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Mojave Elementary

Q: Is Mojave Elementary a good school?

Mojave Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.3% of California elementary schools.

Q: How many students attend Mojave Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 420 students attended Mojave Elementary.

Q: What is the racial makeup of Mojave Elementary?

Students at Mojave Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 27% African American, 10% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

Q: What schools do graduates of Mojave Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mojave Elementary usually go on to attend: High : Mojave Junior/Senior High

Public Grades K-5

5779^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 1% of California elementary schools

Summary

Mojave Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 420 students in the Mojave Unified school district, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

The school's academic performance is among the lowest in the state, with only 14.5% of students proficient in English and 6.3% in math, far below state averages. A major factor is chronic absenteeism, with over half of students missing significant school time, which is nearly triple the state rate and higher than nearby schools like Rosamond Elementary (27.8%) or Golden Hills Elementary (28.3%). While over 90% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating high economic need, other schools with similar demographics achieve better results.

Interestingly, Mojave Elementary spends more per student ($21,601) than any nearby school, including higher-performing ones like Irving L. Branch Elementary, yet has the weakest outcomes. Within its own district, Hacienda Elementary shows better proficiency rates, suggesting some effective practices may exist locally to learn from. The school's challenges are persistent, but addressing attendance appears to be the most critical first step for improvement.

420

Students ?

22.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$24,598

Per pupil spending ?

90.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

15800 O St.
Mojave, CA 93501-1344

(661) 824-2456

District: Mojave Unified

Students who attend Mojave Elementary usually attend:

High:

Mojave Junior/Senior High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

50.5%

African American:

26.9%

White:

10.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2013 → 1st in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (10% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (1st percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (56% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school10%

District avg12%

California avg41%

5,779^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 1%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2Elementary Schools in the Mojave Unified

1489^th of 1,543Mojave Unified 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.0	5779 of 5857	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.3	5855 of 5869	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.3	5847 of 5859	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.6	5692 of 5883	3.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	8.7	5638 of 5789	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.6	5555 of 5662	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.0	5592 of 5692	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	5.9	5583 of 5614	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	6.4	5595 of 5611	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	3.8	5492 of 5530	0.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	3.3	5371 of 5390	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	5.7	5330 of 5377	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	11.4	5094 of 5314	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	8.5	5058 of 5193	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	9.7	4931 of 5113	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	14.2	4700 of 5113	8.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	10.5	4610 of 4818	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2005	15.3	4311 of 4822	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	15.9	4283 of 4809	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.3	567 of 569	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	592 of 593	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.2	622 of 661	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	37.8	381 of 663	42.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	17.2	699 of 747	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.4	696 of 700	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.6	1982 of 2227	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	2014 of 2585	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	21.3	3021 of 3162	4.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	3050 of 3245	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	43.5	1572 of 3311	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	27.5	2672 of 3275	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.6	2354 of 3246	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.3	5544 of 5597	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.9	5600 of 5612	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.6	5607 of 5609	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	9.7	5548 of 5635	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.8	5321 of 5492	3.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.7	5202 of 5413	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.7	4991 of 5107	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.2	5054 of 5107	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.4	5083 of 5087	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	4967 of 5084	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	4525 of 4963	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.3	4445 of 4830	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	7.8	5391 of 5460	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.1	5501 of 5517	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	5.5	5353 of 5363	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	14.4	5002 of 5264	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	4997 of 5173	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	9.1	4988 of 5084	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.6	5504 of 5628	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.2	5623 of 5643	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	6.7	5624 of 5638	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.6	5404 of 5663	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.7	5363 of 5510	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.7	5384 of 5431	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.1	2585 of 2847	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.5	2629 of 2635	0.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	1.0	2659 of 2661	0.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2009	10.9	1916 of 2063	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	16.2	1771 of 2005	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	16.4	1742 of 1999	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	15.8	1583 of 1804	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	15.5	1565 of 1777	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.6	1481 of 1769	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

Disabled (2022)11th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)9th percentile+8 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)4th percentile+4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)1st percentile~ school

Female (2025)1st percentile~ school

African American (2025)<1st percentile~ school

White (2023)<1st percentile~ school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy14%-34 vs state

Science6%-26 vs state

Mathematics6%-31 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 (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/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 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	% 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
Mojave Elementary	Public	K-5	15800 O St.	Mojave	93501	Kern County	Mojave Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 824-2456	420	19	22.0	90.7%	43 (10.2%)	113 (26.9%)	212 (50.5%)	22 (5.2%)	3 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	24 (5.7%)	7	5779^th of 5857 public elementary schools	1.3%		5.3	5855^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.2%	76	6.5		6.5	8.3	14.3	19.5				14.5	5.1	12.9	1.3				6.3	86.7	90.7			86.7	94.7	$24,598	$23,128	$1,470
Robert P. Ulrich Elementary	Public	K-2	9124 Catalpa Ave.	California City	93505	Kern County	Mojave Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 373-4824	503	23	21.8	81.9%	73 (14.5%)	109 (21.7%)	269 (53.5%)	8 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (8.7%)								(n/a)																		90.2	96.0	97.1		94.3	94.3	$20,278	$18,560	$1,718
Hacienda Elementary	Public	3-5	19950 Hacienda Blvd.	California City	93505	Kern County	Mojave Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 373-5824	497	18	27.6	83.9%	59 (11.9%)	136 (27.4%)	259 (52.1%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (7.2%)	12.4	5478^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.5%		14.4	5367^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.6%	111	11.3		11.3	21.0	26.4	24.5				24.1	12.1	13.9	7.4				11.3							$18,563	$16,664	$1,899
Rosamond Elementary	Public	K-5	3082 Glendower St.	Rosamond	93560	Kern County	Southern Kern Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 256-5050	822	39	21.0	88.2%	101 (12.3%)	95 (11.6%)	555 (67.5%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (8.2%)	12.4	5476^th of 5857 public elementary schools	6.5%		11	5629^th of 5869 public elementary schools	4.1%	153	8.7		8.7	25.9	18.4	18.9				21.3	21.8	15.2	8.7				15.5	88.5	94.8	96.0	96.6	92.0	97.1	$17,676	$14,878	$2,798
Westpark Elementary	Public	K-5	3600 Imperial Ave.	Rosamond	93560	Kern County	Southern Kern Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 256-5030	952	43	22.1	72.7%	229 (24.1%)	51 (5.4%)	599 (62.9%)	16 (1.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (5.7%)	33.9	3657^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.6%		39.3	3217^th of 5869 public elementary schools	45.2%	440	27.7		27.7	37.8	33.6	44.7				38.9	32.4	28.6	21.4				27.5	89.8	93.2	96.6	94.4	90.4	94.9	$16,726	$14,254	$2,472
Irving L. Branch Elementary	Public	3-6	1577 Payne Ave.	Edwards	93523	Kern County	Muroc Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 306-4966	388	17	23.5	17.3%	115 (29.6%)	10 (2.6%)	139 (35.8%)	19 (4.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	104 (26.8%)	36.4	3453^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	41.0%		38	3306^th of 5869 public elementary schools	43.7%	147	20.2		20.2	31.3	50.5	32.1	43.2			39.6	30.2	42.4	15.5	30.5			30.2							$16,730	$16,612	$118
William A. Bailey Elementary	Public	K-2	1565 Bailey Ave.	Edwards	93523	Kern County	Muroc Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 306-4991	366	21	17.4	15.0%	107 (29.2%)	15 (4.1%)	119 (32.5%)	18 (4.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	106 (29.0%)								(n/a)																								$21,461	$21,246	$215
Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy	Public	K-8	126 South Snyder Ave.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2266	108	6	18.7	38.0%	58 (53.7%)	2 (1.9%)	38 (35.2%)	2 (1.9%)	1 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.5%)	17.8	5030^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.1%		35.2	3497^th of 5869 public elementary schools	40.4%	1533	23.1	33.3	28.0		16.7	26.7		36.8	40.0	29.1		8.3	20.0		15.8	20.0	19.0
Tompkins Elementary	Public	K-5	1120 South Curry St.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2170	615	25	24.5	51.5%	248 (40.3%)	8 (1.3%)	291 (47.3%)	14 (2.3%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	50 (8.1%)	30.3	3938^th of 5857 public elementary schools	32.8%		30.7	3880^th of 5869 public elementary schools	33.9%	58	31.4		31.4	29.7	26.4	41.0				32.7	35.0	13.2	27.6				25.7	91.8	96.4	98.2	98.2	94.6
Golden Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	20215 Park Rd.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2180	663	29	22.8	50.4%	317 (47.8%)	8 (1.2%)	315 (47.5%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (3.2%)	23.9	4512^th of 5857 public elementary schools	23.0%		23.3	4553^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	22.4%	41	30.3		30.3	22.9	21.5	35.8				26.9	21.9	14.0	28.4				21.8	83.3	89.1	95.7	88.4	87.0	90.6

Frequently Asked Questions about Mojave Elementary

Is Mojave Elementary a good school?

Mojave Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.3% of California elementary schools.

What district is Mojave Elementary in?

Mojave Unified

What is the racial makeup of Mojave Elementary?

Students at Mojave Elementary are 50% Hispanic, 27% African American, 10% White, 6% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

How many students attend Mojave Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 420 students attended Mojave Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Mojave Elementary attend?

Students who attend Mojave Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Mojave Junior/Senior High

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