Arvin Union

Summary:

The Arvin Union school district in California serves students from preschool through 8th grade across 4 schools - 3 elementary schools and 1 middle school. While the district faces significant academic and socioeconomic challenges, one school, Haven Drive Middle, stands out as a relative bright spot with higher proficiency rates and a stronger statewide ranking compared to the other schools in the area.

The elementary schools - El Camino Real Elementary, Bear Mountain Elementary, and Sierra Vista Elementary - all have high rates of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, indicating significant economic disadvantages among the student populations. Additionally, the schools struggle with high chronic absenteeism rates, which likely contribute to their below-average performance on state assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics.

In contrast, Haven Drive Middle stands out as the highest-performing school in the district, with better proficiency rates and a higher statewide ranking than the elementary schools. Understanding the practices and strategies used at this school could provide valuable insights for improving performance across the Arvin Union district and addressing the significant achievement gaps observed between the students in this area and the broader California student population.

District Detail

737 Bear Mountain Blvd.
Arvin, CA 93203-1413

(661) 854-6500

SchoolDigger Rank:
1344^th of 1568 California districts

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Grades served: K-8
Students: 2,946

Primary Schools: 3
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 0
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	Total
Haven Drive Middle	Public	7-8	341 Haven Dr.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6540	639	33	19.5	95.9%	13 (2.0%)	9 (1.4%)	611 (95.6%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	34.3	1652^nd of 2777 public middle schools	40.5%		27	1953^rd of 2802 public middle schools	30.3%	301		18.0	18.0					34.8	42.9	38.8					21.3	19.5	20.4					$7,940
Sierra Vista Elementary	Public	K-6	300 Franklin St.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6560	729	31	23.4	95.2%	10 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	716 (98.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18.5	4979^th of 5862 public elementary schools	15.1%		18.1	5044^th of 5874 public elementary schools	14.1%	65	11.1		11.1	18.2	20.7	15.7	31.8			21.3	28.7	11.0	16.7	25.3			20.3	97.5	98.4		97.5	$7,387
Bear Mountain Elementary	Public	K-6	1501 Hood St.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6590	745	38	19.8	93.6%	13 (1.7%)	17 (2.3%)	707 (94.9%)	3 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	14.6	5335^th of 5862 public elementary schools	9.0%		14.6	5360^th of 5874 public elementary schools	8.8%	25	13.7		13.7	12.6	17.4	19.0	18.2			16.7	16.7	21.7	11.6	21.2			17.8	94.4		97.2		$8,314
El Camino Real Elementary	Public	K-6	911 El Camino Real Rd.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6661	833	36	23.1	91.5%	34 (4.1%)	2 (0.2%)	791 (95.0%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23.4	4530^th of 5862 public elementary schools	22.7%		22.7	4590^th of 5874 public elementary schools	21.9%	60	15.3		15.3	21.5	35.6	27.7	29.6			28.5	23.8	33.1	6.7	21.6			21.3					$7,049

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Grow Academy Arvin District	0.7 mi	1	993^rd
Kern County Office of Education	0.71 mi	7
Kern High	1.02 mi	25	895^th
Di Giorgio Elementary	3.21 mi	1	1403^rd
Vineland Elementary	4.06 mi	2	1430^th

Arvin Union

District Detail

Haven Drive Middle

El Camino Real Elementary

Sierra Vista Elementary

Bear Mountain Elementary

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