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What's something Planz Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
610
Elementary
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENFIELD UNION·NCES 061605002008
Planz Elementary
2400 Planz Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93304 · (661) 837-6080 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL610 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% of California public elementary schools
- DTest 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.
- A-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
22.2:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
590 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 124 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (124) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
30.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +3.2pp since 2014
Math
18.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.7% | 20.5% | 19.1% | 50.7% |
| Math | 5.5% | 13.1% | 28.2% | 53.3% |
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 | 30.2% | 18.6% |
| 2023-24 | 24.5% | 11.5% |
| 2022-23 | 29.8% | 16.4% |
| 2021-22 | 23.5% | 9.5% |
| 2018-19 | 42.5% | 27.3% |
| 2017-18 | 48.9% | 43.4% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 35.6% |
| 2015-16 | 33.0% | 26.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Planz Elementary
Planz Elementary's state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planz Elementary this school | 610 | 96.7% | 21.0% |
| Sunnymeadows Elementary Moreno Valley | 583 | 94.0% | 22.6% |
| Bing Wong Elementary San Bernardino | 581 | 95.9% | 19.3% |
| Frank West Elementary Bakersfield | 650 | 94.8% | 23.9% |
| Prosperity Elementary Bakersfield | 543 | 98.5% | 24.3% |
| Sunnymead Elementary Moreno Valley | 642 | 95.3% | 21.1% |
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 Planz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,489 of 5,151 | #110 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #4,434 of 5,172 ▲ 513 | #103 of 150 ▲ 32 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #3,962 of 5,172 ▲ 389 | #91 of 150 ▲ 20 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.9pp | #925 of 5,116 | #29 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 610 | #1,310 of 5,915 | #75 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.2:1 | #2,370 of 5,352 | #90 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.8% | #3,761 of 5,354 | #82 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.7% | #234 of 5,625 | #17 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #1,749 of 3,837 | #33 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
610
-118 (-16%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 663
Student : Teacher
22.2:1
was 22.8:1
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 | 610 | 27.4 | 22.2:1 | 97% (590) |
| 2023-24 | 609 | 30 | 20.3:1 | 97% (591) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 31.1 | 22.3:1 | 95% (656) |
| 2020-21 | 728 | 32 | 22.8:1 | 75% (545) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 30 | 24.6:1 | 92% (676) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 30 | 23.5:1 | 91% (642) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | N/A | N/A | 88% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 719 | 34 | 21.1:1 | 76% (548) |
| 1990-91 | 663 | 26 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Planz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (737 to 610); teachers down 9% (30 to 27.4).
About Planz Elementary
Planz Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California. It teaches 610 students in kindergarten through 5. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in California (about 465).
The 13 schools in Greenfield Union enroll 8,860 students altogether, Planz Elementary among them.
Hispanic students are 80% of those enrolled at Planz Elementary. Other reported shares: 10% Black and 6% White. That compares with about 57% Hispanic among all Kern County residents. A diversity index of 34% means there is a 34% chance two randomly chosen students at Planz Elementary are from different groups.
Based on 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, Planz Elementary has a ratio of 22.2:1. The ratio is within a point of the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Income data for the school show 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 76% average for public schools in Kern County, the school's rate is higher.
On the allk12 Grade, Planz Elementary lands at C, ahead of 26% of California public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Planz Elementary is 22.9%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.0%.
In the wider Kern County area, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kern County, 279 public schools serve about 197,431 students.
Measured in a straight line, Amy B. Seibert Elementary is about 0.5 miles from Planz Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 21.0% is below the 30.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 610, down from 728 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Planz Elementary lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 Greenfield Union
- Leon H. Ollivier MiddleMiddle · 1,152 students
- Greenfield MiddleMiddle · 873 students
- McKee MiddleMiddle · 869 students
- Horizon ElementaryElementary · 845 students
- Raffaello Palla ElementaryElementary · 770 students
- Valle Verde ElementaryElementary · 768 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
- Amy B. Seibert Elementary0.5 mi · 628
- Frank West Elementary0.6 mi · 650
- South High0.7 mi · 2,107
- Prosperity Elementary0.9 mi · 543
- Leo G. Pauly Elementary1.1 mi · 694
- Greenfield Middle1.3 mi · 873
Frequently asked questions
About Planz ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Planz Elementary?
Planz Elementary enrolls approximately 610 students in grades KG-05.
Is Planz Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Planz Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Planz Elementary have?
Planz Elementary employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
How diverse is Planz Elementary?
Planz Elementary reports a student body of 6% White, 80% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Planz Elementary?
Planz Elementary is overseen by Greenfield Union in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.