Is Richard Bard Elementary a good school?

Richard Bard Elementary ranks 3870 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Richard Bard Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 530 students attended Richard Bard Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Richard Bard Elementary?

Students at Richard Bard Elementary are 85% Hispanic, 5% White, 4% Asian, 3% African American, 3% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Richard Bard Elementary attend?

Students who attend Richard Bard Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : E. O. Green Junior High High : Hueneme High

Richard Bard Elementary

Summary:

Richard Bard Elementary is a public elementary school in Port Hueneme, California, serving 548 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Hueneme Elementary District, which is ranked 1354 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Richard Bard Elementary consistently performs below the Hueneme Elementary District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 31.12% of Richard Bard students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 25.55% for the district and 47.04% for the state. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism, rising from 8.5% in 2017-2018 to 28.6% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than the district's rate of 39.8% in 2022-2023.

Compared to other elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary District, such as Ansgar Larsen Elementary, Fred L. Williams Elementary, and Parkview Elementary, Richard Bard Elementary performs significantly worse across multiple metrics, including academic achievement, student subgroup outcomes, and attendance. The school's high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 75% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that the school may face significant challenges in providing a quality education and addressing the unique needs of its student population.

Detail:

Public K-5

622 East Pleasant Valley Rd.
Port Hueneme, CA 93041-2638

(805) 488-3583

District: Hueneme Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
3870^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $11,353

Students who attend Richard Bard Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	E. O. Green Junior High
High:	Hueneme High

Student/teacher ratio: 19.4

Number of students: 530

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

84.5%

White:

4.7%

Asian:

4.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 75.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Richard Bard Elementary ranks worse than 66% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 2^nd among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.76. (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 (84.5%), White (4.7%), Asian (4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 75.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Richard Bard Elementary is 19.4, which is the lowest among 9 elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District! (See more...)

Compare Richard Bard Elementary employs 27.3 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Richard Bard Elementary is $11,353. 4 elementary schools in the Hueneme Elementary School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Richard Bard Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Richard Bard Elementary 3870^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Richard Bard Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Hueneme Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Hueneme Elementary 1354^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Richard Bard Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	39.61	2658^th	4809	44.7%
2005	42.58	2568^th	4822	46.7%
2006	47.51	2291^st	4818	52.4%
2007	38.26	3023^rd	5113	40.9%
2008	38.75	3015^th	5113	41.0%
2009	36.62	3272^nd	5193	37.0%
2010	36.31	3402^nd	5314	36.0%
2011	21.09	4602^nd	5377	14.4%
2012	21.03	4582^nd	5390	15.0%
2013	17.35	4901^st	5530	11.4%
2015	30.90	3633^rd	5611	35.3%
2016	27.32	3985^th	5614	29.0%
2017	18.72	4812^th	5692	15.5%
2018	19.42	4731^st	5662	16.4%
2019	27.52	4146^th	5789	28.4%
2022	22.30	4623^rd	5883	21.4%
2023	24.32	4427^th	5874	24.6%
2024	30.76	3870^th	5862	34.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	17.28	3171^st	3246	2.3%
2019	25.29	2845^th	3275	13.1%
2022	24.13	2995^th	3311	9.5%
2023	27.11	2738^th	3250	15.8%
2024	18.44	3119^th	3160	1.3%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	33.18	1504^th	2420	37.9%
2024	32.24	1691^st	2634	35.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	20.04	4488^th	5084	11.7%
2019	30.96	3797^th	5173	26.6%
2022	24.99	4245^th	5264	19.4%
2023	28.48	4029^th	5374	25.0%
2024	32.42	3747^th	5511	32.0%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.11	200^th	336	40.5%

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Rank History for Female students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	19.61	4576^th	5413	15.5%
2019	29.10	3897^th	5492	29.0%
2022	21.29	4592^nd	5635	18.5%
2023	24.05	4327^th	5617	23.0%
2024	37.44	3228^th	5605	42.4%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	20.03	2015^th	2227	9.5%

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Rank History for Military Connected students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	65.86	45^th	140	67.9%
2024	42.92	67^th	118	43.2%

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Rank History for Male students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	21.17	4458^th	5431	17.9%
2019	26.71	4050^th	5510	26.5%
2022	25.01	4238^th	5663	25.2%
2023	26.76	4063^rd	5650	28.1%
2024	25.16	4250^th	5636	24.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.32	3884^th	4830	19.6%
2019	35.16	3301^st	4963	33.5%
2022	24.02	4186^th	5084	17.7%
2023	27.35	3926^th	5098	23.0%
2024	36.38	3233^rd	5102	36.6%

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Rank History for Native American students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	21.07	17^th	18	5.6%

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Rank History for White students at Richard Bard Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	6.20	2724^th	2834	3.9%

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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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by a parent
Monday, January 25, 2016

We moved from a great school in Ventura to Bard and have not been disappointed. In fact, our son's kindergarten class at Bard (last year) was academically ahead of his Ventura class. We're very pleased with the teachers and admin. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Richard Bard Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	307	60	100	238	0	n/a	n/a	0	705
1989	301	41	80	249	5	n/a	n/a	0	676
1990	286	40	75	275	7	n/a	n/a	0	683
1991	293	46	95	275	8	n/a	n/a	0	717
1992	291	45	78	285	6	n/a	n/a	0	705
1993	295	46	78	290	5	n/a	n/a	0	714
1994	286	31	83	293	4	n/a	n/a	0	697
1995	263	40	70	320	10	n/a	n/a	0	703
1996	263	40	70	320	10	n/a	n/a	0	703
1997	231	49	78	336	2	n/a	n/a	0	696
1998	220	46	87	379	4	n/a	n/a	0	736
1999	181	47	79	419	5	n/a	n/a	0	731
2000	161	43	87	386	22	n/a	n/a	0	699
2001	176	46	92	379	17	n/a	n/a	0	710
2002	174	35	73	425	16	n/a	n/a	0	723
2003	174	35	73	425	16	n/a	n/a	0	723
2004	168	48	55	401	15	n/a	n/a	0	687
2005	158	46	64	414	6	n/a	n/a	0	688
2006	160	38	74	410	5	n/a	n/a	0	687
2007	150	33	76	416	2	n/a	n/a	2	679
2008	153	31	64	413	3	n/a	n/a	0	664
2009	132	33	51	414	6	3	11	0	650
2010	144	33	54	425	4	1	9	0	670
2011	122	31	52	464	1	2	22	0	694
2012	100	23	53	500	3	2	16	0	697
2013	85	24	29	551	2	0	13	0	704
2014	85	18	25	517	30	1	17	0	693
2015	72	29	19	548	25	1	12	0	706
2016	66	14	22	551	24	1	17	0	695
2017	73	16	25	549	26	4	12	0	705
2018	67	21	28	530	23	7	17	0	693
2019	61	19	25	522	21	7	20	0	675
2020	38	23	28	521	1	2	13	0	626
2021	43	28	28	482	1	3	15	0	600
2022	36	26	21	438	1	3	15	0	540
2023	32	21	18	452	0	2	23	0	548
2024	25	18	21	448	0	1	17	0	530

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

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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 Richard Bard Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	705	25.0	28.2	n/a
1989	676	25.0	27.0	n/a
1990	683	27.0	25.2	n/a
1991	717	27.0	26.5	n/a
1992	705	27.4	25.7	46.1
1993	714	28.0	25.5	47.5
1994	697	27.0	25.8	50.1
1995	703	27.8	25.3	60.2
1996	703	27.8	25.3	60.2
1997	696	28.8	24.2	66.1
1998	736	33.2	22.2	70.2
1999	731	35.2	20.8	68.7
2000	699	36.4	19.2	67.2
2001	710	34.1	20.8	63.4
2002	723	36.1	20.0	60.2
2003	723	36.1	20.0	60.2
2004	687	34.0	20.2	62.2
2005	688	32.6	21.1	62.4
2006	687	33.6	20.4	65.5
2007	679	32.0	21.2	66.3
2008	664	35.4	18.8	62.2
2009	650	30.0	19.5	62.6
2010	670	30.0	22.3	60
2011	694	n/a	n/a	62.1
2012	697	26.0	26.8	n/a
2013	704	25.0	28.1	67
2014	693	26.0	26.6	71.9
2015	706	28.0	25.2	73.5
2016	695	28.0	24.8	74.5
2017	705	29.0	24.3	79.1
2018	693	28.7	24.0	77.3
2019	675	30.0	22.5	74.2
2020	626	n/a	n/a	73
2021	600	30.8	19.4	56.8
2022	540	26.2	20.6	73.5
2023	548	27.1	20.1	75
2024	530	27.3	19.4	75.5

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 Richard Bard Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	705	25.0	28.2	n/a
1989	676	25.0	27.0	n/a
1990	683	27.0	25.2	n/a
1991	717	27.0	26.5	n/a
1992	705	27.4	25.7	46.1
1993	714	28.0	25.5	47.5
1994	697	27.0	25.8	50.1
1995	703	27.8	25.3	60.2
1996	703	27.8	25.3	60.2
1997	696	28.8	24.2	66.1
1998	736	33.2	22.2	70.2
1999	731	35.2	20.8	68.7
2000	699	36.4	19.2	67.2
2001	710	34.1	20.8	63.4
2002	723	36.1	20.0	60.2
2003	723	36.1	20.0	60.2
2004	687	34.0	20.2	62.2
2005	688	32.6	21.1	62.4
2006	687	33.6	20.4	65.5
2007	679	32.0	21.2	66.3
2008	664	35.4	18.8	62.2
2009	650	30.0	19.5	62.6
2010	670	30.0	22.3	60
2011	694	n/a	n/a	62.1
2012	697	26.0	26.8	n/a
2013	704	25.0	28.1	67
2014	693	26.0	26.6	71.9
2015	706	28.0	25.2	73.5
2016	695	28.0	24.8	74.5
2017	705	29.0	24.3	79.1
2018	693	28.7	24.0	77.3
2019	675	30.0	22.5	74.2
2020	626	n/a	n/a	73
2021	600	30.8	19.4	56.8
2022	540	26.2	20.6	73.5
2023	548	27.1	20.1	75
2024	530	27.3	19.4	75.5

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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