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McKinley Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5394^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,817 California Elementary Schools

Better than 7% of California elementary schools

Summary

McKinley Elementary serves 628 students in grades K–6 in Bakersfield, California. In 2025–2026, proficiency was below the state in English language arts (ELA), math and science, and chronic absenteeism was 30%, compared with 18% in both Bakersfield City and the state. Among 10 nearby schools, only Rafer Johnson had higher chronic absenteeism, making regular attendance a particularly important concern.

Math is a relative bright spot against the district, but not the state: McKinley’s proficiency was 17%, versus 16% for the district and 38% statewide. ELA proficiency was 21%, compared with 31% for the district and 49% statewide; science was 11%, versus 19% and 36%. McKinley ranked seventh from lowest among the 10 nearby schools in each subject, and its results were below nearby-school averages in ELA, math and science. Within the school, third-grade math was stronger at 28%, compared with 12% in grade 4 and 14% in grade 5, so the district-relative math advantage is not shared across grades.

Results have risen since 2022–2023 in all three subjects, but progress is uneven: math improved from 11% to 17% and narrowed its state gap, while ELA rose from 20% to 21% and science from 10% to 11%, with both gaps widening. SchoolDigger’s overall ranking improved from the 3rd to the 7th percentile, but McKinley still has 0 stars. Its group rankings show stronger relative statewide standing for Special Education Students (43rd percentile) and African American Students (32nd) than its overall 7th percentile. As context, 98% of students were reported as free/reduced-lunch eligible in 2024–2025, and the student–teacher ratio was 20.7 in 2024–2025; these are observations, not explanations for the results.

628

Students ?

20.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$25,869

Per pupil spending ?

97.6%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

92%

Kindergartners with all required immunizations (2024-25)

Exemptions: 0% (any vaccine)

601 Fourth St.
Bakersfield, CA 93304-2221

(661) 631-5370

District: Bakersfield City

Students who attend McKinley Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Emerson Middle
High:	Bakersfield High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.3%

African American:

14.8%

White:

4.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 3rd percentile in 2015 → 7th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (7th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 18% California)

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg23%

California avg42%

5,394^th of 5,817

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 7%▲ up 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 3% (2016) to bottom 7% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

27^th of 33Elementary Schools in the Bakersfield City

1329^th of 1,530Bakersfield City 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
2026	13.0	5394 of 5817	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.6	5704 of 5857	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	5696 of 5869	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	5506 of 5859	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	5423 of 5883	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.9	5175 of 5789	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.3	5154 of 5662	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	12.2	5348 of 5692	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.2	5425 of 5614	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	10.1	5461 of 5611	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	13.5	5138 of 5530	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	22.5	4478 of 5390	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	26.0	4270 of 5377	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	13.3	4997 of 5314	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	14.7	4748 of 5193	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	13.5	4747 of 5113	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	23.2	4051 of 5113	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	31.4	3211 of 4818	33.4%	★★☆☆☆
2005	24.4	3671 of 4822	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.6	3737 of 4809	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	32.6	344 of 508	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2025	16.5	539 of 569	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.4	558 of 593	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	28.2	492 of 661	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.7	458 of 663	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	52.2	305 of 747	59.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	26.0	550 of 700	21.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	38.7	1915 of 3162	39.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.4	1785 of 3245	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.2	2586 of 3311	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	2316 of 3275	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	2818 of 3246	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	17.1	4904 of 5581	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	9.7	5447 of 5597	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.5	5529 of 5612	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.3	5197 of 5609	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	16.1	5083 of 5635	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	19.2	4688 of 5492	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	4805 of 5413	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	18.6	4519 of 5094	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	12.3	4895 of 5107	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.2	4811 of 5107	5.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	4579 of 5087	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	4537 of 5084	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.0	4242 of 4963	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	3999 of 4830	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.5	412 of 429	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	18.2	4822 of 5423	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	11.2	5273 of 5460	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.8	5286 of 5517	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.6	4988 of 5363	7.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	18.0	4784 of 5264	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	4322 of 5173	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.0	4493 of 5084	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	11.2	5347 of 5603	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	8.9	5480 of 5628	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	5334 of 5643	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	5362 of 5638	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.9	5219 of 5663	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	14.7	5075 of 5510	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.9	5162 of 5431	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	37.0	1662 of 2927	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2025	23.2	2405 of 2847	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2026)43rd percentile+36 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)39th percentile+36 vs school

African American (2026)32nd percentile+25 vs school

Female (2026)12th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)11th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2026)5th percentile-3 vs school

Homeless (2025)4th percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy21%-28 vs state

Mathematics17%-21 vs state

Science11%-25 vs state

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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
McKinley Elementary	Public	K-6	601 Fourth St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5370	628	30	20.7	97.6%	30 (4.8%)	93 (14.8%)	492 (78.3%)	3 (0.5%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	13	5394^th of 5817 public elementary schools	7.3%		8.6	5704^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.6%	310	11.5		11.5	23.7	20.2	20.7				21.4	27.6	12.2	13.8				17.4	92%	0%	$25,869	$5,243	$20,626
Rafer Johnson	Public	K-8	1001 Tenth St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5445	32	6	5.5	90.6%	1 (3.1%)	13 (40.6%)	17 (53.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.1%)								(n/a)			0.0							8.7							4.4
Fremont Elementary	Public	K-6	607 Texas St.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5280	707	34	20.6	95.0%	12 (1.7%)	45 (6.4%)	647 (91.5%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.7	5156^th of 5817 public elementary schools	11.4%		13.7	5376^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.2%	220	13.8		13.8	30.0	23.2	23.4	28.7			26.2	31.3	15.8	7.5	12.5			16.2	97%	0%	$22,334	$4,538	$17,796
Bessie E. Owens Elementary	Public	K-6	815 Potomac Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5420	867	40	21.6	89.5%	49 (5.7%)	81 (9.3%)	728 (84.0%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.3%)	36.3	3482^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	40.1%		36.8	3421^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.6%	61	32.5		32.5	29.5	36.1	46.5	44.6			39.6	36.2	25.8	26.6	26.5			28.5	92%	0%	$21,888	$4,850	$17,038
Roosevelt Elementary	Public	K-5	2324 Verde St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5460	392	19	20.1	95.4%	26 (6.6%)	24 (6.1%)	324 (82.7%)	6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	9 (2.3%)	19.7	4842^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	16.8%		20.5	4788^th of 5857 public elementary schools	18.3%	54	18.2		18.2	38.8	28.6	32.6				33.1	22.5	8.9	11.9				14.3	97%	0%	$23,934	$4,697	$19,237
William Penn Elementary	Public	K-5	2201 San Emidio St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5440	235	14	16.7	92.3%	23 (9.8%)	29 (12.3%)	182 (77.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	5380^th of 5817 public elementary schools	7.5%		13.2	5402^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%	22	23.8		23.8	29.4	13.5	21.4				20.3	20.6	5.8	9.5				10.9	≥ 95%		$28,658	$5,550	$23,108
Downtown Elementary	Public	K-8	2021 M St.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5920	317	15	21.6	31.2%	108 (34.1%)	9 (2.8%)	179 (56.5%)	10 (3.2%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.5%)	77.6	1241^st of 5817 public elementary schools	78.7%		76	1333^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	77.2%	92	59.4	54.8	57.1	62.2	63.6	62.5	44.8	82.4	64.5	63.8	59.5	57.6	56.3	51.7	61.8	35.5	54.1	≥ 95%		$19,541	$4,038	$15,503
Wayside Elementary	Public	K-6	1000 Ming Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5820	652	32	20.1	94.9%	26 (4.0%)	30 (4.6%)	586 (89.9%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	15	5219^th of 5817 public elementary schools	10.3%		16.7	5128^th of 5857 public elementary schools	12.4%	91	13.2		13.2	22.7	15.5	15.8	38.8			23.0	21.3	10.7	4.0	24.7			15.0	95%	0%	$22,201	$4,848	$17,353
Dr. Martin Luther King Junior Elementary	Public	K-6	1100 Citadel St.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5229	709	33	21.5	90.1%	28 (3.9%)	88 (12.4%)	586 (82.7%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	7.5	5717^th of 5817 public elementary schools	1.7%		7.3	5768^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.5%	51	8.4		8.4	18.5	17.1	16.0	21.4			18.0	5.4	10.1	3.8	2.9			5.6	91%	0%	$20,931	$4,258	$16,673
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-6	2400 Truxtun Ave.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5270	475	23	20.3	88.0%	60 (12.6%)	67 (14.1%)	332 (69.9%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.5%)	35.5	3548^th of 5817 public elementary schools	39.0%		33.1	3719^th of 5857 public elementary schools	36.5%	171	19.7		19.7	29.5	26.8	45.8	59.2			41.3	39.3	17.2	23.3	31.0			28.0	91%	0%	$21,752	$4,441	$17,311

Frequently Asked Questions about McKinley Elementary

How many students attend McKinley Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 628 students attended McKinley Elementary.

What district is McKinley Elementary in?

Bakersfield City

What schools do graduates of McKinley Elementary attend?

Students who attend McKinley Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Emerson Middle
High : Bakersfield High

Is McKinley Elementary a good school?

McKinley Elementary ranks in the bottom 7.3% of California elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of McKinley Elementary?

Students at McKinley Elementary are 78% Hispanic, 15% African American, 5% White.

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