Sing Lum Elementary

Summary:

Sing Lum Elementary is a public elementary school in Bakersfield, California, serving 773 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District, which is ranked 790 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Sing Lum Elementary faces several challenges, including lower academic performance compared to the district and state averages, particularly in Mathematics. The school's end-of-course proficiency rate in Mathematics was 27.79%, compared to 30.2% for the district and 35.54% for the state. Sing Lum also has a concerning chronic absenteeism rate of 45.4%, significantly higher than the district's 28.6%. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 69.34% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, compared to 36.23% at the nearby Ronald Reagan Elementary.

Interestingly, the nearby schools, such as Ronald Reagan Elementary, Stockdale Elementary, and Buena Vista Elementary, generally outperform Sing Lum Elementary in academic achievement, with higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. These schools also have lower chronic absenteeism rates and a lower percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds. Addressing the challenges faced by Sing Lum Elementary and learning from the success of nearby higher-performing schools could be crucial in improving the educational outcomes for the students at Sing Lum.


Detail:

Public K-6

 4600 Chaney Ln.
       Bakersfield, CA  93311-1848


(661) 664-1611

District: Panama-Buena Vista Union

SchoolDigger Rank:
3309th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,912 Help


Students who attend Sing Lum Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Tevis Junior High
High:    Independence High

Student/teacher ratio:  26.8 Help
Number of students:  773

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
63.5%
White:
20.4%
African American:
7.9%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.3% Help


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Compare Details Sing Lum Elementary ranks worse than 56.4% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 11th among 18 ranked elementary schools in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 37.83. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (63.5%), White (20.4%), African American (7.9%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 69.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Sing Lum Elementary is 26.8. 13 elementary schools in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Sing Lum Elementary is $10,912. 10 elementary schools in the Panama-Buena Vista Union School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Sing Lum Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Sing Lum Elementary 3309th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Sing Lum Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Panama-Buena Vista Union:

SchoolDigger ranks Panama-Buena Vista Union 790th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Sing Lum Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.88 2063rd 4809 57.1%
2005 48.98 2253rd 4822 53.3%
2006 47.45 2294th 4818 52.4%
2007 45.66 2586th 5113 49.4%
2008 49.13 2420th 5113 52.7%
2009 51.87 2372nd 5193 54.3%
2010 48.14 2683rd 5314 49.5%
2011 48.25 2709th 5377 49.6%
2012 43.02 3074th 5390 43.0%
2013 61.80 2011th 5530 63.6%
2015 54.24 2228th 5611 60.3%
2016 59.09 2032nd 5614 63.8%
2017 50.57 2514th 5692 55.8%
2018 61.22 1984th 5662 65.0%
2019 53.04 2417th 5789 58.2%
2022 34.52 3486th 5883 40.7%
2023 37.99 3283rd 5874 44.1%
2024 37.83 3309th 5862 43.6%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 21.75 3123rd 3311 5.7%
2023 32.30 2377th 3250 26.9%
2024 45.88 1422nd 3160 55.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.00 1514th 2420 37.4%
2024 35.02 1556th 2634 40.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.77 1462nd 5084 71.2%
2019 57.06 1946th 5173 62.4%
2022 41.23 2888th 5264 45.1%
2023 42.11 2901st 5374 46.0%
2024 45.86 2687th 5511 51.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.56 1773rd 5413 67.2%
2019 59.90 1971st 5492 64.1%
2022 29.70 3764th 5635 33.2%
2023 27.41 4023rd 5617 28.4%
2024 36.31 3310th 5605 40.9%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.33 919th 2128 56.8%
2019 54.34 860th 2585 66.7%
2022 28.19 1584th 2227 28.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.77 2080th 5431 61.7%
2019 45.30 2714th 5510 50.7%
2022 40.46 2975th 5663 47.5%
2023 50.34 2436th 5650 56.9%
2024 39.58 3086th 5636 45.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.79 1104th 4830 77.1%
2019 60.49 1661st 4963 66.5%
2022 52.36 2052nd 5084 59.6%
2023 48.65 2318th 5098 54.5%
2024 50.31 2244th 5102 56.0%
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Rank History for White students at Sing Lum Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.82 1639th 2737 40.1%
2019 46.49 1664th 2834 41.3%
2022 12.41 2464th 2726 9.6%
2023 25.97 2077th 2662 22.0%
2024 24.39 2109th 2647 20.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Reviews:
by a citizen
Monday, May 28, 2018

Open Quote Terrible school from the lunch staff yelling at children, to the teachers who have awful reputations due to harassment and bullying, to the subpar speech and language pathologists, school psychologist, principle and special education personnel. This school and district overall is a nightmare. Sadly, this district turns a blind eye to protecting the emotional safety off all children. Academic ratings are horrific! Major changes need to occur for any type of success in the future. Close Quote


by a parent
Friday, January 27, 2012

Open Quote This is the worst schoolmy children have ever attended. The kids come home crying and tell me stories about the demeaning things some of the adults say to students. Granted, I am some of the teachers are good people and good teachers but there seems to be a culture of disresepct towards the children that is accepted. A third grade teacher was reported to have said really ugly things to certain kids (suggesting racial bias in my mind) and threatening kids with retainment as some way of motivting them to perform better on testing. Disgusting. The adults who monitor the kids in the lunchroom have been reported to yell at kids like the worst kind of corrections officers. Kids have been forced to sit silently through lunch and put their heads down after eating. Worst, the principla is totally defensive and unresponsive. Rather than trying to assure parents or address the problems, she gets rude and passive aggressive. The parents at this school need to organize and demand greater dignity and respect for these elementary school age children who really can't advocate for themselves. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Sing Lum Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 490 21 24 70 1 n/a n/a 0 606
1990 531 30 41 93 0 n/a n/a 0 695
1991 561 38 40 94 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1992 593 50 45 108 1 n/a n/a 0 797
1993 578 46 46 116 7 n/a n/a 0 793
1994 569 50 46 126 6 n/a n/a 0 797
1995 547 60 52 170 7 n/a n/a 0 836
1996 547 60 52 170 7 n/a n/a 0 836
1997 577 51 44 199 8 n/a n/a 0 879
1998 577 62 33 187 8 n/a n/a 0 867
1999 473 57 29 148 5 n/a n/a 0 712
2000 468 50 33 153 4 n/a n/a 0 708
2001 501 46 29 157 2 n/a n/a 0 735
2002 471 60 25 181 2 n/a n/a 0 739
2003 471 60 25 181 2 n/a n/a 0 739
2004 445 71 30 194 3 n/a n/a 3 746
2005 407 63 32 214 2 n/a n/a 4 722
2006 376 61 30 241 2 n/a n/a 4 714
2007 370 71 29 259 3 n/a n/a 3 735
2008 309 76 24 311 1 n/a n/a 0 721
2009 307 82 36 352 7 1 5 0 790
2010 288 60 33 352 7 5 0 0 745
2011 294 67 48 399 5 8 1 0 822
2012 280 64 39 383 5 4 16 0 791
2013 290 51 46 388 1 6 18 0 800
2014 288 45 40 389 0 5 16 0 783
2015 235 40 23 395 3 2 13 0 711
2016 245 41 27 368 3 3 16 0 703
2017 231 45 32 402 2 5 17 0 734
2018 224 52 34 403 1 5 15 0 734
2019 203 50 38 460 3 2 19 0 775
2020 207 52 32 456 3 3 23 0 776
2021 182 40 31 479 3 2 21 0 758
2022 168 54 32 458 3 3 20 2 740
2023 158 61 30 491 4 4 25 0 773

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 Sing Lum Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 606 26.2 23.1 n/a
1990 695 27.0 25.7 n/a
1991 733 29.0 25.2 n/a
1992 797 29.5 27.0 17.6
1993 793 31.0 25.6 16.4
1994 797 32.0 24.9 17.8
1995 836 34.4 24.3 22.6
1996 836 34.4 24.3 22.6
1997 879 37.4 23.5 26.6
1998 867 40.0 21.7 26.1
1999 712 34.5 20.6 24.9
2000 708 35.0 20.2 24.3
2001 735 36.0 20.4 25.4
2002 739 35.5 20.8 34.9
2003 739 35.5 20.8 34.9
2004 746 36.6 20.4 37.1
2005 722 36.0 20.1 40.1
2006 714 34.4 20.8 40.6
2007 735 35.0 21.0 35
2008 721 38.5 18.7 45.1
2009 790 40.0 18.8 47.7
2010 745 29.0 25.6 49.1
2011 822 n/a n/a 54.5
2012 791 25.3 31.1 51.2
2013 800 28.4 28.1 53.3
2014 783 28.9 27.0 49.9
2015 711 29.0 24.5 58.2
2016 703 25.0 28.1 58.2
2017 734 25.3 28.9 58.9
2018 734 26.2 28.0 62
2019 775 27.7 27.9 65.2
2020 776 n/a n/a 66
2021 758 27.7 27.3 62.5
2022 740 31.0 23.8 72.6
2023 773 28.7 26.8 69.3

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 Sing Lum Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 606 26.2 23.1 n/a
1990 695 27.0 25.7 n/a
1991 733 29.0 25.2 n/a
1992 797 29.5 27.0 17.6
1993 793 31.0 25.6 16.4
1994 797 32.0 24.9 17.8
1995 836 34.4 24.3 22.6
1996 836 34.4 24.3 22.6
1997 879 37.4 23.5 26.6
1998 867 40.0 21.7 26.1
1999 712 34.5 20.6 24.9
2000 708 35.0 20.2 24.3
2001 735 36.0 20.4 25.4
2002 739 35.5 20.8 34.9
2003 739 35.5 20.8 34.9
2004 746 36.6 20.4 37.1
2005 722 36.0 20.1 40.1
2006 714 34.4 20.8 40.6
2007 735 35.0 21.0 35
2008 721 38.5 18.7 45.1
2009 790 40.0 18.8 47.7
2010 745 29.0 25.6 49.1
2011 822 n/a n/a 54.5
2012 791 25.3 31.1 51.2
2013 800 28.4 28.1 53.3
2014 783 28.9 27.0 49.9
2015 711 29.0 24.5 58.2
2016 703 25.0 28.1 58.2
2017 734 25.3 28.9 58.9
2018 734 26.2 28.0 62
2019 775 27.7 27.9 65.2
2020 776 n/a n/a 66
2021 758 27.7 27.3 62.5
2022 740 31.0 23.8 72.6
2023 773 28.7 26.8 69.3

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.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Sing Lum Elementary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
201296.0%2.0%2.0%1.0%96.0%97.0%97.0%97.0%97.0%
201398.0%1.0%0.0%1.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%98.0%
201499.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%99.0%
201591.0%0.0%6.0%3.0%93.0%93.0%93.0%91.0%93.0%
201694.0%3.0%0.0%3.0%97.0%97.0%97.0%94.0%97.0%
201798.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%98.0%98.0%≥99.0%98.0%≥99.0%
2018≥99.0%≤1.0%≤1.0%≤1.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%
201997.0%0.0%3.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%98.0%≥99.0%
202298.1%0.0%0.9%98.1%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Sing Lum Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $10,912

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Sing Lum Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 2417th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 3283rd of 5874 Elementary schools
 14.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sing Lum Elementary)55.736.9
 18.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Panama-Buena Vista Union)53.141.8
 11.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Sing Lum Elementary)53.435.9
 17.5%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Panama-Buena Vista Union)5241.4
 10.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sing Lum Elementary)68.428.8
 39.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Panama-Buena Vista Union)53.845
 8.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Sing Lum Elementary)44.228.8
 15.4%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Panama-Buena Vista Union)45.640
 5.6%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sing Lum Elementary)4039.7
 0.3%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Panama-Buena Vista Union)51.144.7
 6.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Sing Lum Elementary)16.419
 2.6%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Panama-Buena Vista Union)32.427
 5.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Sing Lum Elementary)28.421.6
 6.9%
   5th Grade Science (Panama-Buena Vista Union)26.128
 2%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Sing Lum Elementary)57.853.4
 4.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Panama-Buena Vista Union)51.446.8
 4.6%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Sing Lum Elementary)43.126.3
 16.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Panama-Buena Vista Union)35.727.7
 8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students775773
 0.3%
African American5061
 22%
American Indian34
 33.3%
Asian3830
 21.1%
Hispanic460491
 6.7%
Pacific Islander24
 100%
White203158
 22.2%
Two or More Races1925
 31.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients65.2%69.3%
 4.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Sing Lum Elementary

In the 2022-23 school year, 773 students attended Sing Lum Elementary.

Sing Lum Elementary ranks 3309th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Sing Lum Elementary are 64% Hispanic, 20% White, 8% African American, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

Students who attend Sing Lum Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Tevis Junior High
High : Independence High


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