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Mt. Vernon Elementary

Public Grades K-6

5657^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of California elementary schools

Summary

Mt. Vernon Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 614 students in the Bakersfield City School District, which ranks in the bottom 12% of California districts, and it has consistently ranked in the bottom 3-4% of all state elementary schools over the past decade.

Key challenges include very low proficiency rates in English and Math, significantly higher chronic absenteeism than nearby schools, and a dramatic drop in math scores in the upper grades. Interestingly, despite these struggles, the school spends more per student and has a lower student-teacher ratio than most comparable schools like Harding Elementary and Horace Mann Elementary, yet achieves far worse academic results. For example, Harding Elementary, less than two miles away, has a chronic absenteeism rate of 9.1% compared to Mt. Vernon's 24% and ranks in the 25th percentile statewide versus Mt. Vernon's 3rd percentile.

A notable strength is the school's performance with Special Education students, where it ranks above the state average, suggesting effective practices in that area. The school's performance has stabilized at a very low level over the last five years, and comparisons with nearby schools like Bessie E. Owens Elementary (42nd percentile) show that better outcomes are possible for schools serving similar student populations within the same district.

614

Students ?

18.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$20,868

Per pupil spending ?

90.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2161 Potomac Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93307-2426

(661) 631-5380

District: Bakersfield City

Students who attend Mt. Vernon Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Sierra Middle
High:	Mira Monte High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

91.4%

White:

4.2%

African American:

3.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 10th percentile in 2013 → 3rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school13%

District avg21%

California avg41%

5,657^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

27^th of 33Elementary Schools in the Bakersfield City

1357^th of 1,543Bakersfield 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
2025	9.5	5657 of 5857	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.3	5759 of 5869	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.3	5680 of 5859	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.7	5687 of 5883	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	10.4	5540 of 5789	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	15.5	5047 of 5662	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	19.6	4728 of 5692	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	18.1	4790 of 5614	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	19.2	4714 of 5611	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	16.0	4989 of 5530	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	23.1	4450 of 5390	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	22.8	4479 of 5377	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	25.3	4198 of 5314	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	18.2	4565 of 5193	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.1	4707 of 5113	7.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	12.6	4793 of 5113	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	14.8	4371 of 4818	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	19.8	3986 of 4822	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	15.8	4286 of 4809	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	33.4	1329 of 2227	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	18.4	2430 of 2585	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.0	1709 of 2128	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	21.9	3000 of 3162	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	27.0	2748 of 3245	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.8	2469 of 3311	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.5	2374 of 3275	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	2336 of 3246	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.1	5474 of 5597	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.9	5511 of 5612	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	5322 of 5609	5.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	5414 of 5635	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	5325 of 5492	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.6	5088 of 5413	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.8	4872 of 5107	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	5004 of 5107	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	4888 of 5087	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	4840 of 5084	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	15.1	4657 of 4963	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	4067 of 4830	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.5	5197 of 5460	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	10.2	5383 of 5517	2.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	5174 of 5363	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	5073 of 5264	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	13.8	4897 of 5173	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	22.7	4285 of 5084	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.8	5327 of 5628	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	5544 of 5643	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.3	5542 of 5638	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.4	5533 of 5663	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.4	5218 of 5510	5.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	4547 of 5431	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	43.9	1167 of 2635	55.7%	★★★☆☆

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 (2024)56th percentile+54 vs school

Disabled (2022)40th percentile+37 vs school

Male (2025)5th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)5th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)5th percentile~ school

Female (2025)2nd percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy17%-32 vs state

Science10%-22 vs state

Mathematics9%-28 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th 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 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 All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Mt. Vernon Elementary	Public	K-6	2161 Potomac Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5380	614	33	18.7	90.9%	26 (4.2%)	20 (3.3%)	561 (91.4%)	2 (0.3%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9.5	5657^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.4%		8.3	5759^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.9%	102	10.4	10.4	25.3	10.8	14.7	17.1	16.9	22.2	4.8	2.1	9.7	9.3							$20,868	$2,662	$18,206
Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	1201 Williams St.	Bakersfield	93305	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5840	452	22	20.5	98.9%	8 (1.8%)	32 (7.1%)	411 (90.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10	5636^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.8%		7.9	5781^st of 5869 public elementary schools	1.5%	145	6.5	6.5	17.7	16.2	15.0	27.9	19.4	11.1	8.7	3.2	14.5	9.5	95.2		96.8		95.2		$19,529	$2,785	$16,744
Ramon Garza Elementary	Public	K-5	2901 Center St.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5290	658	32	20.3	95.9%	17 (2.6%)	18 (2.7%)	615 (93.5%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.6%)	16	5188^th of 5857 public elementary schools	11.4%		16.1	5210^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.2%	22	11.7	11.7	26.7	26.1	23.7		25.4	26.2	18.0	11.7		18.3	90.8	92.3	95.4	94.6	90.8	94.6	$19,411	$2,737	$16,674
Horace Mann Elementary	Public	K-6	2710 Niles St.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5360	870	41	21.2	95.4%	29 (3.3%)	47 (5.4%)	789 (90.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	28.5	4093^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	30.1%		22	4675^th of 5869 public elementary schools	20.3%	582	29.4	29.4	19.0	34.3	45.7	33.3	32.9	19.8	31.3	26.5	16.7	23.3	97.1				97.1		$20,390	$2,959	$17,431
Virginia Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	3301 Virginia Ave.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Fairfax Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 366-3223	644	30	21.8	99.7%	10 (1.6%)	19 (3.0%)	608 (94.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	18.7	4943^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	15.6%		14.2	5372^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	8.5%	429	9.6	9.6	37.5	32.3	20.8	22.2	28.7	24.7	20.4	11.1	14.0	18.0	98.0				98.0
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%)	36.8	3421^st of 5857 public elementary schools	41.6%		33	3683^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	37.2%	262	25.6	25.6	24.8	45.7	42.4	42.0	38.8	27.8	35.9	24.6	33.3	30.5	91.1	98.0	98.0	97.3	92.5		$20,426	$2,789	$17,637
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%)	13.7	5376^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.2%		17.2	5103^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	13.1%	273	10.5	10.5	34.3	14.4	23.9	21.9	23.8	27.7	4.4	8.3	6.8	11.8	92.8	97.8		94.2	95.7	95.7	$20,590	$2,637	$17,953
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%)	7.3	5768^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.5%		8.3	5758^th of 5869 public elementary schools	1.9%	10	8.6	8.6	13.9	12.7	20.0	18.4	15.8	8.7	2.7	5.7	8.0	6.2							$20,257	$2,640	$17,617
Jefferson Elementary	Public	K-6	816 Lincoln St.	Bakersfield	93305	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5340	510	25	20.4	97.3%	31 (6.1%)	20 (3.9%)	457 (89.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	14.6	5305^th of 5857 public elementary schools	9.4%		12.2	5541^st of 5869 public elementary schools	5.6%	236	10.8	10.8	27.8	21.2	19.2	17.3	21.3	34.7	22.4	5.5	5.2	16.8	91.4		96.3	96.3	92.6		$20,801	$2,730	$18,071
Pioneer Drive Elementary	Public	K-6	4404 Pioneer Dr.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5450	562	28	19.7	96.3%	16 (2.8%)	18 (3.2%)	524 (93.2%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	19.5	4870^th of 5857 public elementary schools	16.9%		23.4	4537^th of 5869 public elementary schools	22.7%	333	16.7	16.7	29.2	25.7	39.5	20.3	28.9	23.1	18.2	19.0	11.6	17.9	92.6	94.4	98.2	96.3	92.6		$22,756	$3,245	$19,511

Frequently Asked Questions about Mt. Vernon Elementary

What district is Mt. Vernon Elementary in?

Bakersfield City

Is Mt. Vernon Elementary a good school?

Mt. Vernon Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.4% of California elementary schools.

What schools do graduates of Mt. Vernon Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mt. Vernon Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sierra Middle
High : Mira Monte High

How many students attend Mt. Vernon Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 614 students attended Mt. Vernon Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Mt. Vernon Elementary?

Students at Mt. Vernon Elementary are 91% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% African American.

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