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Enrollment
813
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000312
Myra A. Noble Elementary
1015 Noble Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93305 · (661) 631-5410 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL813 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% 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.
- CThree-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
20.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
739 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 | 165 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 130 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (130).
Student demographics
24%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
14.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.1pp since 2014
Math
8.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.7% | 11.2% | 20.1% | 65.0% |
| Math | 1.0% | 7.3% | 20.8% | 70.8% |
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 | 14.9% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.2% | 10.4% |
| 2022-23 | 21.7% | 11.2% |
| 2021-22 | 16.5% | 7.5% |
| 2018-19 | 26.3% | 16.6% |
| 2017-18 | 29.9% | 16.0% |
| 2016-17 | 27.4% | 17.1% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Myra A. Noble Elementary
Myra A. Noble Elementary's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myra A. Noble Elementary this school | 813 | 90.9% | 12.4% |
| Central Elementary Banning | 782 | 91.6% | 28.0% |
| George Brown Jr. Elementary San Bernardino | 733 | 92.1% | 24.3% |
| Raffaello Palla Elementary Bakersfield | 770 | 94.5% | 29.6% |
| W. A. Kendrick Elementary Bakersfield | 699 | 92.8% | 63.1% |
| Valle Verde Elementary Bakersfield | 768 | 92.8% | 32.8% |
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 Myra A. Noble Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #5,043 of 5,151 | #143 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #5,104 of 5,172 ▼ 96 | #144 of 150 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.9% | #5,049 of 5,172 ▼ 74 | #147 of 150 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #1,665 of 5,116 | #41 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 813 | #350 of 5,915 | #21 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.3:1 | #1,092 of 5,352 | #43 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.8% | #4,235 of 5,354 | #101 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #992 of 5,625 | #54 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #3,083 of 3,837 | #68 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
813
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 906
Student : Teacher
20.3:1
was 20.9:1
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 | 813 | 40 | 20.3:1 | 91% (739) |
| 2023-24 | 813 | 38.4 | 21.2:1 | 96% (778) |
| 2022-23 | 792 | 36 | 22.0:1 | 93% (735) |
| 2020-21 | 836 | 40 | 20.9:1 | 96% (805) |
| 2017-18 | 872 | 40 | 21.8:1 | 95% (829) |
| 2015-16 | 849 | 39 | 21.8:1 | 93% (789) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | N/A | N/A | 94% (760) |
| 2000-01 | 816 | 43 | 19.0:1 | 93% (759) |
| 1990-91 | 906 | 34 | 26.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myra A. Noble Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (872 to 813); teachers unchanged (40 to 40).
About Myra A. Noble Elementary
Myra A. Noble Elementary is an elementary school in Bakersfield, California, according to federal school records. Federal data show 813 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Across elementary schools in California, the average enrollment is about 465.
Bakersfield City counts 44 schools and 28,365 students, including Myra A. Noble Elementary.
Roughly 87% of students at Myra A. Noble Elementary are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White and 5% Black. By comparison, Kern County residents are about 57% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 24%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.3:1. The school has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.0 students per teacher. In all, 91% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 76% average for public schools in Kern County, the school's rate is higher.
Myra A. Noble Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of California public elementary schools.
Myra A. Noble Elementary scores 12.4% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.3%.
In the surrounding county, Kern County, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County has 279 public schools with about 197,431 students, including Myra A. Noble Elementary.
The closest school to Myra A. Noble Elementary is Washington Middle, located about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Myra A. Noble Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 813, compared with 836 in 2020-21.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
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- 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
Nearby schools
- Washington Middle0.1 mi · 639
- College Heights Elementary0.7 mi · 761
- Jefferson Elementary0.8 mi · 510
- Longfellow Elementary1.2 mi · 780
- Williams Elementary1.5 mi · 452
- Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary1.6 mi · 960
Frequently asked questions
About Myra A. Noble ElementaryHow many students attend Myra A. Noble Elementary?
Myra A. Noble Elementary enrolls approximately 813 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Myra A. Noble Elementary serve?
Myra A. Noble Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Myra A. Noble Elementary have?
Myra A. Noble Elementary employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Myra A. Noble Elementary?
Student demographics at Myra A. Noble Elementary are roughly 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Myra A. Noble Elementary in?
Myra A. Noble Elementary is part of Bakersfield City.
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