Voorhies Elementary
School overview
Student demographics
Performance breakdown
| Category | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Exceeded Standard | 7.5% |
| Met Standard | 15.3% |
| Below Standard | 77.3% |
What other rankings don't show you
Most rating sites report "23% proficient" for Voorhies Elementary and stop there. Here's what that number hides:
7.5% of students exceeded standard while 15.3% merely met it. That exceeded rate is 13.5 points below the state average of 21.0%. That's near the Bakersfield City district average of 7.8%. The 13 nearby schools within ~3 miles average 10.4% exceeded — 2.9 points higher. The gap between "met" and "exceeded" is the difference between a school that clears the bar and one that raises it.
Proficiency drops by 5.3 percentage points from grade 3 to grade 5 — a signal that the school may not be sustaining early gains.
Chronic absenteeism is 17.5%, better than the state average of 18.7%.
Key metrics
ELA scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 134 | 10.4% | 11.9% | 22.4% |
| 4th | 149 | 12.1% | 17.4% | 29.5% |
| 5th | 134 | 9.7% | 20.9% | 30.6% |
Math scores by grade
| Grade | Tested | Exceeded | Met | Met+Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | 134 | 5.2% | 21.6% | 26.9% |
| 4th | 153 | 5.2% | 13.7% | 18.9% |
| 5th | 136 | 2.2% | 5.9% | 8.1% |
Nearby schools
13 schools within ~3 miles · avg composite 39.7