Quailwood Elementary

Located at 7301 Remington Ave., in Bakersfield, California, Quailwood Elementary is a small primary school that educates 345 students (grades K through 6), run under Fruitvale Elementary. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Fruitvale Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,069 students; Quailwood Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Quailwood Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Kern County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Quailwood Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at Quailwood Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Quailwood Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.3%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of +11.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows that median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Quailwood Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Stockdale Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Quailwood Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.3%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 373 students in 2018 compared to 345 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 43% to 28% over that span.

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