Midway Elementary

Located at 259 F St., in Fellows, California, Midway Elementary is a rural-scale K-5 school that enrolls 65 students (grades K through 8), run under Midway Elementary. That puts it 86% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Operationally, Midway Elementary answers to Midway Elementary, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Midway Elementary shows that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 44% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Midway Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Midway Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.9%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kern County) reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Midway Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Parkview Elementary, around 4.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Midway Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Midway Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 27.4%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Midway Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 24% since 2018, when it stood at 85 (now 65). Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 17% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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