,568 of 5,151 | #44 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #3,328 of 5,172 ▼ 1,021 | #62 of 150 ▼ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #3,001 of 5,172 ▼ 857 | #57 of 150 ▼ 25 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.6pp | #2,786 of 5,116 | #87 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 604 | #1,359 of 5,915 | #76 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.2:1 | #3,871 of 5,352 | #120 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.4% | #3,417 of 5,354 | #68 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #852 of 5,625 | #48 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #2,763 of 3,837 | #54 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
604
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
24.2:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 604 | 25 | 24.2:1 | 92% (555) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 25 | 24.1:1 | 92% (555) |
| 2022-23 | 597 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 92% (550) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 92% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 667 | 24.5 | 27.2:1 | 90% (599) |
| 2015-16 | 636 | 25 | 25.4:1 | 87% (555) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | N/A | N/A | 86% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 53% (393) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 32 | 23.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Louise Sandrini Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (667 to 604); teachers up 2% (24.5 to 25).
About Louise Sandrini Elementary
Louise Sandrini Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California. It educates 604 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
The 25 schools of Panama-Buena Vista Union, including Louise Sandrini Elementary, enroll 19,366 students.
At 76%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Louise Sandrini Elementary combined. After that, the student body is 8% Black, 7% White, and 6% multiracial. Among all residents of Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. Louise Sandrini Elementary has a diversity index of 40%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The count of teachers at Louise Sandrini Elementary is 25 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 24.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. Around 92% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Kern County, the average is 76%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Louise Sandrini Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Louise Sandrini Elementary is 13.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
Kern County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Louise Sandrini Elementary is among the 279 public schools in Kern County.
The closest public school to Louise Sandrini Elementary is Fred L. Thompson Junior High, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The school's 39.1% average proficiency ranks 1st among 9 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 591 students in 2020-21 and 604 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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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Other schools in Panama-Buena Vista Union
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- Berkshire ElementaryElementary · 932 students
- Bill L. Williams ElementaryElementary · 926 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Fred L. Thompson Junior High0.4 mi · 714
- Stine Elementary0.9 mi · 615
- Amy B. Seibert Elementary1.1 mi · 628
- Charles H. Castle Elementary1.2 mi · 832
- O. J. Actis Junior High1.3 mi · 681
- Planz Elementary1.4 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Louise Sandrini ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Louise Sandrini Elementary?
Louise Sandrini Elementary enrolls approximately 604 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Louise Sandrini Elementary serve?
Louise Sandrini Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Louise Sandrini Elementary?
Approximately 24.2:1 students per teacher at Louise Sandrini Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Louise Sandrini Elementary?
Student demographics at Louise Sandrini Elementary are roughly 7% White, 76% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Louise Sandrini Elementary public or private?
Louise Sandrini Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.