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Vineland Elementary School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Serves Weedpatch, and parts of Lamont.

Weedpatch’s School Grade C+ better than 43% of California school districts

Students
638
Schools
2
Spent per student
$23,855
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
20:1
Free or reduced lunch
100%
Debt
$3.4M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Vineland Elementary School District

  • Its letter, D: results better than 7% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 25 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 27 pts below the state
  • Spends 12% more per student than the CA average
  • 20 students per teacher
  • Debt of $3.4M, about $5,379 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

D: better than 7% 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

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Weedpatch. Grade by grade →

K–4Vineland ElementaryThis district
5–8SunsetThis district
9–1219 high schoolsKern High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency8%
State average 33.1% · 456 students tested
Reading / language arts20%
State average 46.7% · 456 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
$23,855 per student · 12% above CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 49%Support & administration 43%Other 8%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 11%State 68%Federal 21%

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

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

Enrollment over time
666’20
690’21
676’22
657’23
638’24

Down 4.2% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 99%White <1%

Schools in the district

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

Vineland Elementary
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Bakersfield
336 students20:1
Sunset
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Bakersfield
302 students19:1

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.