West Boron Elementary

West Boron Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Boron, California, overseen by Muroc Joint Unified. The school enrolls 276 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

West Boron Elementary is one of 6 schools operated by Muroc Joint Unified, a district that instructs 1,803 students overall.

On demographics, West Boron Elementary shows that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly less Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting West Boron Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 75% of students at West Boron Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, West Boron Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.4%; actual is 14.6%, a gap of -20.8 points.

In the broader community, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), West Boron Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation), around 2.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, West Boron Elementary comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 19.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 309 students in 2018 compared to 276 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 51% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.6:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for West Boron Elementary typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.