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B+

General Shafter Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Mettler.

Mettler’s Schools page →

Students
169
Schools
1
Spent per student
$21,033
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
89%
Debt
$7.5M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about General Shafter Elementary School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 66% of California districts
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 5.1% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $7.5M, about $44,083 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 66% 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 above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
Mettler 140

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Mettler. Grade by grade →

K–8General Shafter ElementaryThis district
9–1219 high schoolsKern High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency35–39%
State average 33.1% · 125 students tested
Reading / language arts45–49%
State average 46.7% · 132 students tested

98% 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
$21,033 per student · 1% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 39%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 78%State 17%Federal 4%

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

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

Enrollment over time
178’20
190’21
179’22
184’23
169’24

Down 5.1% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 72%White 27%Black <1%Two or more races <1%

Schools in the district

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

General Shafter Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Bakersfield
B−
169 students17:1

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.