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Bear Mountain Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5422^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of California elementary schools

Summary

Bear Mountain Elementary is a public elementary school located in Arvin, California, serving 749 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Arvin Union School District, which is ranked 1336 out of 1565 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Bear Mountain Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of California elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on Smarter Balanced Assessments across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 17.98% of Bear Mountain students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 29.73% for the Arvin Union district and 48.81% for the state. The school also has high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.8% to 24.9% over the past few years, which is much higher than the state average. Additionally, over 93% of Bear Mountain students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage.

Interestingly, the nearby Sierra Vista Elementary and El Camino Real Elementary, which are also part of the Arvin Union School District, perform significantly better than Bear Mountain Elementary on academic measures, despite serving similar student populations. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, Sierra Vista Elementary had 25.73% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to only 17.98% at Bear Mountain. The school's high spending per student and student-teacher ratio suggest that the district and school are investing resources to support the needs of the student population, but these efforts do not seem to be translating into improved academic outcomes.

728

Students ?

20.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,185

Per pupil spending ?

95.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1501 Hood St.
Arvin, CA 93203-1413

(661) 854-6590

District: Arvin Union

Students who attend Bear Mountain Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Haven Drive Middle
High:	Arvin High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.8%

White:

3.3%

African American:

1.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 14th percentile in 2013 → 7th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (17% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school17%

District avg25%

California avg41%

5,422^nd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▼ down 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 12% (2015) to bottom 7% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 3Elementary Schools in the Arvin Union

1318^th of 1,543Arvin Union among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	13.0	5422 of 5857	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.6	5342 of 5869	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.6	5347 of 5859	8.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.6	5307 of 5883	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.5	5351 of 5789	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	4981 of 5662	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.8	5125 of 5692	10.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	14.0	5136 of 5614	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	16.5	4942 of 5611	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	19.5	4775 of 5530	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	11.5	5140 of 5390	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.5	5332 of 5377	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	7.5	5225 of 5314	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	6.2	5125 of 5193	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	6.9	5045 of 5113	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	7.5	5028 of 5113	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	9.2	4668 of 4818	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	14.2	4384 of 4822	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2004	14.8	4354 of 4809	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.4	1836 of 2227	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.4	2213 of 2585	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	48.8	1253 of 3162	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.0	1552 of 3245	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	36.7	2075 of 3311	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.7	1462 of 3275	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	38.6	1840 of 3246	43.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.1	5366 of 5597	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.4	5176 of 5612	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.1	5038 of 5609	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.7	5301 of 5635	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.5	4998 of 5492	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	4749 of 5413	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.3	4628 of 5107	9.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	4437 of 5107	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.2	4537 of 5087	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	4412 of 5084	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	4474 of 4963	9.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	4025 of 4830	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.4	4904 of 5460	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.5	4817 of 5517	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	4785 of 5363	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.4	4546 of 5264	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.8	4644 of 5173	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.6	4218 of 5084	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	16.8	4988 of 5628	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.9	4990 of 5643	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.2	5215 of 5638	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	19.2	4789 of 5663	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.7	5136 of 5510	6.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.4	4791 of 5431	11.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.3	33 of 78	57.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	34.1	58 of 74	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.3	59 of 68	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)60th percentile+51 vs school

Migrant (2025)58th percentile+50 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile+8 vs school

Male (2025)11th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)10th percentile+3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy18%-31 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

Science13%-20 vs state

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Bear Mountain Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Hood St.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6590	728	36	20.2	95.2%	24 (3.3%)	7 (1.0%)	690 (94.8%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	13	5422^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	7.4%		14.6	5342^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	9.0%	80																					12.9		12.9	14.4	17.5	12.9	26.3			18.0	15.4	23.7	12.9	14.7			16.9	94.4		97.2		$22,185	$4,328	$17,857
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	300 Franklin St.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6560	690	31	22.6	96.2%	13 (1.9%)	5 (0.7%)	670 (97.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.8	4686^th of 5857 public elementary schools	20.0%		18.5	4986^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.0%	300																					21.6		21.6	18.1	20.0	27.6	35.1			25.7	26.6	24.7	20.7	22.5			23.6	97.5	98.4		97.5	$21,738	$4,420	$17,318
Grow Academy Arvin	Public, Charter	K-8	901 Nectarine Ct.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Grow Academy Arvin District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 855-8200	87	4	19.5	85.1%	1 (1.1%)	2 (2.3%)	84 (96.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																						30.2	30.2						57.0	57.0						22.1	22.1					$23,119	$2,846	$20,273
El Camino Real Elementary	Public	K-6	911 El Camino Real Rd.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6661	771	34	22.6	88.5%	99 (12.8%)	5 (0.6%)	662 (85.9%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.4	4105^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.9%		23.4	4536^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.7%	431																					22.6		22.6	21.4	33.6	38.8	36.1			32.4	30.5	29.2	28.1	20.4			27.2					$19,608	$4,250	$15,358
Vineland Elementary	Public	K-4	14327 S. Vineland Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Vineland Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-3719	336	17	19.7	100.0%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	336 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.3	5073^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	13.4%		11.6	5576^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.0%	503																								23.3	24.3					23.9	33.3	12.7					22.1					$22,318	$4,376	$17,942
Di Giorgio Elementary	Public	K-8	19405 Buena Vista Blvd.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Di Giorgio Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-2604	231	10	23.1	99.6%	7 (3.0%)	1 (0.4%)	223 (96.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8	5736^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.1%		10	5689^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.1%	47																					3.7	29.2	15.7	16.1	12.5	11.1	20.0	22.2	47.8	20.9	19.4	8.0	0.0	10.0	0.0	41.7	13.5					$33,051	$5,363	$27,688
Lamont Elementary	Public	K-3	8201 Palm Ave.	Lamont	93241	Kern County	Lamont Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-4404	586	28	20.9	79.7%	7 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	578 (98.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	8.9				8.9	24.4				24.4	11.1				11.1	2.2				2.2				23.7						23.7	21.0						21.0					$18,995	$2,549	$16,446
Alicante Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	7998 Alicante Ave.	Lamont	93241	Kern County	Lamont Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-1452	959	44	21.7	81.9%	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	946 (98.6%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.3	5331^st of 5857 public elementary schools	9.0%		18.7	4958^th of 5869 public elementary schools	15.5%	373	9.5	15.1	4.8	4.4	8.6	35.1	21.9	34.9	10.3	25.5	13.5	32.9	3.2	13.2	16.2	5.4	17.8	6.4	5.9	9.0	11.6		11.6	20.3	21.2	25.8	28.1			23.7	20.9	16.3	9.7	15.9			15.7					$17,809	$2,645	$15,164
General Shafter Elementary	Public	K-8	1825 Shafter Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	General Shafter Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-1931	169	10	16.9	88.8%	45 (26.6%)	1 (0.6%)	122 (72.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	58.8	2126^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.7%		35.1	3506^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.3%	1380																					43.8	35.0	38.9	47.8	36.8	37.5	63.2	30.8	50.0	43.9	58.3	42.1	37.5	42.1	34.6	60.0	46.0					$18,761	$1,162	$17,599
Crescent Elementary	Public	K-5	6600 Crescent School Dr.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 527-6516	496	24	20.5	93.8%	26 (5.2%)	11 (2.2%)	447 (90.1%)	6 (1.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	28.4	4108^th of 5857 public elementary schools	29.9%		21.8	4694^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.0%	586																					14.5		14.5	42.7	44.3	24.2				37.4	35.5	22.0	9.8				23.5					$25,099	$1,973	$23,126

Frequently Asked Questions about Bear Mountain Elementary

How many students attend Bear Mountain Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 728 students attended Bear Mountain Elementary.

What district is Bear Mountain Elementary in?

Arvin Union

Is Bear Mountain Elementary a good school?

Bear Mountain Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.4% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Bear Mountain Elementary attend?

Students who attend Bear Mountain Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Haven Drive Middle
High : Arvin High

What is the racial makeup of Bear Mountain Elementary?

Students at Bear Mountain Elementary are 95% Hispanic, 3% White.

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