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Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KERNVILLE UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 061959002358
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary
3240 Erskine Creek Rd., Lake Isabella, CA 93240 · (760) 379-2621 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% 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.
- CThree-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
20.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.4:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
341 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 89 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary→Woodrow Wallace Middle
Based on grade levels within Kernville Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
25.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.1pp since 2014
Math
9.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 5.8% | 20.1% | 21.8% | 52.3% |
| Math | 1.7% | 8.1% | 23.6% | 66.7% |
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 | 25.9% | 9.8% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 14.6% |
| 2022-23 | 23.9% | 15.2% |
| 2021-22 | 21.9% | 13.9% |
| 2018-19 | 37.3% | 21.1% |
| 2017-18 | 30.0% | 17.5% |
| 2016-17 | 34.3% | 27.2% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| 2014-15 | 31.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary this school | 390 | 87.4% | 17.9% |
| Grand Oaks Elementary Shasta Lake | 320 | 83.8% | 32.7% |
| Oakhurst Elementary Oakhurst | 333 | 81.7% | 30.2% |
| Buckeye School of the Arts Redding | 482 | 89.4% | 26.2% |
| Saticoy Elementary North Hollywood | 523 | 92.2% | 27.1% |
| South Fork Elementary Weldon | 348 | 79.0% | 34.7% |
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 Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #4,751 of 5,151 | #127 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.8% | #5,052 of 5,172 ▼ 342 | #139 of 150 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #4,401 of 5,172 ▲ 181 | #112 of 150 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.1pp | #1,754 of 5,116 | #45 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #3,810 of 5,915 | #120 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.6:1 | #1,263 of 5,352 | #55 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #2,865 of 5,354 | #59 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #1,407 of 5,625 | #77 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.4% | #1,595 of 3,837 | #27 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
390
-26 (-6%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 609
Student : Teacher
20.6:1
was 19.8:1
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 | 390 | 18.9 | 20.6:1 | 87% (341) |
| 2023-24 | 405 | 20.8 | 19.5:1 | 87% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 21.3 | 19.6:1 | 86% (360) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 88% (364) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 21.7 | 22.1:1 | 85% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 410 | 17 | 24.1:1 | 83% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 313 | N/A | N/A | 72% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 25 | 18.9:1 | 76% (359) |
| 1990-91 | 609 | 28 | 21.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (478 to 390); teachers down 13% (21.7 to 18.9).
About Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary, a small elementary school, is located in Lake Isabella, California. Enrollment totals 390 students across kindergarten through 5.
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary is a school in Kernville Union Elementary. The district has 3 schools and 764 students.
Of every 100 students at Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary, about 67 are White. The rest of enrollment is 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial, and 2% Native American. Among all residents of Kern County, the White share is about 44%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary is 20.6:1, based on 18.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 76% average for public schools in Kern County, the school's rate is higher.
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 8% 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. For Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary, the prediction is 28.3% and the result is 17.9%.
The school is in Kern County, where median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary.
Of the public schools around it, Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary is closest to Woodrow Wallace Middle, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 27.3%; Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary's is 17.9%, ranking 7th of 7.
The school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Distant).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 6%.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in Kernville Union Elementary
- Woodrow Wallace MiddleMiddle · 269 students
- Kernville ElementaryElementary · 105 students
Other schools in Lake Isabella
- Kern Valley HighHigh · 516 students
- Woodrow Wallace MiddleMiddle · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Woodrow Wallace Middle0.0 mi · 269
- Kern Valley High0.1 mi · 516
- Kernville Elementary10.6 mi · 105
- South Fork Elementary11.1 mi · 348
- Linns Valley-Poso Flat Elementary15.7 mi · 22
- Piute Mountain Elementary18.9 mi · 44
Frequently asked questions
About Woodrow W. Wallace ElementaryHow large is Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary?
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary serve?
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary is approximately 20.6:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary?
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary reports a student body of 67% White, 25% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary?
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary is overseen by Kernville Union Elementary in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.