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Earlimart Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Earlimart and Teviston.

Earlimart’s School Grade C+ better than 35% of California school districts

Students
1,383
Schools
3
Spent per student
$24,709
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
80%
The gist

What stands out about Earlimart Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 9% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 26 pts below the state
  • Spends 17% more per student than the CA average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 12.5% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 9% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
D
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
C+Earlimart 7,214C+Teviston 1,182

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Earlimart. Grade by grade →

K–52 elementary schoolsThis district
6–8Earlimart MiddleThis district
9–123 high schoolsDelano Joint Union High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency10%
State average 33.1% · 981 students tested
Reading / language arts21%
State average 46.7% · 981 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 96% at Delano Joint Union High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$24,709 per student · 17% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 52%Support & administration 42%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 9%State 70%Federal 21%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,581’20
1,445’21
1,442’22
1,391’23
1,383’24

Down 12.5% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 96%Asian 2%Two or more races <1%White <1%Black <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

3 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Earlimart Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Earlimart
481 students17:1
Alila
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Earlimart
423 students16:1
Earlimart Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Earlimart
D
479 students18:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.