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Fruitvale Elementary


At a glance
527thof 1,530 California districts▼ 3
Better than 65% of California districts
7311 Rosedale Hwy.
Bakersfield, CA 93308-5738
·(661) 589-3830·All California district rankings →
Statewide performance 2017–2026
2026: better than 65.6% of districts
5
Schools
3,069
Students
Top rankedFruitvale Junior High895th of 2,740 California middle schools
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Biggest riser
Columbia Elementary up 362 spots statewide this year
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Smallest classes
Columbia Elementary 19.6 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
3★
Summary:

Fruitvale Elementary has five schools: four elementary schools serving kindergarten through grade 6 and one junior high serving grades 7–8. In 2025–26, the schools averaged 52% proficiency in ELA and 40% in math, compared with 49% and 38% statewide. Science averaged 33%, below the state’s 36%; even the four elementary schools averaged 33% in science. The clearest area-wide concern is that science results lagged the state across the elementary group, too.

Different schools lead in different subjects. Fruitvale Junior High led all-grades ELA at 58%, 9 percentage points above the state and 8 points above the other schools’ average. Endeavour Elementary led math at 44%, 6 points above the state. Quailwood Elementary led science at 37%, about 1 point above the state, but was lowest in ELA and math at 47% and 37%. Discovery Elementary had the lowest science result, 29%, 7 points below the state. All-grades comparisons combine different grade spans, so grade-level results can add useful context.

Scores changed unevenly from 2024–25 to 2025–26: the five-school average rose 1 point in math and 2 in science, while ELA fell 1 point. Columbia Elementary improved in all three subjects, including a 10-point science gain; Discovery’s science score fell 9 points. Grade-level results also show contrasts: Quailwood was low in grade 3 but led the elementary schools in grade 5 ELA and math. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 statewide rankings ranged from the 56th percentile at Quailwood to the 67th at Fruitvale Junior High; since 2023–24, they rose 4 points at Endeavour and Columbia and fell 2 to 7 points at the other schools. As context, all five reported free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, ranging from 66% to 76%; these figures do not explain achievement differences.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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