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Bakersfield, California - 5 schools
An equity score of 42/100 ranks Fruitvale Elementary #964 of 1517 districts in California (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,693 per pupil, Fruitvale Elementary ranks #1473 of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending (California districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,031
Total Enrollment
5
Schools
$12,693
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Fruitvale Elementary operates 5 public schools serving 3,031 students, placing it among the smallest districts in California. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Kern County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,693 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1862 California districts by per-pupil spending. See how California compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 24.6% local, 64.5% state, and 10.9% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 42/100, ranked #964 of 1517 in California against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 1076.4:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 18.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 52.1% Hispanic or Latino, 33.9% White, 4.8% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Fruitvale Junior High, with a diversity index of 63.1/100.
Its largest campus is Endeavour Elementary, enrolling 724 students (24% of the district's total enrollment).
Endeavour Elementary accounts for 23.6% of all Fruitvale Elementary student enrollment
That concentration means Fruitvale Elementary-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: elementary. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Fruitvale Elementary school enrollment varies 2.1× across entities
Fruitvale Elementary school enrollment ranges from 345 students (lowest) to 724 students (highest), a spread of 379 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Fruitvale Elementary student-counselor ratio is 1076:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Fruitvale Elementary chronic absenteeism rate is 18.4% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Fruitvale Elementary is typically wider than the Fruitvale Elementary-aggregate figure suggests.