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Sing Lum Elementary

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Sing Lum Elementary ranks 3083 rd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades K-6

3083^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 47% of California elementary schools

Summary

Sing Lum Elementary is a K-6 public school serving 809 students in Bakersfield, part of the Panama-Buena Vista Union district, where it consistently performs below state averages in English, Math, and Science.

When compared to other schools in the same district, Sing Lum's academic results are in the middle of a wide range; it significantly trails top performers like Ronald Reagan Elementary and Buena Vista Elementary, but outperforms schools like Charles H. Castle Elementary. A notable success story is the school's dramatic improvement in student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism from over 45% to 18.3%, which is now better than the district and state averages.

Mathematics is a particular challenge area where the school lags, though it shows relative strength in serving some student subgroups. The school's statewide ranking has declined over the past decade, but the recent progress on attendance and the varied performance among nearby schools with similar resources suggests there are opportunities for improvement through targeted strategies and learning from higher-performing neighbors.

809

Students ?

25.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,465

Per pupil spending ?

77.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4600 Chaney Ln.
Bakersfield, CA 93311-1848

(661) 664-1611

District: Panama-Buena Vista Union

Students who attend Sing Lum Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Tevis Junior High
High:	Independence High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.4%

White:

17.9%

African American:

7.9%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Rebounding — 41st percentile in 2022 → 47th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is rebounding — up to 47th (2025) from a 41st-percentile low (2022)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 25 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school36%

District avg38%

California avg41%

3,083^rd of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 47%▼ down 13 pts since 2015

From top 40% (2015) to bottom 47% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 20Elementary Schools in the Panama-Buena Vista Union

812^th of 1,543Panama-Buena Vista Union 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	41.8	3083 of 5857	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.8	3315 of 5869	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	38.0	3277 of 5859	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	3486 of 5883	40.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	53.0	2417 of 5789	58.2%	★★★☆☆
2018	61.2	1984 of 5662	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2017	50.6	2514 of 5692	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2016	59.1	2032 of 5614	63.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	54.2	2228 of 5611	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2013	61.8	2011 of 5530	63.6%	★★★☆☆
2012	43.0	3074 of 5390	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2011	48.2	2709 of 5377	49.6%	★★☆☆☆
2010	48.1	2683 of 5314	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2009	51.9	2372 of 5193	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2008	49.1	2420 of 5113	52.7%	★★★☆☆
2007	45.7	2586 of 5113	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2006	47.4	2294 of 4818	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2005	49.0	2253 of 4822	53.3%	★★★☆☆
2004	51.9	2063 of 4809	57.1%	★★★☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	28.2	1584 of 2227	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	54.3	860 of 2585	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	44.3	919 of 2128	56.8%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	45.9	1423 of 3162	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	32.3	2374 of 3245	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.8	3123 of 3311	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	3057 of 5597	45.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	36.3	3316 of 5612	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.4	4017 of 5609	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.7	3764 of 5635	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	59.9	1971 of 5492	64.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.6	1773 of 5413	67.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	52.4	2124 of 5107	58.4%	★★★☆☆
2024	50.3	2247 of 5107	56.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.7	2316 of 5087	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.4	2052 of 5084	59.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	60.5	1661 of 4963	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	70.8	1104 of 4830	77.1%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	2092 of 5460	61.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	45.9	2691 of 5517	51.2%	★★★☆☆
2023	42.1	2898 of 5363	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	41.2	2888 of 5264	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	57.1	1946 of 5173	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	64.8	1462 of 5084	71.2%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	42.7	2941 of 5628	47.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	39.6	3091 of 5643	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.3	2434 of 5638	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.5	2975 of 5663	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	45.3	2714 of 5510	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.8	2080 of 5431	61.7%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.8	1507 of 2847	47.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	35.0	1557 of 2635	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.0	1514 of 2420	37.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.5	1979 of 2598	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	2113 of 2651	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.0	2078 of 2661	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.4	2464 of 2726	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	46.5	1664 of 2834	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.8	1639 of 2737	40.1%	★★☆☆☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)62nd percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)58th percentile+11 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)55th percentile+11 vs school

Male (2025)48th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)47th percentile~ school

Female (2025)45th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)29th percentile-12 vs school

White (2025)24th percentile-24 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy44%-5 vs state

Mathematics31%-6 vs state

Science28%-5 vs state

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What people are saying

by a citizen
Monday, May 28, 2018

Terrible school from the lunch staff yelling at children, to the teachers who have awful reputations due to harassment and bullying, to the subpar speech and language pathologists, school psychologist, principle and special education personnel. This school and district overall is a nightmare. Sadly, this district turns a blind eye to protecting the emotional safety off all children. Academic ratings are horrific! Major changes need to occur for any type of success in the future. Close Quote

by a parent
Friday, January 27, 2012

This is the worst schoolmy children have ever attended. The kids come home crying and tell me stories about the demeaning things some of the adults say to students. Granted, I am some of the teachers are good people and good teachers but there seems to be a culture of disresepct towards the children that is accepted. A third grade teacher was reported to have said really ugly things to certain kids (suggesting racial bias in my mind) and threatening kids with retainment as some way of motivting them to perform better on testing. Disgusting. The adults who monitor the kids in the lunchroom have been reported to yell at kids like the worst kind of corrections officers. Kids have been forced to sit silently through lunch and put their heads down after eating. Worst, the principla is totally defensive and unresponsive. Rather than trying to assure parents or address the problems, she gets rude and passive aggressive. The parents at this school need to organize and demand greater dignity and respect for these elementary school age children who really can't advocate for themselves. Close Quote

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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
Sing Lum Elementary	Public	K-6	4600 Chaney Ln.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-1611	809	32	25.4	77.1%	145 (17.9%)	64 (7.9%)	521 (64.4%)	39 (4.8%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	33 (4.1%)	41.8	3083^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	47.4%		37.8	3315^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.5%	232	27.8	27.8	39.4	45.4	42.1	47.6	43.8	39.4	35.5	24.6	27.2	31.3	98.1				98.1		$16,465	$1,487	$14,978
Old River Elementary	Public	K-6	9815 Campus Park Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-7009	795	32	24.8	76.0%	153 (19.2%)	53 (6.7%)	446 (56.1%)	86 (10.8%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	53 (6.7%)	58.6	2138^th of 5857 public elementary schools	63.5%		68	1684^th of 5869 public elementary schools	71.3%	454	38.1	38.1	33.0	52.8	60.6	55.9	51.1	29.6	47.2	46.7	42.0	41.6	94.0	97.4		97.4	95.7	97.4	$15,528	$1,493	$14,035
Leo B. Hart Elementary	Public	K-6	9501 Ridge Oak Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-1296	705	27	26.4	71.6%	133 (18.9%)	63 (8.9%)	395 (56.0%)	74 (10.5%)	4 (0.6%)	2 (0.3%)	34 (4.8%)	63.1	1920^th of 5857 public elementary schools	67.2%		64.7	1839^th of 5869 public elementary schools	68.7%	81	41.2	41.2	43.7	55.6	65.1	60.0	56.6	37.9	43.3	34.0	50.0	41.4	96.4	98.2		97.3	98.2		$16,228	$1,504	$14,724
Christa McAuliffe Elementary	Public	K-6	8900 Westwold Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 665-9471	524	25	21.3	77.9%	106 (20.2%)	44 (8.4%)	301 (57.4%)	29 (5.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (8.2%)	44.8	2898^th of 5857 public elementary schools	50.5%		39.7	3196^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.5%	298	29.0	29.0	32.4	53.6	43.6	53.5	45.1	25.0	50.0	19.4	39.7	32.8	95.9					96.9	$19,976	$1,795	$18,181
Donald E. Suburu	Public	K-5	7315 Harris Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Lakeside Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 665-8190	803	36	22.3	69.7%	93 (11.6%)	53 (6.6%)	529 (65.9%)	81 (10.1%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (5.2%)	17.6	5046^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.8%		21.4	4738^th of 5869 public elementary schools	19.3%	308	13.8	13.8	24.8	27.8	24.4		25.7	30.1	20.3	10.5		20.5	94.7				94.7	98.2	$12,768	$1,061	$11,707
Laurelglen Elementary	Public	K-6	2601 El Portal Dr.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-4444	574	25	23.1	75.8%	78 (13.6%)	48 (8.4%)	320 (55.7%)	14 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	112 (19.5%)	29.6	3990^th of 5857 public elementary schools	31.9%		30.5	3892^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	33.7%	98	23.1	23.1	37.3	26.6	34.6	44.7	35.7	34.7	20.3	18.0	26.3	24.7	96.8			96.8	96.8	96.8	$19,687	$1,846	$17,841
Grow Public Schools	Public, Charter	K-8	4800 Corporate Ct.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Grow Public Schools District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 527-5000	1,446	64	22.4	85.2%	93 (6.4%)	14 (1.0%)	1,314 (90.9%)	6 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (1.2%)								(n/a)
Buena Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	6547 Buena Vista Rd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 831-0818	713	28	25.9	70.8%	130 (18.2%)	64 (9.0%)	369 (51.8%)	124 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (3.5%)	68.4	1670^th of 5857 public elementary schools	71.5%		67.3	1716^th of 5869 public elementary schools	70.8%	46	42.9	42.9	55.6	60.4	59.1	53.2	56.9	64.1	57.1	40.0	30.3	47.9	98.3						$16,374	$1,747	$14,627
Charles H. Castle Elementary	Public	K-6	6001 Edgemont Dr.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 834-5311	832	31	27.0	93.8%	68 (8.2%)	95 (11.4%)	611 (73.4%)	17 (2.0%)	5 (0.6%)	6 (0.7%)	29 (3.5%)	17.1	5087^th of 5857 public elementary schools	13.1%		16.4	5177^th of 5869 public elementary schools	11.8%	90	12.4	12.4	35.9	21.6	25.2	20.7	26.0	28.3	20.2	9.4	11.9	17.6	96.0				96.8		$15,181	$1,986	$13,195
Bill L. Williams Elementary	Public	K-6	5601 Harris Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-8070	926	36	26.0	77.6%	85 (9.2%)	44 (4.8%)	636 (68.7%)	108 (11.7%)	3 (0.3%)	4 (0.4%)	46 (5.0%)	36.8	3423^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	41.6%		41	3126^th of 5869 public elementary schools	46.7%	297	22.6	22.6	28.5	45.2	44.0	48.9	41.8	35.4	33.9	16.3	27.7	28.1	95.4		98.0		96.7	98.0	$13,907	$1,853	$12,054

Frequently Asked Questions about Sing Lum Elementary

What schools do graduates of Sing Lum Elementary attend?

Students who attend Sing Lum Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tevis Junior High
High : Independence High

How many students attend Sing Lum Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 809 students attended Sing Lum Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Sing Lum Elementary?

Students at Sing Lum Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 18% White, 8% African American, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more races.

What district is Sing Lum Elementary in?

Panama-Buena Vista Union

Is Sing Lum Elementary a good school?

Sing Lum Elementary ranks 3083^rd of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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