Enrollment
276
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MUROC JOINT UNIFIED·NCES 062649004001
West Boron Elementary
12300 Del Oro St., Boron, CA 93516 · (760) 762-5430 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL276 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
18.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
208 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
18.8%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.2pp since 2014
Math
13.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 12.8% | 20.1% | 61.1% |
| Math | 5.4% | 8.1% | 18.8% | 67.8% |
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 | 18.8% | 13.4% |
| 2023-24 | 12.9% | 9.4% |
| 2022-23 | 13.6% | 8.3% |
| 2021-22 | 20.9% | 16.6% |
| 2020-21 | 19.6% | 12.8% |
| 2018-19 | 27.0% | 20.0% |
| 2017-18 | 26.9% | 27.5% |
| 2016-17 | 25.0% | 23.3% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 21.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
14.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 West Boron Elementary
West Boron Elementary's state test result (14.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Boron Elementary this school | 276 | 75.4% | 14.6% |
| Cordova Gardens Academy of Arts and Sciences Rancho Cordova | 293 | 78.5% | 28.2% |
| Palm Vista Elementary Twentynine Palms | 362 | 76.2% | 18.2% |
| Westminster Avenue Elementary Venice | 367 | 77.7% | 51.8% |
| Cyril Spinelli Elementary Antelope | 347 | 72.6% | 26.3% |
| Pierce Elementary Ridgecrest | 297 | 82.2% | 24.0% |
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 West Boron Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #4,960 of 5,151 | #138 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.4% | #4,876 of 5,172 ▲ 163 | #130 of 150 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.8% | #4,910 of 5,172 ▲ 178 | #137 of 150 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.6pp | #1,060 of 5,116 | #25 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 276 | #4,949 of 5,915 | #138 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #364 of 5,352 | #14 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #1,067 of 5,354 | #6 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.4% | #2,593 of 5,625 | #112 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #2,604 of 3,837 | #50 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
276
0 (0%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 362
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 19.7:1
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 | 276 | 15 | 18.4:1 | 75% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 72% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 290 | 13 | 22.3:1 | 69% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 14 | 19.7:1 | 70% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 309 | 15 | 20.6:1 | 70% (215) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 15 | 21.3:1 | 69% (221) |
| 2010-11 | 337 | N/A | N/A | 64% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 17 | 18.2:1 | 48% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 362 | 17 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for West Boron Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (309 to 276); teachers unchanged (15 to 15).
About West Boron Elementary
West Boron Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Boron, California. It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 276 students enrolled. That is 41% below the average of about 465 students for elementary schools in California.
West Boron Elementary is one of the 6 schools that make up Muroc Joint Unified (1,803 students in total).
Hispanic students make up 46% of enrollment at West Boron Elementary, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 32% White, 13% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kern County's population at about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 18.4:1. The average for elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at West Boron Elementary, 75% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Kern County average a similar 76%.
West Boron Elementary holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 1% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. West Boron Elementary posts 14.6% against a 35.4% prediction, a bottom-10% result in California.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Kern County show that median household income comes to about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Kern County, 279 public schools serve about 197,431 students.
Of the public schools around it, West Boron Elementary is closest to McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation), about 2.2 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. West Boron Elementary ranks 5th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 14.6% against a local average of 21.6%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 276 in 2020-21 and 276 in 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 19.7:1 to 18.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
West Boron Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Muroc Joint Unified
- Desert Junior-Senior HighHigh · 497 students
- Irving L. Branch ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- William A. Bailey ElementaryElementary · 366 students
- Boron Junior-Senior HighHigh · 253 students
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)High · 23 students
Other schools in Boron
- Boron Junior-Senior HighHigh · 253 students
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)High · 23 students
Nearby schools
- McGowan (Robert) High (Continuation)2.2 mi · 23
- Boron Junior-Senior High2.2 mi · 253
- William A. Bailey Elementary14.9 mi · 366
- Irving L. Branch Elementary15.0 mi · 388
- Desert Junior-Senior High15.1 mi · 497
- California City Middle16.5 mi · 478
Frequently asked questions
About West Boron ElementaryHow many students attend West Boron Elementary?
West Boron Elementary enrolls approximately 276 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does West Boron Elementary serve?
West Boron Elementary serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at West Boron Elementary?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at West Boron Elementary.
How diverse is West Boron Elementary?
West Boron Elementary reports a student body of 32% White, 46% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is West Boron Elementary in?
West Boron Elementary is part of Muroc Joint Unified.
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