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Taft City

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Elementary 5 Middle 1Grades K-8

820 Sixth St.
Taft, CA 93268-2306·(661) 763-1521·All California district rankings →

Schools

2,404

Students

Top rankedRoosevelt Elementary3885^th of 5,817 California elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Roosevelt Elementary up 442 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lincoln Junior High 18.6 students per teacher

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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
Conley Elementary	Public	K-3	623 Rose Ave.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 765-4117	306	13	23.5	93.8%	46 (15.0%)	4 (1.3%)	252 (82.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)								(n/a)				30.9						30.9	47.1						47.1	91%	0%	$20,417	$17,560	$2,857
Lincoln Junior High	Public	6-8	810 Sixth St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 765-2127	748	40	18.6	89.6%	199 (26.6%)	8 (1.1%)	526 (70.3%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	22.5	2103^rd of 2740 public middle schools	23.2%		20.9	2189^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.7%	86		15.1	15.1				34.1	33.5	34.2	33.9				25.2	12.4	15.1	17.8			$22,826	$20,106	$2,720
Parkview Elementary	Public	K-3	520 A St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 763-4164	328	16	20.5	79.0%	112 (34.1%)	2 (0.6%)	203 (61.9%)	5 (1.5%)	2 (0.6%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)								(n/a)				34.7						34.7	43.1						43.1	85%	0%	$24,497	$21,760	$2,737
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	4-5	811 Sixth St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 763-3113	520	21	24.7	93.1%	131 (25.2%)	4 (0.8%)	381 (73.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	31.3	3885^th of 5817 public elementary schools	33.2%		25.8	4327^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.1%	442	28.6		28.6		34.1	43.3				38.7		23.4	22.5				22.9			$16,020	$13,400	$2,620
Taft Primary	Public	K-3	212 Lucard St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 765-4151	231	11	20.9	91.8%	53 (22.9%)	2 (0.9%)	167 (72.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.2%)								(n/a)				28.3						28.3	50.0						50.0	93%	0%	$22,544	$19,370	$3,174
Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-3	318 Taylor St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 763-4236	271	12	22.5	97.0%	13 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	256 (94.5%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)				11.5						11.5	16.4						16.4	≥ 98%		$20,755	$17,832	$2,923

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Taft Union High	1.12 mi	2	1323^rd
Midway Elementary	5.62 mi	1
Heartland Charter District	6.11 mi	1
Blue Ridge Academy District	6.12 mi	1
Maricopa Unified	6.12 mi	6	1479^th

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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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