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What's the biggest difference between Voorhies Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
915
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000319
Voorhies Elementary
6001 Pioneer Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93306 · (661) 631-5800 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL915 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% 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.
- CBeats 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
20.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
798 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 | 201 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 136 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 152 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
11%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
27.6%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.6pp since 2014
Math
18.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -4.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 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 have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.8% | 16.8% | 26.6% | 45.8% |
| Math | 4.3% | 13.7% | 27.2% | 54.9% |
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 | 27.6% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 16.8% |
| 2022-23 | 27.9% | 17.3% |
| 2021-22 | 29.2% | 19.4% |
| 2018-19 | 40.7% | 29.8% |
| 2017-18 | 35.6% | 23.1% |
| 2016-17 | 36.8% | 25.0% |
| 2015-16 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 27.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 Voorhies Elementary
Voorhies Elementary's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voorhies Elementary this school | 915 | 87.2% | 23.1% |
| King Elementary Stockton | 942 | 89.2% | 28.2% |
| Home Gardens Academy Corona | 961 | 89.9% | 30.1% |
| Bret Harte Elementary Modesto | 867 | 86.5% | 22.8% |
| Driffill Elementary Oxnard | 891 | 87.8% | 23.8% |
| Montague Charter Academy Pacoima | 852 | 84.6% | N/A |
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 Voorhies Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #4,281 of 5,151 | #102 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,484 of 5,172 ▲ 29 | #110 of 150 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #4,215 of 5,172 ▼ 423 | #108 of 150 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.6pp | #1,320 of 5,116 | #32 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 915 | #153 of 5,915 | #12 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #991 of 5,352 | #37 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #4,900 of 5,354 | #128 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #1,445 of 5,625 | #79 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #3,422 of 3,837 | #78 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
915
-113 (-11%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 911
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 21.4:1
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 | 915 | 45.5 | 20.1:1 | 87% (798) |
| 2023-24 | 1,033 | 50.3 | 20.5:1 | 92% (955) |
| 2022-23 | 1,032 | 48.5 | 21.3:1 | 87% (901) |
| 2020-21 | 1,028 | 48 | 21.4:1 | 93% (957) |
| 2017-18 | 953 | 44.5 | 21.4:1 | 91% (867) |
| 2015-16 | 983 | 44 | 22.3:1 | 87% (853) |
| 2010-11 | 910 | N/A | N/A | 90% (820) |
| 2000-01 | 660 | 36 | 18.3:1 | 92% (604) |
| 1990-91 | 911 | 35 | 26.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Voorhies Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (953 to 915); teachers up 2% (44.5 to 45.5).
About Voorhies Elementary
Voorhies Elementary is a large elementary school in Bakersfield City, located in Bakersfield, California. It serves 915 students in kindergarten through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The district, Bakersfield City, operates 44 schools serving 28,365 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Voorhies Elementary, with 94% of enrollment. Next come 3% White. That compares with about 57% Hispanic among all Kern County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Voorhies Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
Its 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 20.1:1. That ratio is under the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 87%. On average, public schools in Kern County report 76%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Voorhies Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Voorhies Elementary scores 23.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 28.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kern County, median household income is about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Voorhies Elementary is among the 279 public schools in Kern County.
Nearby, Foothill High is about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Voorhies Elementary ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Voorhies Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students dropped from 1,028 to 915 over 4 years. The number of students per teacher fell from 21.4 to 20.1 over 4 years.
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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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Other schools in Bakersfield
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- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Foothill High0.2 mi · 2,043
- Hort Elementary0.8 mi · 590
- Pioneer Drive Elementary1.0 mi · 562
- Walter Stiern Middle1.0 mi · 891
- Orangewood Elementary1.1 mi · 617
- Virginia Avenue Elementary1.7 mi · 644
Frequently asked questions
About Voorhies ElementaryHow many students attend Voorhies Elementary?
Voorhies Elementary enrolls approximately 915 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Voorhies Elementary serve?
Voorhies Elementary serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Voorhies Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Voorhies Elementary is approximately 20.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Voorhies Elementary?
Voorhies Elementary reports a student body of 3% White, 94% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Voorhies Elementary?
Voorhies 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.