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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 528 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIO BRAVO-GREELEY UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 063271008496
Rio Bravo Elementary
22725 Elementary Ln., Bakersfield, CA 93314 · (661) 588-6313 · Kern County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
284 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 156 | 26% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (156) is 47% larger than its 4th grade class (106).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
47.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.3pp since 2014
Math
46.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +12.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 13 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 24.8% | 22.5% | 26.1% | 26.6% |
| Math | 13.5% | 32.9% | 26.1% | 27.5% |
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 | 47.3% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 50.2% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 46.8% |
| 2021-22 | 53.1% | 48.3% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 43.5% |
| 2018-19 | 48.7% | 46.9% |
| 2017-18 | 48.5% | 48.5% |
| 2016-17 | 42.9% | 40.8% |
| 2015-16 | 37.0% | 41.0% |
| 2014-15 | 34.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
48.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Rio Bravo Elementary
Rio Bravo Elementary's state test result (48.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio Bravo Elementary this school | 589 | 48.2% | 48.8% |
| Magnolia Elementary Oakdale | 636 | 49.4% | 34.5% |
| Dent Elementary Escalon | 671 | 50.2% | 37.1% |
| Sierra View Elementary Oakdale | 665 | 46.0% | 55.3% |
| Rosedale-North Elementary Bakersfield | 537 | 49.7% | 44.3% |
| Tompkins Elementary Tehachapi | 615 | 51.5% | 29.0% |
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 Rio Bravo Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #1,804 of 5,151 | #16 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,825 of 5,172 ▼ 318 | #15 of 150 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #2,250 of 5,172 ▼ 423 | #34 of 150 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.9pp | #763 of 5,116 | #18 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #1,493 of 5,915 | #81 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.0:1 | #1,526 of 5,352 | #65 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.7% | #2,359 of 5,354 | #43 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #3,990 of 5,625 | #135 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #684 of 1,139 | #27 of 42 |
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
589
+55 (+10%) vs 2020
+78% since 2000-01, when it was 331
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 589 | 28 | 21.0:1 | 48% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 28.3 | 21.0:1 | 48% (283) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 29.3 | 20.3:1 | 48% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 25 | 21.4:1 | 45% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 24 | 23.0:1 | 53% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 25 | 23.8:1 | 50% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 540 | N/A | N/A | 45% (243) |
| 2000-01 | 331 | 19 | 17.4:1 | 39% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rio Bravo Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (553 to 589); teachers up 17% (24 to 28).
About Rio Bravo Elementary
Families in Bakersfield, California, are served by Rio Bravo Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 4 and has 589 students enrolled. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 27% higher.
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary runs Rio Bravo Elementary along with 1 other school, enrolling 1,055 students in total.
The biggest share of students at Rio Bravo Elementary, 49%, is Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 46% White and 4% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Rio Bravo Elementary scores 55%.
Staffing at Rio Bravo Elementary comes to 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 21.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1. Rio Bravo Elementary counts 48% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 28 points below the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
In California, Rio Bravo Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.8% actual against a predicted 51.3%.
Kern County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Rio Bravo Elementary.
Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary is the nearest public school to Rio Bravo Elementary, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Rio Bravo Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Rio Bravo Elementary is Rural: Fringe.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 589, up from 534 in 2020-21.
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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 Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary
- Rio Bravo-Greeley ElementaryMiddle · 466 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
- Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary0.1 mi · 466
- Grow Academy Shafter5.2 mi · 80
- Golden Oak Elementary5.5 mi · 717
- Richland Junior High5.8 mi · 558
- Redwood Elementary5.8 mi · 601
- Frontier High6.0 mi · 2,098
Frequently asked questions
About Rio Bravo ElementaryHow large is Rio Bravo Elementary?
Rio Bravo Elementary enrolls approximately 589 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Rio Bravo Elementary serve?
Rio Bravo Elementary serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rio Bravo Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rio Bravo Elementary is approximately 21.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rio Bravo Elementary?
Rio Bravo Elementary reports a student body of 46% White, 49% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Rio Bravo Elementary public or private?
Rio Bravo Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.