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Mountain View TK-8 — Rating & test scores

10001 Stine Rd, Bakersfield · Grades TK–8

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Scope Score 76

SolidScope Score · 52nd percentile. Higher than 52 in 100 of the 5,726 California public elementary schools we score.

75 is the typical California school. 100 is the best result in the state. How the score is built

Near California in English (reading and writing), below in math, grades 3–5, spring 2026: 48% and 33% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 46% and 42%.

Source for this line
Source
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students
all students tested in grades 3–5: 246
Comparison
California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,208,894 in English and 1,211,701 in math tested).

Overview

Is Mountain View TK-8 a good elementary school?

Solid. Mountain View TK-8 is higher than most California elementary schools on English test results and attendance. Mountain View TK-8 is lower than most on math test results.

Test results, spring 2026

English, Proficient or Advanced5948%
Math, Proficient or Advanced4233%
English, Advanced6224%
Math, Advanced4714%

Showing up, 2025–26

Attendance5415 in 100
Mountain View TK-8’s place among California elementary schools, out of 100Panama-Buena Vista Union’s other elementary schoolsBar colour, from the lowest quarter of schools to the highest

One more thing to know

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 14% of students tested in math scored Advanced, two thirds of California’s rate (21%). Advanced is the top of the state’s four levels.

Each bar is Mountain View TK-8’s place among 5,726 California public elementary schools we score. Our calculation from California Department of Education records, updated October 15, 2026.

How to read these bars, and their sources

A place counts the schools out of 100 with a lower figure. The dashed line is the middle. Test results are from spring 2026, grades 3–5. Attendance counts students who missed 10% or more of school days; fewer is better, so a higher place means fewer such students.

Source for the sentence
California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grades 3–5. California: CDE’s grade 3, 4 and 5 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 1,211,701 in math tested).

Nearby

How does it compare with schools nearby?

2 of the 7 elementary schools nearby have a higher Scope Score than Mountain View TK-8. Each school is compared with every California elementary school.

Scope Score

8 elementary schools within 2.7 miles, highest score first. Under each name is how the school takes students.

  1. Granite PointeGreenfield Union · by addressScope Score 7863rd
  2. PanamaNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7761st
  3. Mountain View TK-8Scope Score 7652nd
  4. Douglas J. MillerNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7446th
  5. Dolores S. Whitley TK-8Neighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7234th
  6. Roy W. LoudonNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7230th
  7. Bill L. WilliamsNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 7018th
  8. BerkshireNeighborhood school · by addressScope Score 675th
Panama-Buena Vista UnionA neighborhood school in another district

A neighborhood school in another district takes students who live in its area. Ask that district about a transfer.

Scope Score from California Department of Education state tests (CAASPP), spring 2026, grades 3–5. Distance is a straight line from this campus and is not an attendance boundary. See these schools on the map

Tests

How did students here do on state tests?

Near California in English; below it in math.

English

48%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

28242424
Panama-Buena Vista Union45%California46%

Math

33%

scored Proficient or Advanced.

35321914
Panama-Buena Vista Union36%California42%
MinimalDeveloping levelProficientAdvanced

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, 48% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 33% in math, against 46% and 42% across California.

The state published these results on October 15, 2026. What changed across California. Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined. From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”). Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 47% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 33% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class.

How does math compare with English?

In grades 3–5, spring 2026, math trails English by 15 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 4 points across California. The grades 3–5 cards above give each subject’s share.

Results for each grade, spring 2026

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English

English, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced56%43%47%
Advanced32%24%18%
Proficient24%19%29%
Developing level20%26%26%
Minimal24%31%27%
Tested758388
California44%46%49%
Difference+12−3−2

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math

Math, grades 3–5: share of students tested, spring 2026
MeasureGrade 3Grade 4Grade 5
Proficient or Advanced47%31%24%
Advanced21%13%9%
Proficient26%18%15%
Developing level25%34%34%
Minimal28%35%42%
Tested758388
California47%42%37%
Difference0−11−13

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

All four test levels, with the number of students tested
Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026. The state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal.
StudentsAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimalTested
English, grades 3–5 · This school24%24%24%28%246
English, grades 3–5 · California24%22%21%33%1,208,894
English, grades 3–5 · Panama-Buena Vista Union21%24%22%33%5,875
Math, grades 3–5 · This school14%19%32%35%246
Math, grades 3–5 · California21%21%25%33%1,211,701
Math, grades 3–5 · Panama-Buena Vista Union15%21%27%37%5,881

Spring 2026, grades 3–5 combined: 246 tested in English, 246 tested in math. California combines the state’s results for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Who goes here

Who goes here?

Hispanic or Latino students are the largest group here, at 71% of students. 88 of 604 students missed 10% or more of school days.

Missing school, 2025–26

15in 100

students were chronically absent. That means they missed 10% or more of school days (88 of 604 students).

At the average Panama-Buena Vista Union elementary school: 20 in 100. At the average California elementary school: 17 in 100.

Students, 2025–26

Hispanic or Latino 71%Asian 11%White 7%Black or African American 5%Not reported 4%

English learners

46%

of English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026 (21 of 46 students).

Panama-Buena Vista Union: 52%. California: 47%.

Suspensions, 2025–26

1.3%

of students were suspended at least once (8 of 619). Average California elementary school 1.6%.

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Sources: California Department of Education and the California School Dashboard. Each tile names its year.

Full student mix, 2025–26
StudentsHere
Hispanic or Latino71%
Asian11%
White7%
Black or African American5%
Not reported4%
Filipino—
Two or more races—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Pacific Islander—
Where these figures come from

Attendance and suspensions: California Department of Education, 2025–26. Student mix: the students the state’s attendance file counts, 2025–26; a dash means our records hold no count. English learner progress: California School Dashboard, 2026 .

Student groups

How do kids like mine do here?

Low-income students here scored well above the same group across California in English.

This schoolThe same group, California
  • Low-incomeEnglish · 214 tested48%California 36%
  • Low-incomeMath · 214 tested34%California 31%
  • Hispanic or LatinoEnglish · 161 tested42%California 36%
  • Hispanic or LatinoMath · 161 tested29%California 31%
  • Students with disabilitiesEnglish · 36 tested8%California 19%
  • Students with disabilitiesMath · 36 tested11%California 18%

48% of low-income students scored Proficient or Advanced in English (grades 3–5, spring 2026), against 36% for the same group across California.

Share who scored Proficient or Advanced, grades 3–5, spring 2026. Each group is compared with the same group in the same grades. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP).

Every group’s results, with the district

Low-income is the state’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group.

Proficient or Advancedgrades 3–5 · spring 2026
Group and subjectHerevs Panama-Buena Vista Unionvs California
Low-income · 214 tested
English48%+840%+1236%
Math34%+331%+331%
Hispanic or Latino · 161 tested
English42%+240%+636%
Math29%−130%−231%
Students with disabilities · 36 tested
English8%−715%−1119%
Math11%−213%−718%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Panama-Buena Vista Union, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind across California does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Asian and White students: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races, English learners and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Family and staff answers

What would families and staff tell you?

Families can answer a short set of questions about Mountain View TK-8. These are not star ratings or reviews.

  1. Family answers show once 20 families have answered.Until then this page shows how many have answered.
  2. The questions are about the school, never a person.No question asks about a named teacher or staff member.
  3. Answers are never part of the Scope Score.They sit beside the state’s records and do not change a school’s score.

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  • Does the school tell you how your child is doing, in a way you understand, before report cards arrive?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely
  • When you contact the school with a question, do you hear back within two school days?Usually · Sometimes · Rarely · Haven’t contacted them
  • Can you get school information in the language you read best?Yes · Mostly · No
  • And 4 more questions.

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The school day

What is the school day like?

Mountain View TK-8 has transitional kindergarten (TK). Our records do not hold school hours or before- and after-school care yet. Ask the office.

Transitional kindergarten (TK), 2025–26

88

TK students in 2025–26.

TK is California’s free public program for four-year-olds.

TK count: California Department of Education, Census Day enrollment, 2025–26. Find TK schools near you

The neighborhood

What is the area around Mountain View TK-8 like?

These figures are for everyone who lives in ZIP code 93313. They are not figures for the families at Mountain View TK-8.

Typical household income in a year

$91,943

Typical means half are higher and half are lower. The ZIP code is the school’s address, not its attendance area. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024, ZIP code area 93313.

Typical home value
$371,900
People who live in this ZIP code
61,843
Typical age
31.7 years
Adults 25 and older with a four-year college degree
21%

What you can do

Who can act on Mountain View TK-8’s results?

Panama-Buena Vista Union’s board decides Mountain View TK-8’s plan.

When the plan is set

Panama-Buena Vista Union’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

Read the 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

How to take part

  1. Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
  2. Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
  3. Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
  4. Read the midyear report, due by February 28.

Extra state help for the district

The state is giving Panama-Buena Vista Union extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Panama-Buena Vista Union: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source 

Reading screening in kindergarten through grade 2

California law requires schools to screen kindergartners through second graders for reading difficulties every year, with some exceptions. You get notice at least 15 days before, results within 45 days, and can opt out in writing.

Kindergartners can’t be screened before the 91st school day; transitional kindergarten isn’t covered.

If screening shows your child may be at risk for reading difficulties, the school must provide supports. That result isn’t a diagnosis, and screening can’t be used to delay a special-education evaluation.

Ask how many K–2 students screening found at risk last year, and how many got extra reading help.

California Education Code § 53008. Source 

Questions to ask

What should I ask, and when?

Bring these 4 questions to Mountain View TK-8. Confirm anything about applying with the school itself.

On a tour

  1. What extra help do students with disabilities get, and how do you know it’s working?8% of students with disabilities scored Proficient or Advanced in English, grades 3–5, spring 2026 (36 students tested); the same group across California: 19%
  2. What are the school-day hours and after-school care options?

At the office

  1. What time does the day start and end, and is any day shorter?
  2. Is there care before or after school, and what does it cost?

Getting in

What comes after Mountain View TK-8, and how do I get in?

Mountain View TK-8 runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Panama-Buena Vista Union which school serves your address.

  1. Grades TK–8 · this school
    Mountain View TK-8
    Scope Score 76Solid · 52nd percentile
  2. High
    Golden Valley High
    Scope Score 73Developing · 36th percentile · 2025Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

These links come from past records and from distance. Confirm your child’s school with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Middle-school links

  • Stonecreek Junior High

    Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder

    Scope Score 78 · Solid · 67th percentile · middle · 2026

High-school links

  • Golden Valley High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 73 · Developing · 36th percentile · high · 2025

  • Ridgeview High

    Inferred through another school · underlying source period unavailable; not a direct feeder

    Scope Score 71 · Developing · 26th percentile · high · 2025

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking.

Where the path ends: Golden Valley High
Golden Valley HighScope Score 73 · Developing · 36th percentile · 2025estimated path

An inferred path through a middle-school overlap points to Golden Valley High. UC records 22 enrollees from Golden Valley High for fall 2025. The AP Course Audit lists 12 AP courses its teachers are authorized to teach in 2025–26. Those figures come from dated records. If a child starting here today later attended Golden Valley High, that would be around 2036, and a school can change a lot in 10 years. By the state’s 2023 count, 49% of the students who finished high school at Golden Valley High enrolled in college within 12 months, UC or not.

22 UC enrollees (fall 2025) · 12 authorized AP courses (AP Course Audit 2025–26) → full record on Golden Valley High's page
Source: UC & College Board AP Course Ledger

Where it is

Where is Mountain View TK-8?

Address
10001 Stine Rd, Bakersfield 93313Get directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Administrator
Erica RojasAs the state’s school directory lists it, last updated November 14, 2025.

A school’s place on the map is its address in the state directory. It does not show which homes the school serves. See nearby schools on the map

Short answers to 6 common questions

How do I get in?

Mountain View TK-8 runs through 8th grade, so there’s no middle-school move. Ask Panama-Buena Vista Union which school serves your address. See the details ↓

Is Mountain View TK-8 a good elementary school?

Mountain View TK-8 has a Scope Score of 76. It scored higher than 52 in 100 of California’s 5,726 scored public elementary schools (Solid, 52nd percentile, spring 2026). See the details ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 15 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 20 in 100 at the average Panama-Buena Vista Union elementary school. 1.3% of students (8 of 619) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 1.6% at the average California elementary school. See the details ↓

How does grade 3 do in math?

Grade 3 stands apart in math: 47% scored Proficient or Advanced, against 33% across grades 3–5 here, spring 2026. Each grade is a different group of students, so this describes one year’s class. See the details ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 48% of low-income students in grades 3–5 at Mountain View TK-8 in Bakersfield scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 36% for the same group across California. See the details ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Questions to ask, ready to copy. See the details ↓

The full record

Source records

This page is built from 9 sets of records from public data sources. Every figure keeps its source, grades, year and count.

Data updated

October 15, 2026

Record sets on this page
9
Sources
California Department of EducationU.S. Census Bureau
State test years
2026

Results

Students

Money and staff

Place, downloads and method

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2025–26 · ranked #2,714 of 5,726 California elementary schools we score · #7 of 21 in Panama-Buena Vista Union
Score factors, 2025–26
FactorSchoolIndexWeight
Advancedaverage of English and math20%4842%
Proficient or Advancedaverage of English and math41%4923%
Chronically absent15 in 100545%
Suspension rate1.3% (8 of 619)535%
English learners: top level11%415%
Grade gap (G3→G5, different students)-16.1pp—not scored

Index is where the school's value sits among the California elementary schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2025–26. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests. The weights above add to 80%: the remaining 20%, for measures with no value here, is shared out among the measures above.

Scope Score by year2025–26 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

Scope Score

School yearScope ScorePercentileRankComparison group
2025–267652#2714California elementary schools · 5,726 schools · current formula
School yearChronic absenceSuspensionGrade gap (points)
2025–2615 in 1001.3% (8 of 619)−16

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

Grade gap: the same year’s grade 3 and grade 5 results, side by side. They are different children, so the gap describes one year, not any child’s progress. The Scope Score’s growth measure is a different comparison, shown in Score factors above (how it’s built).
Every tested year2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subjectStudents with scoresAdvancedProficient or Advanced
2026 · English24624%48%
2026 · Math24614%33%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026
Science (CAST)TestedAdvancedProficientDeveloping levelMinimal
Schoolwide888%23%59%10%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California
Group · EnglishTestedProficient or Advancedvs districtvs California
Low-income21448%+8+12
Hispanic or Latino16142%+2+6
Students with disabilities368%−7−11
Chronic absence by student groupState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26
Group2018–192025–26Change
Female—12 in 100—
Male—17 in 100—
Asian—12 of 65—
Black or African American—2 of 31—
Hispanic or Latino—15 in 100—
White—4 of 43—
Students with disabilities—19 in 100—
English learners—10 of 78—
Low-income—16 in 100—
All students—15 in 100—

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Where fewer than 100 students were counted, the cell shows the count and no change is printed. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,968 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 18,262 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

District current expense · FY 2024–25$18,661 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation
Instruction 62%Instruction support 10%Student services 13%Administration 5%Buildings & maintenance 10%
The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
GroupDollarsShare, to two decimalsPrinted
Instruction$212,047,32462.36%62%
Instruction support$32,881,0639.67%10%
Student services$44,161,46612.99%13%
Administration$18,531,4045.45%5%
Buildings & maintenance$32,361,6249.52%10%
Total$340,029,752100.00%100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $340,029,752 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021
2021$13,968 per pupil
2020$11,905 per pupil
2019$11,864 per pupil
2018$11,008 per pupil
2017$10,161 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 93313 · not the school’s students
American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 93313 area
MeasureEstimate
Median household income$91,943
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21%
ZIP-area population61,843
Median age31.7 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 93313 →

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