Roy W. Loudon Elementary

Located at 4000 Loudon St., in Bakersfield, California, Roy W. Loudon Elementary is a well-populated K-5 school that educates 807 students (grades K through 6), overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union. That puts it 74% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Panama-Buena Vista Union runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 19,366 students. Roy W. Loudon Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Roy W. Loudon Elementary records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 9% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.6:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 88% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Roy W. Loudon Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 27.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kern County) records that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Roy W. Loudon Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Berkshire Elementary, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roy W. Loudon Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 40.5%.

Roy W. Loudon Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Roy W. Loudon Elementary's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 791 (now 807). The Black share of enrollment declined from 11% to 6% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 27.2:1 in 2018 to 23.6:1 in 2025.

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