Raffaello Palla Elementary

Raffaello Palla Elementary is one of the heavily attended K-5 schools in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Greenfield Union, with 770 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 66% bigger than typical.

Raffaello Palla Elementary is one of 13 schools operated by Greenfield Union, a district that educates 8,860 students overall.

Demographically, Raffaello Palla Elementary logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Other groups include 6% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Raffaello Palla Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household earnings sit near $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%. Raffaello Palla Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Greenfield Community, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Raffaello Palla Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Raffaello Palla Elementary ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.3%.

Raffaello Palla Elementary operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Raffaello Palla Elementary's enrollment has shrank 14% since 2018, when it stood at 895 (now 770). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 84% to 89% over that span.

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