Enrollment
133
Elementary
DISTRICT 92 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARICOPA UNIFIED·NCES 062382003596
Maricopa Elementary
955 Stanislaus St., Maricopa, CA 93252 · (661) 769-8231 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL133 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- BThree-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
17.7:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
130 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 24 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 18 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 20 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Maricopa Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.4pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 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 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.3% | 13.2% | 26.3% | 55.3% |
| Math | 5.3% | 13.2% | 22.4% | 59.2% |
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 | 18.4% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 18.1% | 6.9% |
| 2022-23 | 14.9% | 11.5% |
| 2021-22 | 17.7% | 11.7% |
| 2020-21 | 17.6% | 9.2% |
| 2018-19 | 20.6% | 11.1% |
| 2017-18 | 17.1% | 11.5% |
| 2016-17 | 16.7% | 10.3% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
15.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Maricopa Elementary
Maricopa Elementary's state test result (15.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maricopa Elementary this school | 133 | 97.7% | 15.3% |
| General Shafter Elementary Bakersfield | 169 | 88.8% | 42.0% |
| Victor Elementary Victor | 156 | 88.5% | 25.1% |
| Rancho Tehama Elementary Corning | 94 | 88.3% | 15.3% |
| Landers Elementary Landers | 139 | 87.1% | 33.5% |
| Newberry Springs Elementary Newberry Springs | 106 | 87.7% | 44.8% |
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 Maricopa Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.3% | #4,915 of 5,151 | #135 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,447 of 5,172 ▲ 661 | #104 of 150 ▲ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,927 of 5,172 ▼ 60 | #138 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,066 of 5,116 | #68 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 133 | #5,559 of 5,915 | #151 of 163 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.7% | #121 of 5,625 | #11 of 153 |
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
133
-19 (-12%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 275
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 21.7:1
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 | 133 | 7.5 | 17.7:1 | 98% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 7.5 | 19.3:1 | 98% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 157 | 7.7 | 20.5:1 | 98% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 152 | 7 | 21.7:1 | 92% (140) |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 7.2 | 20.8:1 | 93% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 143 | 7 | 20.4:1 | 80% (114) |
| 2010-11 | 118 | N/A | N/A | 81% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 268 | 13 | 20.6:1 | 86% (230) |
| 1990-91 | 275 | 10 | 27.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Maricopa Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (150 to 133); teachers up 4% (7.2 to 7.5).
About Maricopa Elementary
The public elementary school Maricopa Elementary is located in Maricopa, California. The school's enrollment of 133 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 71% lower than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Maricopa Unified counts 276 students in its 3 schools, and Maricopa Elementary is one of them.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Maricopa Elementary, at 65%. Other students are 34% White. That is higher than the 57% Hispanic share among all Kern County residents. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Maricopa Elementary employs 7.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. This ratio sits 4.6 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 98% in 2024-25. That is 22 points above the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
allk12 grades Maricopa Elementary a D. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Maricopa Elementary falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 15.3% actual against 22.3% predicted.
Census estimates describe Kern County this way: the median household income is $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. In all, Kern County has 279 public schools and roughly 197,431 students.
Heartland Charter is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The nearest schools with test data average 29.2%, higher than Maricopa Elementary's 15.3%.
Locale data from NCES put Maricopa Elementary in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 19 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.7 students per teacher, compared with 21.7 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Maricopa Elementary. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Maricopa Unified
- Maricopa HighHigh · 72 students
- Maricopa MiddleMiddle · 71 students
Other schools in Maricopa
- Blue Ridge AcademyCombined · 7,657 students
- Heartland CharterCombined · 5,970 students
- Maricopa HighHigh · 72 students
- Maricopa MiddleMiddle · 71 students
Other Maricopa Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Maricopa Elementary. Maricopa Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Maricopa Elementary SchoolMARICOPA, AZ · 883 students
Nearby schools
- Heartland Charter0.0 mi · 5,970
- Maricopa High0.0 mi · 72
- Blue Ridge Academy0.0 mi · 7,657
- Maricopa Middle0.0 mi · 71
- Conley Elementary6.1 mi · 306
- Taft Primary6.7 mi · 231
Frequently asked questions
About Maricopa ElementaryHow many students attend Maricopa Elementary?
Maricopa Elementary enrolls approximately 133 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Maricopa Elementary serve?
Maricopa Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Maricopa Elementary have?
Maricopa Elementary employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Maricopa Elementary?
Student demographics at Maricopa Elementary are roughly 34% White, 65% Hispanic.
What district is Maricopa Elementary in?
Maricopa Elementary is part of Maricopa Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.