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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Myrtle Avenue Elementary this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
422
Middle
DISTRICT 508 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAMONT ELEMENTARY·NCES 062085002504
Myrtle Avenue Elementary
10421 Myrtle Ave., Lamont, CA 93241 · (661) 845-2217 · Kern County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
330 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 134 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 155 | 37% |
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 2% · 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
Myrtle Avenue Elementary→Mountain View Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Lamont Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
16.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 | 6.2% | 22.0% | 23.3% | 48.5% |
| Math | 6.1% | 10.7% | 29.4% | 53.9% |
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 | 28.2% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 29.4% | 20.1% |
| 2022-23 | 28.6% | 18.5% |
| 2021-22 | 21.1% | 13.7% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 25.0% |
| 2017-18 | 38.5% | 25.8% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 25.8% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 22.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Myrtle Avenue Elementary
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myrtle Avenue Elementary this school | 422 | 78.2% | 23.5% |
| KIPP Sol Academy Los Angeles | 465 | 80.2% | N/A |
| Magnolia Science Academy Bell Bell | 385 | 77.1% | N/A |
| Fairview Middle Gonzales | 426 | 83.8% | 22.5% |
| KIPP Los Angeles College Preparatory Los Angeles | 529 | 76.6% | N/A |
| Earlimart Middle Earlimart | 479 | 72.9% | 18.1% |
Matched among California middle 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 Myrtle Avenue Elementary ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #955 of 1,224 | #27 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #970 of 1,227 ▼ 175 | #26 of 46 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #1,035 of 1,227 ▼ 103 | #35 of 46 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #303 of 1,214 | #8 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #1,057 of 1,377 | #42 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.1:1 | #640 of 1,279 | #29 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 1.9% | #1,266 of 1,278 | #45 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.2% | #579 of 1,329 | #34 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.6% | #420 of 930 | #10 of 28 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
422
-116 (-22%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 473
Student : Teacher
21.1:1
was 28.3:1
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 | 422 | 20 | 21.1:1 | 78% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 443 | 20 | 22.1:1 | 89% (394) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 20.3 | 23.8:1 | 87% (423) |
| 2020-21 | 538 | 19 | 28.3:1 | 93% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 17.5 | 29.3:1 | 93% (477) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 19 | 26.9:1 | 93% (477) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | N/A | N/A | 95% (450) |
| 2000-01 | 612 | 26 | 23.5:1 | 96% (586) |
| 1990-91 | 473 | 18 | 26.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Myrtle Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (512 to 422); teachers up 14% (17.5 to 20).
About Myrtle Avenue Elementary
Myrtle Avenue Elementary is a low-enrollment middle-grades school located in Lamont, California. Classes run from 4 through 6, and the school has 422 students. Against the 659-student average for middle schools in California, enrollment here is 36% lower.
Myrtle Avenue Elementary is among 4 schools run by Lamont Elementary, which serves 2,561 students.
Myrtle Avenue Elementary enrolls a student body that is 99% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kern County's population at about 57%. Myrtle Avenue Elementary has a diversity index of 2%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.1:1. Middle schools in California have a similar average ratio of 20.7:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 78%. That is close to the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
The allk12 Grade for Myrtle Avenue Elementary is C-. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 22% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.7% for Myrtle Avenue Elementary. The school posts 23.5%, 10.3 points below the prediction.
Census Bureau estimates for Kern County show that median household income is about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Myrtle Avenue Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County, which together enroll about 197,431 students.
Nueva Continuation High is located about 0.2 miles from Myrtle Avenue Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Nearby schools with test data average 21.7% proficiency; Myrtle Avenue Elementary posts 23.5%.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Myrtle Avenue Elementary saw enrollment fall 22% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 28.3:1 in 2020-21 and 21.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Lamont Elementary
- Alicante Avenue ElementaryElementary · 959 students
- Mountain View MiddleMiddle · 594 students
- Lamont ElementaryElementary · 586 students
Other schools in Lamont
- Alicante Avenue ElementaryElementary · 959 students
- Lamont ElementaryElementary · 586 students
- Nueva Continuation HighHigh · 79 students
Nearby schools
- Nueva Continuation High0.2 mi · 79
- Lamont Elementary0.3 mi · 586
- Alicante Avenue Elementary0.4 mi · 959
- Mountain View Middle1.5 mi · 594
- Vineland Elementary2.6 mi · 336
- Sunset2.6 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Myrtle Avenue ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Myrtle Avenue Elementary?
Myrtle Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 04-06.
What age range does Myrtle Avenue Elementary serve?
Myrtle Avenue Elementary serves students from grade 04 through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Myrtle Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 21.1:1 students per teacher at Myrtle Avenue Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Myrtle Avenue Elementary?
At Myrtle Avenue Elementary, the student body is approximately 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Asian.
Is Myrtle Avenue Elementary public or private?
Myrtle Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lamont Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.