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Standard Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Oildale.

Oildale’s School Grade C better than 34% of California school districts

Students
3,193
Schools
4
Spent per student
$20,096
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
21:1
Free or reduced lunch
90%
Debt
$50.8M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Standard Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 10% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 23 pts below the state
  • Spends 5% less per student than the CA average
  • 21 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 9.6% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $50.8M, about $15,910 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 10% 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 town it serves, and its School Grade
COildale 34,687

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Oildale. Grade by grade →

K–55 elementary schoolsThis district
6–82 middle schoolsThis district
9–12North HighKern High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency10%
State average 33.1% · 1,872 students tested
Reading / language arts24%
State average 46.7% · 1,869 students tested

94% 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
$20,096 per student · 5% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 55%Support & administration 38%Other 7%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 18%State 71%Federal 11%

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

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

Enrollment over time
2,913’20
2,968’21
3,046’22
3,030’23
3,193’24

Up 9.6% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 50%White 41%Black 5%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Asian <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <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.

Wingland Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bakersfield
783 students21:1
Highland Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bakersfield
778 students22:1
Standard Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bakersfield
627 students21:1
Standard Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Bakersfield
1,005 students20:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Bakersfield City School DistrictBakersfield
$20,798per student
Kern High School DistrictBakersfield
$19,073per student
Panama-Buena Vista School DistrictBakersfield
$17,448per student

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.