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If you had an hour of school board time for Teresa Burke Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 563 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASCO UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 064140012045
Teresa Burke Elementary
1301 Filburn St., Wasco, CA 93280 · (661) 758-7480 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of California public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
20.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
468 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 104 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
35.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +19.3pp since 2014
Math
27.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +16.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 19 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.4% | 21.9% | 29.0% | 35.7% |
| Math | 8.3% | 19.6% | 29.2% | 42.9% |
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 | 35.3% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 33.3% | 27.4% |
| 2022-23 | 28.1% | 18.1% |
| 2021-22 | 30.8% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 37.8% | 28.5% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2016-17 | 23.9% | 11.7% |
| 2015-16 | 21.0% | 8.0% |
| 2014-15 | 16.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 Teresa Burke Elementary
Teresa Burke Elementary's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teresa Burke Elementary this school | 503 | 93.0% | 31.2% |
| San Vicente Elementary Soledad | 501 | 92.8% | 17.6% |
| Buford Elementary Lennox | 513 | 93.6% | 46.3% |
| Newhall Elementary Newhall | 493 | 93.5% | 27.9% |
| Thurgood Marshall Elementary Lynwood | 511 | 93.2% | 27.9% |
| Arroyo Elementary Pomona | 479 | 93.9% | 22.4% |
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 Teresa Burke Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,375 of 5,151 | #67 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #3,428 of 5,172 ▼ 79 | #65 of 150 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,408 of 5,172 ▲ 10 | #74 of 150 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,262 of 5,116 | #38 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,399 of 5,915 | #107 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #990 of 5,352 | #36 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #4,930 of 5,354 | #132 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.0% | #696 of 5,625 | #43 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.5% | #321 of 3,837 | #6 of 95 |
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
503
-67 (-12%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 503 | 25 | 20.1:1 | 93% (468) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 93% (492) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 24.9 | 21.0:1 | 93% (485) |
| 2020-21 | 570 | 26 | 21.9:1 | 87% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 768 | 33.3 | 23.1:1 | 89% (685) |
| 2015-16 | 770 | 30 | 25.7:1 | 91% (701) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | N/A | N/A | 95% (672) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Teresa Burke Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (768 to 503); teachers down 25% (33.3 to 25).
About Teresa Burke Elementary
Teresa Burke Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in California, located in Wasco. It enrolled 503 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
Teresa Burke Elementary is a school in Wasco Union Elementary. The district has 6 schools and 3,473 students.
The large majority of students at Teresa Burke Elementary, 95%, are Hispanic. Among all residents of Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. The chance that two students picked at random at Teresa Burke Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 10%.
Teresa Burke Elementary counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 20.1 students for each one. Among elementary schools in California, the typical ratio is 22.3:1. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Kern County, the average eligibility rate is 76%.
Teresa Burke Elementary is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 52% of California public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Teresa Burke Elementary would score about 25.0%. It scores 31.2%, 6.2 points above that figure.
Census Bureau estimates for Kern County show that median household income is about $70,210, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Teresa Burke Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County, which together enroll about 197,431 students.
The nearest other public school, Wasco Independence High, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Teresa Burke Elementary is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Teresa Burke Elementary went from 570 students to 503. The ratio was 21.9:1 in 2020-21 and 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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
Related schools
Other schools in Wasco Union Elementary
- Palm Avenue MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- John L. Prueitt ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- James A. Forrest ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Karl F. Clemens ElementaryElementary · 551 students
Other schools in Wasco
- Wasco HighHigh · 1,672 students
- Palm Avenue MiddleMiddle · 631 students
- John L. Prueitt ElementaryElementary · 621 students
- Thomas Jefferson MiddleMiddle · 591 students
- James A. Forrest ElementaryElementary · 576 students
- Karl F. Clemens ElementaryElementary · 551 students
Nearby schools
- Wasco Independence High0.5 mi · 109
- Palm Avenue Middle0.9 mi · 631
- Wasco High1.1 mi · 1,672
- Karl F. Clemens Elementary1.2 mi · 551
- Thomas Jefferson Middle1.3 mi · 591
- John L. Prueitt Elementary1.6 mi · 621
Frequently asked questions
About Teresa Burke ElementaryHow large is Teresa Burke Elementary?
Teresa Burke Elementary enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-05.
Is Teresa Burke Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Teresa Burke Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Teresa Burke Elementary?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Teresa Burke Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Teresa Burke Elementary?
Student demographics at Teresa Burke Elementary are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Teresa Burke Elementary in?
Teresa Burke Elementary is part of Wasco Union Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.