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Bessie E. Owens Primary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

815 Potomac Ave

Bakersfield CA, 93307, Kern County

Phone: 661-631-5420

Ranking:

(5,787 out of 6,930, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 3

School District: Bakersfield City Elementary School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	36		36		35		NA	NA	41		37		38
Total Students:	723		695		696		611		622		619		641
Kindergarten:	175	24.2%	158	22.7%	179	25.7%	139	22.7%	141	22.7%	141	22.8%	139	21.7%
Grade 1:	152	21.0%	195	28.1%	143	20.5%	139	22.7%	162	26.0%	145	23.4%	151	23.6%
Grade 2:	225	31.1%	165	23.7%	177	25.4%	182	29.8%	167	26.8%	151	24.4%	181	28.2%
Grade 3:	171	23.7%	177	25.5%	197	28.3%	151	24.7%	152	24.4%	182	29.4%	170	26.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	352	48.7%	329	47.3%	332	47.7%	296	48.4%	310	49.8%	326	52.7%	362	56.5%
Female:	371	51.3%	366	52.7%	364	52.3%	315	51.6%	312	50.2%	293	47.3%	275	42.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	4	0.6%
Asian:	7	1.0%	10	1.4%	8	1.1%	5	0.8%	8	1.3%	8	1.3%	9	1.4%
Hispanic:	603	83.4%	582	83.7%	573	82.3%	507	83.0%	500	80.4%	489	79.0%	527	82.2%
Black:	60	8.3%	59	8.5%	58	8.3%	65	10.6%	78	12.5%	93	15.0%	76	11.9%
White:	46	6.4%	32	4.6%	42	6.0%	22	3.6%	22	3.5%	24	3.9%	25	3.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.4%	8	1.2%	11	1.6%	11	1.8%	13	2.1%	4	0.6%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	606	83.8%	627	90.2%	NA	NA	564	92.3%	556	89.4%	521	84.2%	525	81.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	17	2.4%	17	2.4%	NA	NA	25	4.1%	25	4.0%	33	5.3%	30	4.7%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.37		19.25		20.02		NA	NA	15.23		15.90		17.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2004	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.9	307.9	330.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.6	319	336.5
2006	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.1	324.1	344.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	327.8	323.6	345
2008	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	322	324.8	348
2009	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	331.2	321.6	352.8
2010	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.4	331.3	356.6
2011	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.1	337	359.5
2012	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.3	334	361.5
2013	English Language Arts Standards	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.0	335.7	357.3
2004	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.8	326.4	358
2005	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345.5	335.6	366
2006	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.5	346.7	372.5
2007	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	336.1	335.5	369.2
2008	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.6	336.5	372.4
2009	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343.6	340.1	376.7
2010	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	350.4	353.4	381.6
2011	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.3	353.6	382.2
2012	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.4	353	382.7
2013	Mathematics	2nd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344.8	357.2	379.9
2004	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310.1	294.7	321.5
2005	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	313.9	303.7	324.1
2006	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	309.2	309.1	330.8
2007	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	312.3	310.6	330
2008	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.7	312.1	332.8
2009	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	318.5	314.1	340.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	325.6	313	342.2
2011	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	316.6	322.7	345.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	320.1	321.4	347.1
2013	English Language Arts Standards	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	333.5	320.6	345.7
2004	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334.7	318.7	353.1
2005	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.4	332.3	362.1
2006	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	337.6	368.9
2007	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.4	336.3	370.9
2008	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.8	346.6	379
2009	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355.5	353.6	387.7
2010	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374.6	360.1	395.4
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356.8	365.8	400.6
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	373.1	399.2
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380.0	370.9	399.0

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* Bessie E. Owens Primary Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.