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What's something Old River Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
795
Elementary
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639012036
Old River Elementary
9815 Campus Park Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93311 · (661) 664-7009 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL795 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
604 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 122 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 11% larger than its 6th grade class (122).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
51.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.0pp since 2014
Math
41.6%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.4% | 27.6% | 24.8% | 24.1% |
| Math | 18.8% | 22.8% | 30.7% | 27.7% |
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 | 51.0% | 41.6% |
| 2023-24 | 55.6% | 46.3% |
| 2022-23 | 51.4% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.2% | 41.6% |
| 2018-19 | 57.4% | 49.0% |
| 2017-18 | 53.9% | 42.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 41.5% |
| 2015-16 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
48.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Old River Elementary
Old River Elementary's state test result (48.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old River Elementary this school | 795 | 76.0% | 48.4% |
| Three Rings Ranch Elementary Beaumont | 796 | 77.1% | 31.9% |
| Leo B. Hart Elementary Bakersfield | 705 | 71.6% | 48.5% |
| Sing Lum Elementary Bakersfield | 809 | 77.1% | 36.3% |
| William Saroyan Elementary Fresno | 697 | 74.5% | 39.0% |
| Corona Ranch Elementary Corona | 769 | 79.6% | 50.2% |
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 Old River Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.4% | #1,824 of 5,151 | #18 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #2,177 of 5,172 ▼ 435 | #29 of 150 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,951 of 5,172 ▼ 436 | #21 of 150 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #1,453 of 5,116 | #36 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 795 | #402 of 5,915 | #29 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,339 of 5,352 | #128 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,527 of 5,354 | #20 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.0% | #2,550 of 5,625 | #109 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #2,963 of 3,837 | #62 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
795
-47 (-6%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 945
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 27.2:1
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 | 795 | 32 | 24.8:1 | 76% (604) |
| 2023-24 | 826 | 30.5 | 27.1:1 | 73% (603) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 31.5 | 27.5:1 | 72% (621) |
| 2020-21 | 842 | 31 | 27.2:1 | 52% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 31 | 27.8:1 | 54% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 31 | 28.5:1 | 47% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 945 | N/A | N/A | 42% (399) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Old River Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (862 to 795); teachers up 3% (31 to 32).
About Old River Elementary
Old River Elementary is a high-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Bakersfield, California. Its 795 students are spread across kindergarten through 6. The school's enrollment is 71% above the 465 average for elementary schools in California.
Panama-Buena Vista Union (25 schools, 19,366 students) runs Old River Elementary.
Hispanic students are the majority at Old River Elementary, with 56% of enrollment. It is also 19% White, 11% Asian, 7% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is close to the 57% Hispanic share among all Kern County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 32 full-time positions, a ratio of 24.8:1. That is higher than the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 76%. That tracks the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Old River Elementary is 13.4 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.4% actual, 35.0% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in California.
Kern County has these Census figures: the median household income is $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kern County has 279 public schools and roughly 197,431 students.
Nearest public school: Sing Lum Elementary, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Old River Elementary's average proficiency of 48.4% compares with 42.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
Federal data show a 6% enrollment decrease, from 842 in 2020-21 to 795 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 27.2 in 2020-21 to 24.8 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
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Other schools in Bakersfield
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Other Old River Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Old River Elementary. Old River Elementary is the largest of the 3.
- Old River ElementaryDowney, CA · 540 students
- Old River ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 332 students
Nearby schools
- Sing Lum Elementary0.5 mi · 809
- Earl Warren Junior High0.5 mi · 965
- Tevis Junior High0.7 mi · 807
- Leo B. Hart Elementary0.9 mi · 705
- Stockdale High1.0 mi · 2,398
- Christa McAuliffe Elementary1.1 mi · 524
Frequently asked questions
About Old River ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Old River Elementary?
Old River Elementary enrolls approximately 795 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Old River Elementary serve?
Old River Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Old River Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Old River Elementary is approximately 24.8:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Old River Elementary?
Old River Elementary reports a student body of 19% White, 56% Hispanic, 7% Black, 11% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Old River Elementary?
Old River Elementary is overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.