Princeton Street Elementary

Princeton Street Elementary, a modestly sized elementary school in Delano, California, overseen by Delano Union Elementary, caters to 308 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% smaller than the state mean of about 465.

Within Delano Union Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 6,185 students, Princeton Street Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Princeton Street Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Other groups include 10% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Princeton Street Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 26.1%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household income runs about $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Princeton Street Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Terrace Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Princeton Street Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Princeton Street Elementary at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

Princeton Street Elementary operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Princeton Street Elementary's enrollment has decreased 47% since 2018, when it stood at 585 (now 308). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 90% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.

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