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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363009713
Stella I. Hills Elementary
3800 Jewett Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301 · (661) 631-5320 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
19.3:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
657 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 130 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (130) is 53% larger than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
13.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.2pp since 2014
Math
7.6%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.2% | 10.1% | 19.5% | 67.2% |
| Math | 1.4% | 6.2% | 16.3% | 76.2% |
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 | 13.2% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 13.4% | 6.9% |
| 2022-23 | 16.9% | 6.5% |
| 2021-22 | 19.1% | 7.1% |
| 2018-19 | 24.6% | 9.3% |
| 2017-18 | 20.7% | 7.8% |
| 2016-17 | 17.8% | 9.9% |
| 2015-16 | 13.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 13.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
10.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Stella I. Hills Elementary
Stella I. Hills Elementary's state test result (10.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stella I. Hills Elementary this school | 670 | 98.1% | 10.2% |
| Mariposa Elementary Lancaster | 732 | 94.4% | 15.5% |
| Tamarisk Elementary Palmdale | 664 | 93.4% | 12.5% |
| Ninety-Fifth Street Elementary Los Angeles | 745 | 98.9% | 31.1% |
| West Athens Elementary Los Angeles | 545 | 97.4% | 21.3% |
| Yucca Elementary Palmdale | 495 | 96.2% | 12.3% |
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 Stella I. Hills Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.2% | #5,097 of 5,151 | #147 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #5,121 of 5,172 ▼ 7 | #148 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.2% | #5,093 of 5,172 ▼ 16 | #149 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.7pp | #1,026 of 5,116 | #24 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #893 of 5,915 | #55 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.3:1 | #615 of 5,352 | #21 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #2,487 of 5,354 | #51 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #88 of 5,625 | #10 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #811 of 1,139 | #29 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
670
+46 (+7%) vs 2020
+85% since 1990-91, when it was 363
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 670 | 34.8 | 19.3:1 | 98% (657) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 36.5 | 17.9:1 | 98% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 665 | 35 | 19.0:1 | 96% (639) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 32 | 19.5:1 | 98% (612) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 29 | 22.2:1 | 97% (624) |
| 2015-16 | 561 | 26 | 21.6:1 | 98% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 498 | N/A | N/A | 95% (475) |
| 2000-01 | 617 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 95% (584) |
| 1990-91 | 363 | 14 | 25.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stella I. Hills Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (643 to 670); teachers up 20% (29 to 34.8).
About Stella I. Hills Elementary
The public elementary school Stella I. Hills Elementary is located in Bakersfield, California. It enrolled 670 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in California average about 465 students each.
The Bakersfield City system has 44 schools and 28,365 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Stella I. Hills Elementary, at 63%. Next come 24% Black, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. Stella I. Hills Elementary's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 19.3 students per teacher. That is 3.1 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 98% of students. The average for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Stella I. Hills Elementary receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Stella I. Hills Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 10.2%, compared with a predicted 22.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Kern County, the median household income is $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Stella I. Hills Elementary is one of 279 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Valley Oaks Charter, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Stella I. Hills Elementary is behind the 30.1% nearby average, ranking 5th of 5.
For locale, NCES codes Stella I. Hills Elementary as City: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 670, a 7% rise from 624 in 2020-21.
Discussions about Stella I. Hills Elementary may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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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- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Valley Oaks Charter0.4 mi · 1,087
- Longfellow Elementary0.8 mi · 780
- Downtown Elementary1.1 mi · 317
- Kern County Community1.4 mi · 325
- Kern County Juvenile Court1.4 mi · 191
- Kern County Special Education1.4 mi · 387
Frequently asked questions
About Stella I. Hills ElementaryHow large is Stella I. Hills Elementary?
Stella I. Hills Elementary enrolls approximately 670 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Stella I. Hills Elementary serve?
Stella I. Hills Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Stella I. Hills Elementary?
Approximately 19.3:1 students per teacher at Stella I. Hills Elementary.
How diverse is Stella I. Hills Elementary?
Stella I. Hills Elementary reports a student body of 8% White, 63% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Stella I. Hills Elementary?
Stella I. Hills Elementary is overseen by Bakersfield City in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.