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Lost Hills Union Elementary

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At a glance

751^stof 1,530 California districts▲ 24

Better than 50% of California districts

Elementary 1 Middle 1Grades K-8

20951 Pavilion Way
Lost Hills, CA 93249-0158·(661) 797-2941·All California district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 50.9% of districts

Schools

291

Students

Top rankedLost Hills Elementary2422^nd of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lost Hills Elementary up 687 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Lost Hills Union Elementary has two schools serving kindergarten through grade 8, with 291 students listed across Lost Hills Elementary (K–5) and A. M. Thomas Middle (grades 6–8). The most important finding is that the latest results show a clear difference between the schools: Lost Hills Elementary scored higher in all three tested subjects.

Lost Hills Elementary stands out at the top of the two-school comparison, with 48% proficiency in ELA, 42% in math and 32% in science in 2025–2026. A. M. Thomas Middle had 39% in ELA, 32% in math and 18% in science—a school-to-school gap of 10 points in ELA, 10 in math and 14 in science. Compared with state results, the elementary school was 4 points above in math, 1 point below in ELA and 4 below in science; the middle school was below by 11 points in ELA, 6 in math and 18 in science. The elementary results also vary sharply by grade: grades 4 and 5 were above state results in ELA, and grade 5 was above in math, while grade 3 was 20 points below the state in ELA.

Recent trends are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Lost Hills Elementary gained 6 points in ELA, 6 in math and 11 in science; A. M. Thomas Middle fell 9 points in ELA and 1 in science, while gaining 2 in math. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose from 39 to 58 for the elementary school and fell from 53 to 42 for the middle school. Other context differs too: the 2024–2025 student-teacher ratios were 18 and 29.5, respectively; the elementary school reported 53% directly certified for free meals and is marked as likely to provide all students free meals through Community Eligibility, while the middle school reported 97% free/reduced lunch eligible. These are different measures, not directly comparable. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was lower at the middle school—8%, versus 13% at the elementary school.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Lost Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	14821 Primary Ct.	Lost Hills	93249	Kern County	Lost Hills Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 797-2626	201	11	18.0	—	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	198 (98.5%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	53.2	2422^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	58.4%		41.6	3109^th of 5857 public elementary schools	46.9%	687	32.4		32.4	24.1	57.6	60.6				48.4	37.9	39.4	48.5				42.1	≥ 95%		$63,685	$60,804	$2,881
A. M. Thomas Middle	Public	6-8	20979 Lobos Ct.	Lost Hills	93249	Kern County	Lost Hills Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 797-2626	90	3	29.5	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (97.8%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37	1597^th of 2740 public middle schools	41.7%		45.1	1325^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.0%	272		18.2	18.2				40.0	33.3	42.4	38.5				36.7	30.3	30.3	32.3			$63,679	$60,798	$2,881

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Kern County Office of Education	0.68 mi	7
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills District	0.92 mi	1
Semitropic Elementary	10.89 mi	1	1491^st
Wasco Union Elementary	18.92 mi	6	1215^th
Buttonwillow Union Elementary	19.53 mi	1	1302^nd

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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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