Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 594 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRUITVALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061470007722
Quailwood Elementary
7301 Remington Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93309 · (661) 832-6415 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
20.9:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
262 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 81 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 98% larger than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Quailwood Elementary→Fruitvale Junior High
Based on grade levels within Fruitvale Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +9.0pp since 2014
Math
35.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +6.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 27.7% | 24.3% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Math | 14.7% | 20.3% | 31.1% | 33.9% |
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 | 52.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.5% | 40.1% |
| 2021-22 | 45.4% | 28.9% |
| 2018-19 | 52.0% | 43.2% |
| 2017-18 | 50.9% | 40.2% |
| 2016-17 | 47.9% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 Quailwood Elementary
Quailwood Elementary's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quailwood Elementary this school | 345 | 75.9% | 45.1% |
| Skyline North Elementary Barstow | 322 | 74.2% | 20.1% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary Upland | 409 | 74.1% | 45.2% |
| Casa de Oro Elementary Spring Valley | 320 | 73.8% | 28.4% |
| Laguna Vista Elementary Oxnard | 351 | 71.8% | 27.9% |
| Westminster Avenue Elementary Venice | 367 | 77.7% | 51.8% |
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 Quailwood Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #2,059 of 5,151 | #27 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,745 of 5,172 ▼ 554 | #45 of 150 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,888 of 5,172 ▼ 88 | #20 of 150 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.4pp | #1,272 of 5,116 | #41 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #4,325 of 5,915 | #128 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,472 of 5,352 | #62 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #2,145 of 5,354 | #40 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #2,554 of 5,625 | #110 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #2,996 of 3,837 | #64 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
345
-21 (-6%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 24.4:1
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 | 345 | 16.5 | 20.9:1 | 76% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 16 | 21.1:1 | 74% (251) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 16 | 20.8:1 | 59% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 15 | 24.4:1 | 61% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 373 | N/A | N/A | 54% (200) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 16 | 24.4:1 | 47% (183) |
| 2010-11 | 370 | N/A | N/A | 45% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 19 | 17.1:1 | 22% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Quailwood Elementary.
About Quailwood Elementary
Bakersfield, California, is home to Quailwood Elementary, a small elementary school. It reported 345 students in kindergarten through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in California average about 465 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
Quailwood Elementary is part of a district of 5 schools: Fruitvale Elementary, with 3,069 students.
Federal enrollment data show Quailwood Elementary is 59% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 28% White, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Kern County overall, the Hispanic share is about 57%. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Quailwood Elementary are from different groups.
With 16.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 20.9:1. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Roughly 76% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Kern County is close, at 76%.
Quailwood Elementary earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of California public elementary schools.
Quailwood Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.1%, compared with a predicted 35.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Kern County area, median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Quailwood Elementary.
Quailwood Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Stockdale Elementary, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Quailwood Elementary is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 6% drop took enrollment from 366 in 2020-21 to 345 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 24.4:1 to 20.9:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Fruitvale Elementary
- Endeavour ElementaryElementary · 724 students
- Discovery ElementaryElementary · 706 students
- Fruitvale Junior HighMiddle · 693 students
- Columbia ElementaryElementary · 601 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
- Stockdale Elementary0.7 mi · 587
- Wayne Van Horn Elementary1.1 mi · 578
- Columbia Elementary1.3 mi · 601
- Kern Workforce 2000 Academy1.5 mi · 491
- West High1.7 mi · 2,159
- Vista West Continuation High1.7 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About Quailwood ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Quailwood Elementary?
Quailwood Elementary enrolls approximately 345 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Quailwood Elementary serve?
Quailwood Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Quailwood Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Quailwood Elementary is approximately 20.9:1 (16 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Quailwood Elementary?
Quailwood Elementary reports a student body of 28% White, 59% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Quailwood Elementary?
Quailwood Elementary is overseen by Fruitvale Elementary in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.