Parkview Elementary

Located at 520 A St., in Taft, California, Parkview Elementary is a modestly sized elementary school that hosts 328 students (grades K through 3), part of Taft City. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

Within Taft City, which oversees 6 schools and 2,404 students, Parkview Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Parkview Elementary reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 34% White.

On the resource side, On paper, Parkview Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Parkview Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Parkview Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kern County) records that median household income runs about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Parkview Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Conley Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Parkview Elementary. On composite proficiency, Parkview Elementary comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 328 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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