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Lamont Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8Regional · 2 towns

Serves Lamont and Fuller Acres.

Lamont’s School Grade C+ better than 37% of California school districts

Students
2,561
Schools
4
Spent per student
$19,520
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
21:1
Free or reduced lunch
81%
Debt
$1.3M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lamont Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 11% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 22 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Spends 8% less per student than the CA average
  • 21 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 10.1% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $1.3M, about $505 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 11% 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
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The towns it serves, and their School Grades

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Lamont. Grade by grade →

K–62 schoolsThis district
7–8Mountain View MiddleThis district
9–1219 high schoolsKern High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency11%
State average 33.1% · 1,862 students tested
Reading / language arts24%
State average 46.7% · 1,842 students tested

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

Graduation rate 85% at Kern 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
$19,520 per student · 8% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 60%Support & administration 34%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 10%State 77%Federal 13%

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

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

Enrollment over time
2,849’20
2,802’21
2,696’22
2,613’23
2,561’24

Down 10.1% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 99%White <1%Black <1%Asian <1%

Schools in the district

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

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.