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Greenfield Community · Bakersfield

Greenfield Community: The state doesn't publish enough data to score this school fairly.

Greenfield Community is an elementary school in Bakersfield. The state doesn't publish enough data to score it fairly — so we won't. Here's what we can show.

No Scope Score available

California doesn't publicly report per-grade test results when fewer than 11 students are tested in a grade — a privacy protection for small schools. With 13 students total, this school likely falls below that threshold in most tested grades. We can't compute a Scope Score without that data.

Worth a school visit

With little published data, a visit does the heavy lifting: ask about class sizes, teacher tenure, and where last year's students went next.

  • Ask about typical class sizes and the student-teacher ratio.
  • Ask how long teachers have stayed at the school.
  • Ask where recent graduates or transfers went next.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom, and watch how a lesson actually runs.

Where the path goes

The path below is estimated from nearby schools in the same district — scores shown for each next step.

Estimated K-12 Path
Elementary
Greenfield Community
This school

Estimated K-12 path based on district and proximity. Actual attendance zones may differ. Contact your school district for official feeder information.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 4:1, district 23:14:1
Teaching staff4 teachers
Avg. experience17.8 years
First-year teachers25%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$60,824 – $119,747
Principal salary$157,517 – $0
Superintendent salary$315,431

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

What gets spent here

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $110,404, CA average $14,815$110,404 · spent at this school
Federal share$12,315 per student

$12,315 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,744 per student

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction60%
Instruction support9%
Student services14%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance10%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$12,863 per pupil
2019$12,059 per pupil
2018$11,854 per pupil
2017$11,008 per pupil
2016$10,968 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Hispanic53.9%
District 86.5% · CA 56.1%
Black38.5%
District 5.5% · CA 4.8%
White7.7%
District 4.6% · CA 19.9%
GenderFemale 30.8%Male 69.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 76.9% (13pp above CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$56K · CA $85K
Median home value$272K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+8% · CA 35%
ZIP population85,945
Median age28 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

At 13 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California elementary school (≈480).

Your other options

Private alternatives nearby

Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.


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