Is Stella I. Hills Elementary a good school?

Stella I. Hills Elementary ranks in the bottom 1.4% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Stella I. Hills Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 654 students attended Stella I. Hills Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Stella I. Hills Elementary?

Students at Stella I. Hills Elementary are 61% Hispanic, 27% African American, 8% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Stella I. Hills Elementary attend?

Students who attend Stella I. Hills Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Emerson Middle High : North High

Stella I. Hills Elementary

Summary:

Stella I. Hills Elementary is a public elementary school located in Bakersfield, California, serving grades K-6 with a total enrollment of 665 students. The school is part of the Bakersfield City School District, which is ranked 1338 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Stella I. Hills Elementary faces significant challenges, with consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 23.9% to 72.6%, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also consistently performs below the Bakersfield City and California state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in ELA/Literacy ranged from 8.64% to 15.6%, compared to the Bakersfield City average of 24.93% to 29.01% and the California state average of 42.8% to 47.04%. Similarly, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 1.32% to 10.19%, compared to the Bakersfield City average of 14.08% to 22.59% and the California state average of 34.31% to 45.64%. The school's student groups, such as African American, Hispanic, English Language Learners, and students with disabilities, also consistently perform below their peers at the state level.

While the nearby schools, such as Jefferson Elementary, Franklin Elementary, and Myra A. Noble Elementary, also perform below the state averages in test scores, they generally outperform Stella I. Hills Elementary. One notable exception is Downtown Elementary, which consistently outperforms the state and district averages in test scores and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. This suggests that with the right strategies and resources, schools in the Bakersfield City School District can achieve high levels of academic success, even in areas with high concentrations of disadvantaged students.

Detail:

Public K-6

3800 Jewett Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93301-1316

(661) 631-5320

District: Bakersfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
5780^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,771

Students who attend Stella I. Hills Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Emerson Middle
High:	North High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.9

Number of students: 654

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

60.9%

African American:

27.1%

White:

8.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 97.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Stella I. Hills Elementary ranks worse than 98.6% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.69. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (60.9%), African American (27.1%), White (8.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 97.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Stella I. Hills Elementary is 17.9, which is the 6^th best among 32 elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)

Compare Stella I. Hills Elementary employs 36.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Stella I. Hills Elementary is $10,771, which is the 3^rd highest among 32 elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Stella I. Hills Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Stella I. Hills Elementary 5780^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Stella I. Hills Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Bakersfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Bakersfield City 1338^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Stella I. Hills Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	6.19	4785^th	4809	0.5%
2005	19.64	3995^th	4822	17.2%
2006	16.45	4255^th	4818	11.7%
2007	10.78	4880^th	5113	4.6%
2008	5.32	5081^st	5113	0.6%
2009	7.13	5110^th	5193	1.6%
2010	11.61	5074^th	5314	4.5%
2011	12.11	5123^rd	5377	4.7%
2012	10.98	5158^th	5390	4.3%
2013	9.87	5304^th	5530	4.1%
2015	10.12	5462^nd	5611	2.7%
2016	7.03	5550^th	5614	1.1%
2017	9.72	5508^th	5692	3.2%
2018	7.73	5547^th	5662	2.0%
2019	10.00	5565^th	5789	3.9%
2022	11.01	5669^th	5883	3.6%
2023	9.28	5742^nd	5874	2.2%
2024	7.69	5780^th	5862	1.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2019	24.09	2927^th	3275	10.6%
2022	35.34	2176^th	3311	34.3%
2023	12.22	3248^th	3250	0.1%
2024	32.95	2344^th	3160	25.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	23.49	2200^th	2634	16.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.19	4981^st	5084	2.0%
2019	13.87	4896^th	5173	5.4%
2022	14.59	4987^th	5264	5.3%
2023	11.74	5219^th	5374	2.9%
2024	9.31	5423^rd	5511	1.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.39	5304^th	5413	2.0%
2019	11.74	5213^th	5492	5.1%
2022	12.58	5395^th	5635	4.3%
2023	12.78	5341^st	5617	4.9%
2024	9.86	5466^th	5605	2.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	20.75	1938^th	2128	8.9%
2019	31.43	1717^th	2585	33.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.42	5340^th	5431	1.7%
2019	9.13	5377^th	5510	2.4%
2022	11.04	5500^th	5663	2.9%
2023	7.64	5605^th	5650	0.8%
2024	6.83	5601^st	5636	0.6%

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Rank History for African American students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	23.28	584^th	700	16.6%
2019	25.61	590^th	747	21.0%
2022	17.03	637^th	663	3.9%
2023	20.34	590^th	662	10.9%
2024	23.07	503^rd	593	15.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	10.38	4714^th	4830	2.4%
2019	13.61	4724^th	4963	4.8%
2022	19.67	4525^th	5084	11.0%
2023	12.28	4944^th	5098	3.0%
2024	8.69	5032^nd	5102	1.4%

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Rank History for White students at Stella I. Hills Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	4.61	2593^rd	2662	2.6%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Stella I. Hills Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1991	167	66	4	115	11	n/a	n/a	0	363
1992	207	122	6	150	9	n/a	n/a	0	494
1993	225	142	17	217	8	n/a	n/a	0	609
1994	212	186	20	230	10	n/a	n/a	0	658
1995	184	183	15	247	4	n/a	n/a	0	633
1996	184	183	15	247	4	n/a	n/a	0	633
1997	162	173	10	247	7	n/a	n/a	0	599
1998	128	172	6	241	13	n/a	n/a	0	560
1999	125	181	9	280	15	n/a	n/a	0	610
2000	120	192	4	277	15	n/a	n/a	0	608
2001	121	186	6	291	13	n/a	n/a	0	617
2002	88	258	16	278	9	n/a	n/a	2	651
2003	88	258	16	278	9	n/a	n/a	2	651
2004	70	214	14	250	9	n/a	n/a	4	561
2005	78	176	11	258	8	n/a	n/a	3	534
2006	68	160	14	289	2	n/a	n/a	1	534
2007	69	169	21	334	9	n/a	n/a	3	605
2008	77	155	29	281	8	n/a	n/a	0	550
2009	60	124	34	335	5	1	2	0	561
2010	77	127	16	305	6	0	2	0	533
2011	64	123	9	289	9	0	4	0	498
2012	66	138	10	277	2	0	4	0	497
2013	69	151	7	270	3	0	8	0	508
2014	65	172	14	275	2	0	16	0	544
2015	61	177	10	284	1	0	16	0	549
2016	59	159	5	315	6	0	17	0	561
2017	75	169	5	267	5	2	18	0	541
2018	74	200	6	332	8	2	21	0	643
2019	70	188	4	303	6	4	18	0	593
2020	61	224	6	347	13	2	21	0	674
2021	58	187	8	345	7	1	18	0	624
2022	54	207	6	403	7	1	16	0	694
2023	62	183	4	396	9	1	10	0	665
2024	55	177	7	398	6	0	11	0	654

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Stella I. Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	363	14.0	25.9	n/a
1992	494	14.2	34.7	90.1
1993	609	22.0	27.7	91.6
1994	658	24.0	27.4	94.2
1995	633	24.5	25.8	94.2
1996	633	24.5	25.8	94.2
1997	599	31.4	19.1	95
1998	560	31.5	17.8	95
1999	610	32.8	18.6	94.3
2000	608	33.0	18.4	94.9
2001	617	36.9	16.7	94.7
2002	651	33.4	19.5	95.7
2003	651	33.4	19.5	95.7
2004	561	33.9	16.5	97.3
2005	534	28.8	18.5	98.7
2006	534	27.8	19.2	98.3
2007	605	32.7	18.5	88.7
2008	550	34.6	15.9	86.5
2009	561	33.2	15.0	89.5
2010	533	30.0	17.7	93.2
2011	498	n/a	n/a	95.4
2012	497	25.2	19.6	n/a
2013	508	25.2	20.1	95.7
2014	544	25.0	21.7	95.4
2015	549	27.0	20.3	96
2016	561	26.0	21.5	97.9
2017	541	28.0	19.3	97.8
2018	643	29.0	22.1	97
2019	593	34.0	17.4	98.1
2020	674	n/a	n/a	97.8
2021	624	32.8	19.0	98.1
2022	694	32.0	21.6	94.8
2023	665	35.0	19.0	96.1
2024	654	36.5	17.9	97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Stella I. Hills Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1991	363	14.0	25.9	n/a
1992	494	14.2	34.7	90.1
1993	609	22.0	27.7	91.6
1994	658	24.0	27.4	94.2
1995	633	24.5	25.8	94.2
1996	633	24.5	25.8	94.2
1997	599	31.4	19.1	95
1998	560	31.5	17.8	95
1999	610	32.8	18.6	94.3
2000	608	33.0	18.4	94.9
2001	617	36.9	16.7	94.7
2002	651	33.4	19.5	95.7
2003	651	33.4	19.5	95.7
2004	561	33.9	16.5	97.3
2005	534	28.8	18.5	98.7
2006	534	27.8	19.2	98.3
2007	605	32.7	18.5	88.7
2008	550	34.6	15.9	86.5
2009	561	33.2	15.0	89.5
2010	533	30.0	17.7	93.2
2011	498	n/a	n/a	95.4
2012	497	25.2	19.6	n/a
2013	508	25.2	20.1	95.7
2014	544	25.0	21.7	95.4
2015	549	27.0	20.3	96
2016	561	26.0	21.5	97.9
2017	541	28.0	19.3	97.8
2018	643	29.0	22.1	97
2019	593	34.0	17.4	98.1
2020	674	n/a	n/a	97.8
2021	624	32.8	19.0	98.1
2022	694	32.0	21.6	94.8
2023	665	35.0	19.0	96.1
2024	654	36.5	17.9	97.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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