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Enrollment
807
Elementary
DISTRICT 761 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639009520
Roy W. Loudon Elementary
4000 Loudon St., Bakersfield, CA 93313 · (661) 398-3210 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
23.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
710 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 142 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 113 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 26% larger than its 6th grade class (113).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
41.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +20.4pp since 2014
Math
23.5%
CA avg 37.7% . +15.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 20 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 16.6% | 24.8% | 27.3% | 31.3% |
| Math | 5.6% | 17.8% | 27.9% | 48.6% |
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 | 41.4% | 23.5% |
| 2023-24 | 41.5% | 22.7% |
| 2022-23 | 40.3% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 24.6% |
| 2018-19 | 59.6% | 40.1% |
| 2017-18 | 52.4% | 31.3% |
| 2016-17 | 38.5% | 18.8% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Roy W. Loudon Elementary
Roy W. Loudon Elementary's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roy W. Loudon Elementary this school | 807 | 88.0% | 32.3% |
| Hamilton Elementary Fresno | 811 | 85.8% | 27.7% |
| Estudillo Elementary San Jacinto | 831 | 88.2% | 19.5% |
| Megan Cope Elementary San Jacinto | 756 | 87.2% | 32.3% |
| McSweeny Elementary Hemet | 781 | 87.7% | 28.3% |
| Akira Yokomi Elementary Fresno | 700 | 85.7% | 42.9% |
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 Roy W. Loudon Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,245 of 5,151 | #63 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #3,943 of 5,172 ▼ 68 | #79 of 150 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #2,788 of 5,172 ▼ 218 | #51 of 150 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #971 of 5,116 | #22 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #371 of 5,915 | #25 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #3,448 of 5,352 | #115 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #3,244 of 5,354 | #65 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.0% | #1,332 of 5,625 | #73 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.0% | #961 of 1,139 | #39 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
807
+126 (+19%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 807 | 34.2 | 23.6:1 | 88% (710) |
| 2023-24 | 749 | 30 | 25.0:1 | 88% (662) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 28 | 24.8:1 | 89% (619) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 30 | 22.7:1 | 88% (601) |
| 2017-18 | 791 | 29.1 | 27.2:1 | 87% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 767 | 28 | 27.4:1 | 86% (660) |
| 2010-11 | 794 | N/A | N/A | 83% (658) |
| 2000-01 | 739 | 35 | 21.1:1 | 45% (332) |
| 1990-91 | 757 | 30 | 25.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roy W. Loudon Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (791 to 807); teachers up 18% (29.1 to 34.2).
About Roy W. Loudon Elementary
Roy W. Loudon Elementary is an elementary school located in Bakersfield, California, in Kern County. Its enrollment is 807 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. That compares with an average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
Panama-Buena Vista Union counts 19,366 students in its 25 schools, and Roy W. Loudon Elementary is one of them.
The largest group at Roy W. Loudon Elementary is Hispanic students, at 74%. Other groups include 9% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Kern County residents are about 57% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roy W. Loudon Elementary scores 43%.
Its ratio of 23.6:1 is based on 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 1.3 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 88%. On average, public schools in Kern County report 76%.
Roy W. Loudon Elementary holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 38% of California public elementary schools.
Roy W. Loudon Elementary posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.3%, compared with a predicted 28.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Kern County, where the school is located, 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. There are 279 public schools in the county, enrolling about 197,431, Roy W. Loudon Elementary among them.
The closest school to Roy W. Loudon Elementary is Berkshire Elementary, located about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Roy W. Loudon Elementary is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
A 19% rise took enrollment from 681 in 2020-21 to 807 in 2024-25.
Roy W. Loudon Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
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- Berkshire Elementary0.7 mi · 932
- Granite Pointe Elementary1.0 mi · 670
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- Stonecreek Junior High1.2 mi · 986
- Louise Sandrini Elementary1.4 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Roy W. Loudon ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roy W. Loudon Elementary?
Roy W. Loudon Elementary enrolls approximately 807 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Roy W. Loudon Elementary serve?
Roy W. Loudon Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roy W. Loudon Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roy W. Loudon Elementary is approximately 23.6:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roy W. Loudon Elementary?
Student demographics at Roy W. Loudon Elementary are roughly 9% White, 74% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Roy W. Loudon Elementary?
Roy W. Loudon Elementary is overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.