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Enrollment
614
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000309
Mt. Vernon Elementary
2161 Potomac Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307 · (661) 631-5380 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
18.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
558 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 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 116 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (116).
Student demographics
16%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
16.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -6.1pp since 2014
Math
9.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.2% | 11.7% | 20.1% | 63.0% |
| Math | 2.1% | 7.2% | 18.4% | 72.3% |
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 | 16.9% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 12.6% | 6.6% |
| 2022-23 | 18.4% | 7.9% |
| 2021-22 | 16.4% | 7.3% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 11.9% |
| 2017-18 | 28.3% | 16.6% |
| 2016-17 | 27.6% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Mt. Vernon Elementary
Mt. Vernon Elementary's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Vernon Elementary this school | 614 | 90.9% | 11.3% |
| Palmetto Elementary Fontana | 577 | 92.7% | 24.9% |
| Tuolumne Elementary Modesto | 624 | 91.7% | 16.0% |
| Ted Porter Elementary Fontana | 629 | 89.8% | 30.8% |
| KIPP Valiant Community Prep Menlo Park | 587 | 90.8% | N/A |
| Montezuma Elementary Stockton | 652 | 90.8% | 21.8% |
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 Mt. Vernon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #5,074 of 5,151 | #145 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #5,071 of 5,172 ▲ 49 | #142 of 150 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #4,990 of 5,172 ▲ 101 | #142 of 150 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.3pp | #2,895 of 5,116 | #89 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #1,269 of 5,915 | #74 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #444 of 5,352 | #15 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.2% | #4,633 of 5,354 | #116 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #994 of 5,625 | #55 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.4% | #1,046 of 3,837 | #17 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
614
-51 (-8%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 870
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
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 | 614 | 32.8 | 18.7:1 | 91% (558) |
| 2023-24 | 657 | 35.4 | 18.6:1 | 95% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 678 | 32 | 21.2:1 | 92% (626) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 32 | 20.8:1 | 96% (639) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 37 | 21.7:1 | 96% (772) |
| 2015-16 | 859 | 38 | 22.6:1 | 94% (808) |
| 2010-11 | 828 | N/A | N/A | 95% (787) |
| 2000-01 | 970 | 56 | 17.3:1 | 91% (880) |
| 1990-91 | 870 | 34 | 25.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Vernon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (802 to 614); teachers down 11% (37 to 32.8).
About Mt. Vernon Elementary
Mt. Vernon Elementary is one of the public schools in Bakersfield, California. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It had 614 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in California enroll about 465 students on average.
Bakersfield City counts 28,365 students in its 44 schools, and Mt. Vernon Elementary is one of them.
A large majority of enrollment at Mt. Vernon Elementary is Hispanic, at 91%. The rest of enrollment is 4% White and 3% Black. Among all residents of Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. The diversity index for Mt. Vernon Elementary is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 18.7:1. The school has 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Federal data show 91% of students (558) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 15 points above the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
On the allk12 Grade, Mt. Vernon Elementary lands at F, ahead of 3% of California public elementary schools.
Compared with California schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Mt. Vernon Elementary scores 15.0 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 11.3%; the prediction is 26.3%.
Census data for Kern County show the median household earns about $70,210 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 279 public schools in the county, enrolling about 197,431, Mt. Vernon Elementary among them.
About 1.0 miles separate Mt. Vernon Elementary from the closest public school, Ramon Garza Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 22.7%, higher than Mt. Vernon Elementary's 11.3%.
Mt. Vernon Elementary is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 51 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 20.8:1 in 2020-21 and 18.7:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Mt. Vernon Elementary can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Colonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · 960 students
- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 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
Other Mt. Vernon Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mt. Vernon Elementary. Mt. Vernon Elementary is the largest of the 4.
- Mt. Vernon ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 471 students
- Mt. Vernon ElementaryLemon Grove, CA · 359 students
- Mt. Vernon ElementaryMount Vernon, KY · 597 students
Nearby schools
- Ramon Garza Elementary1.0 mi · 658
- Williams Elementary1.0 mi · 452
- Horace Mann Elementary1.0 mi · 870
- East Bakersfield High1.1 mi · 2,331
- Sierra Middle1.1 mi · 731
- Virginia Avenue Elementary1.2 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Vernon ElementaryHow many students attend Mt. Vernon Elementary?
Mt. Vernon Elementary enrolls approximately 614 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Mt. Vernon Elementary serve?
Mt. Vernon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Mt. Vernon Elementary have?
Mt. Vernon Elementary employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Mt. Vernon Elementary?
Student demographics at Mt. Vernon Elementary are roughly 4% White, 91% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Mt. Vernon Elementary in?
Mt. Vernon Elementary is part of Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.