Taft Primary

Set in Taft, California, Taft Primary is a small primary school, part of Taft City. It serves 231 students across grades K through 3. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Taft Primary sits 50% smaller than that benchmark.

Taft City comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,404 students; Taft Primary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Taft Primary shows that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 23% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 92% of students at Taft Primary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Taft Primary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 24.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kern County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Taft Primary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Junior High, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Taft Primary at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Taft Primary has edged up 7%, going from 215 students in 2018 to 231 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 55% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.

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