Hort Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 5 · Bakersfield, California
Hort Elementary in Bakersfield, California enrolled 590 students in 2024-25 with 29.8 full-time teachers, 19.8 students per teacher against the California elementary-school median of 22.4. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25). On the state tests, 20-24% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 13% proficient in math in 2022-23 (California: 45% and 34.3%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 8% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers rose 1%
641 students in 2022-23, 629 students in 2023-24, 590 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 29.4 to 29.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 641 | 29.4 | 21.8 |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 31.2 | 20.2 |
| 2024-25 | 590 | 29.8 | 19.8 |
19.8 students per teacher, a lower ratio than 79 of every 100 California elementary schools
Among the 5,878 California elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.4; the national median for elementary schools is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Hort Elementary enrolled 571 students and reported no counselor; it reported 2 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programYes
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions2
- Chronically absent34.5% (2022-23)
Who attends
86.6% of students were Hispanic, 8.8% White, 2.9% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic86.6%
- White8.8%
- Black2.9%
- Asian0.7%
- Pacific Islander0.5%
- American Indian0.3%
- Two or more races0.2%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Hort Elementary scored proficient or above: 20-24% in reading in 2021-22 and 13% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within California, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure. Where a state published results by grade only, the grades tested are combined, weighted by the students tested in each.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | California |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 20‑24% | 26% | 45% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 13% | 13% (2021-22) | 34.3% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Elementary schools in Bakersfield
93 public elementary schools in Bakersfield report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores S. Whitley TK-8 | 1,151 | 22.7 | 67.9% |
| Veterans Elementary | 1,002 | 23.1 | 35.2% |
| Douglas J. Miller Elementary | 994 | 28.0 | 61.1% |
| Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary | 960 | 23.5 | 73.5% |
| Berkshire Elementary | 932 | 25.9 | 66.4% |
| Patriot Elementary | 931 | 24.4 | 33.2% |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary | 926 | 26.1 | 63.1% |
| Voorhies Elementary | 915 | 20.1 | 78.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Hort Elementary
- Voorhies ElementaryThe nearest public elementary school, 0.8 miles away: 915 students, 20.1 per teacher (2024-25).0.8 mi
- Pioneer Drive ElementaryThe next nearest public elementary school, 1.2 miles away: 562 students, 19.8 per teacher (2024-25).1.2 mi
- Compare Hort Elementary with Voorhies ElementaryStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Bakersfield City School District spends per student$19,155 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$19,155
- The largest public schools in CaliforniaHort Elementary is the number 1,475 by size of 5,904 California elementary schools open in 2024-25.#1,475 of 5,904
- California schools by students per teacher19.8 students per teacher here against the California median of 22.4 for elementary schools.19.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Hort Elementary
How many students attend Hort Elementary?
590 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 641 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Bakersfield, CA.What is the student-teacher ratio at Hort Elementary?
19.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for elementary schools is 22.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Hort Elementary a Title I school?
Hort Elementary has no Title I status in the NCES school files, because California did not report school Title I status for 2021-22; the California Department of Education lists each school's current Title I status.How do students at Hort Elementary do on state tests?
The students tested at Hort Elementary scored proficient or above: 20-24% in reading in 2021-22 and 13% in math in 2022-23, against 45% in reading in 2021-22 and 34.3% in math in 2022-23 across California. California's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Hort Elementary in?
Bakersfield City School District, NCES district ID 0603630. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 060363000305 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.