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What's one thing Virginia Avenue Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
644
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRFAX ELEMENTARY·NCES 061329001507
Virginia Avenue Elementary
3301 Virginia Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307 · (661) 366-3223 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL644 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
21.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
642 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 6% larger than its 6th grade class (96).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
28.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +13.6pp since 2014
Math
18.0%
CA avg 37.7% . +9.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.7% | 17.9% | 26.2% | 45.2% |
| Math | 3.8% | 14.2% | 27.5% | 54.5% |
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 | 28.6% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 12.3% |
| 2022-23 | 20.6% | 12.9% |
| 2021-22 | 25.9% | 17.2% |
| 2018-19 | 32.6% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 26.6% | 16.2% |
| 2016-17 | 21.9% | 12.7% |
| 2015-16 | 17.0% | 12.0% |
| 2014-15 | 15.0% | 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
20.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 Virginia Avenue Elementary
Virginia Avenue Elementary's state test result (20.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia Avenue Elementary this school | 644 | 99.7% | 20.3% |
| Hooper Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 608 | 98.8% | 19.9% |
| Ascot Avenue Elementary Los Angeles | 610 | 97.5% | 40.0% |
| Miramonte Elementary Los Angeles | 631 | 96.7% | 17.9% |
| George De La Torre Jr. Elementary Wilmington | 598 | 98.5% | 26.0% |
| Millview Elementary Madera | 594 | 98.5% | 27.0% |
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 Virginia Avenue Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.3% | #4,558 of 5,151 | #117 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,482 of 5,172 ▲ 409 | #109 of 150 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #4,111 of 5,172 ▲ 387 | #101 of 150 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.8pp | #2,711 of 5,116 | #85 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 644 | #1,063 of 5,915 | #63 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.8:1 | #2,066 of 5,352 | #80 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #4,899 of 5,354 | #127 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #13 of 5,625 | #2 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #2,995 of 3,837 | #63 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
644
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 566
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 24.1:1
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 | 644 | 29.5 | 21.8:1 | 100% (642) |
| 2023-24 | 670 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 100% (668) |
| 2022-23 | 685 | 29 | 23.6:1 | 95% (652) |
| 2020-21 | 674 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 87% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 696 | 32 | 21.8:1 | 92% (643) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 28 | 24.1:1 | 97% (657) |
| 2010-11 | 759 | N/A | N/A | 94% (715) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 99% (532) |
| 1990-91 | 566 | 21 | 26.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Virginia Avenue Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (696 to 644); teachers down 8% (32 to 29.5).
About Virginia Avenue Elementary
Virginia Avenue Elementary is a public elementary school in Bakersfield, California. The school counts 644 students across kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in California is about 465 students.
Fairfax Elementary is the district for Virginia Avenue Elementary. It has 4 schools and 2,667 students.
About 94% of the student body at Virginia Avenue Elementary is Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black. In Kern County overall, about 57% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is an 11% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At Virginia Avenue Elementary, 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 21.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 100% of enrollment. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Kern County.
allk12 grades Virginia Avenue Elementary a C-. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Virginia Avenue Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 20.3% and a predicted 21.1%.
Among Kern County residents, 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. Besides Virginia Avenue Elementary, Kern County has 278 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Sierra Middle, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 22.1%; Virginia Avenue Elementary's is 20.3%, ranking 6th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when Virginia Avenue Elementary had 674 students, to 2024-25, when it had 644. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 24.1:1 to 21.8:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 Fairfax Elementary
- Zephyr Lane ElementaryElementary · 797 students
- Shirley Lane ElementaryElementary · 617 students
- Fairfax Junior HighMiddle · 609 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Sierra Middle0.7 mi · 731
- Ramon Garza Elementary0.8 mi · 658
- Pioneer Drive Elementary0.9 mi · 562
- Horace Mann Elementary1.2 mi · 870
- Mt. Vernon Elementary1.2 mi · 614
- Tierra Del Sol Continuation High1.3 mi · 241
Frequently asked questions
About Virginia Avenue ElementaryHow many students attend Virginia Avenue Elementary?
Virginia Avenue Elementary enrolls approximately 644 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Virginia Avenue Elementary serve?
Virginia Avenue Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Virginia Avenue Elementary?
Approximately 21.8:1 students per teacher at Virginia Avenue Elementary.
How diverse is Virginia Avenue Elementary?
Virginia Avenue Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 94% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Virginia Avenue Elementary public or private?
Virginia Avenue Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Fairfax Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.