Is Browning Road STEAM Academy a good school?

Browning Road STEAM Academy ranks in the bottom 15.8% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Browning Road STEAM Academy?

In the 2023-24 school year, 490 students attended Browning Road STEAM Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Browning Road STEAM Academy?

Students at Browning Road STEAM Academy are 99% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Browning Road STEAM Academy attend?

Students who attend Browning Road STEAM Academy usually go on to attend: Middle : McFarland Junior High High : McFarland High School Early College

Browning Road STEAM Academy

Summary:

Browning Road STEAM Academy is an elementary school located in Mc Farland, CA that serves grades KG-6 with a total enrollment of 512 students. It is part of the McFarland Unified School District, which is ranked 1254 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Browning Road STEAM Academy faces significant challenges, with high rates of chronic absenteeism, underperformance on standardized tests, and achievement gaps among student groups. The school's chronic absenteeism rate has steadily increased from 7.6% in 2017-2018 to 17.7% in 2020-2021, which is significantly higher than nearby Horizon Elementary (9.9%) and Kern Avenue Elementary (13.5%). Browning Road STEAM Academy also consistently underperforms the district and state in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, with only 25% of students proficient or better in ELA and 13.85% in Mathematics, compared to the district and state averages.

The school's high rates of poverty, English Language Learners, and student-teacher ratio may be contributing to these challenges. Browning Road STEAM Academy has a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 87.68% to 93.95%, and a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 23.2 to 25. While the school's focus on STEAM education could be a strength, targeted interventions and support programs, particularly for underperforming student groups, may be necessary to improve student outcomes and provide a high-quality education for all students.

Detail:

Public K-6

410 East Perkins
Mc Farland, CA 93250-1230

(661) 792-2113

District: McFarland Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
4935^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,152

Students who attend Browning Road STEAM Academy usually attend:

Middle:	McFarland Junior High
High:	McFarland High School Early College

Student/teacher ratio: 21.3

Number of students: 490

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

98.8%

Two or more races:

0.8%

White:

0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 92.9%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Browning Road STEAM Academy ranks worse than 84.2% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks last among 3 ranked elementary schools in the McFarland Unified School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 18.95. (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 Browning Road STEAM Academy has the smallest elementary school student body size in the McFarland Unified School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (98.8%), two or more races (0.8%), Asian (0.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 92.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the McFarland Unified School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Browning Road STEAM Academy is 21.3, which is the lowest among 3 elementary schools in the McFarland Unified School District! (See more...)

Compare Browning Road STEAM Academy employs 23 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Browning Road STEAM Academy is $7,152. 1 elementary schools in the McFarland Unified School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Browning Road STEAM Academy:

SchoolDigger ranks Browning Road STEAM Academy 4935^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Browning Road STEAM Academy in the ranking list.)

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McFarland Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks McFarland Unified 1254^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Browning Road STEAM Academy

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Rank History for all students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	9.15	4709^th	4809	2.1%
2005	9.55	4670^th	4822	3.2%
2006	13.34	4440^th	4818	7.8%
2007	14.47	4680^th	5113	8.5%
2008	13.37	4756^th	5113	7.0%
2009	11.38	4938^th	5193	4.9%
2010	20.40	4574^th	5314	13.9%
2011	22.61	4496^th	5377	16.4%
2012	33.77	3680^th	5390	31.7%
2013	30.36	4015^th	5530	27.4%
2015	15.87	5011^th	5611	10.7%
2016	14.73	5061^st	5614	9.9%
2017	13.44	5235^th	5692	8.0%
2018	7.16	5572^nd	5662	1.6%
2019	10.17	5553^rd	5789	4.1%
2021	11.69	1361^st	1417	4.0%
2022	17.43	5118^th	5883	13.0%
2023	11.57	5608^th	5874	4.5%
2024	18.95	4935^th	5862	15.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	25.18	2708^th	3246	16.6%
2019	32.66	2302^nd	3275	29.7%
2021	26.64	541^st	602	10.1%
2022	28.98	2688^th	3311	18.8%
2023	25.24	2863^rd	3250	11.9%
2024	32.91	2349^th	3160	25.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.42	5008^th	5084	1.5%
2019	14.21	4883^rd	5173	5.6%
2021	15.71	1052^nd	1110	5.2%
2022	22.56	4454^th	5264	15.4%
2023	13.66	5131^st	5374	4.5%
2024	23.60	4484^th	5511	18.6%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	20.81	328^th	356	7.9%
2023	21.80	310^th	336	7.7%
2024	39.77	221^st	364	39.3%

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Rank History for Female students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	7.46	5340^th	5413	1.3%
2019	9.86	5317^th	5492	3.2%
2021	13.54	1207^th	1267	4.7%
2022	16.58	5035^th	5635	10.6%
2023	13.96	5240^th	5617	6.7%
2024	20.87	4623^rd	5605	17.5%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	29.76	1808^th	2585	30.1%

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Rank History for Male students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	8.34	5342^nd	5431	1.6%
2019	12.06	5249^th	5510	4.7%
2021	12.34	1214^th	1272	4.6%
2022	19.92	4724^th	5663	16.6%
2023	11.21	5445^th	5650	3.6%
2024	18.54	4850^th	5636	13.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Browning Road STEAM Academy

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	9.41	4745^th	4830	1.8%
2019	14.12	4706^th	4963	5.2%
2022	23.62	4226^th	5084	16.9%
2023	15.44	4764^th	5098	6.6%
2024	26.51	3990^th	5102	21.8%

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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 Browning Road STEAM Academy

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1988	13	3	3	563	0	n/a	n/a	582
1989	12	3	2	559	0	n/a	n/a	576
1990	4	0	2	588	0	n/a	n/a	594
1991	3	2	6	608	0	n/a	n/a	619
1992	11	1	3	598	0	n/a	n/a	613
1993	16	0	1	609	0	n/a	n/a	626
1994	14	0	3	570	0	n/a	n/a	587
1995	11	1	3	570	0	n/a	n/a	585
1996	11	1	3	570	0	n/a	n/a	585
1997	8	0	2	700	0	n/a	n/a	710
1998	11	0	1	658	0	n/a	n/a	670
1999	3	1	1	559	0	n/a	n/a	564
2000	5	2	0	579	0	n/a	n/a	586
2001	2	3	0	580	0	n/a	n/a	585
2002	2	3	1	626	0	n/a	n/a	632
2003	2	3	1	626	0	n/a	n/a	632
2004	5	3	1	666	1	n/a	n/a	676
2005	3	1	2	659	0	n/a	n/a	665
2006	5	1	2	653	1	n/a	n/a	662
2007	3	0	2	636	0	n/a	n/a	641
2008	4	1	1	606	n/a	n/a	n/a	612
2009	5	0	2	597	0	0	1	605
2010	5	0	2	619	0	0	0	626
2011	2	1	1	632	0	0	0	636
2012	6	1	1	627	0	0	0	635
2013	5	1	1	640	0	0	0	647
2014	2	1	0	636	0	0	0	639
2015	5	1	0	652	0	0	0	658
2016	3	2	1	658	0	0	0	664
2017	1	0	1	572	0	0	0	574
2018	2	2	0	554	0	0	0	558
2019	2	0	0	507	0	0	0	509
2020	3	0	0	592	0	0	0	595
2021	3	0	0	549	0	0	0	552
2022	2	0	0	553	0	0	0	555
2023	1	0	0	507	0	0	4	512
2024	1	0	1	484	0	0	4	490

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 Browning Road STEAM Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	582	28.0	20.7	n/a
1989	576	28.0	20.5	n/a
1990	594	28.0	21.2	n/a
1991	619	28.0	22.1	n/a
1992	613	28.5	21.5	94.9
1993	626	29.0	21.6	93.1
1994	587	29.0	20.2	93.5
1995	585	26.0	22.5	94.9
1996	585	26.0	22.5	94.9
1997	710	33.0	21.5	90.4
1998	670	34.0	19.7	94.9
1999	564	31.0	18.2	94.9
2000	586	32.0	18.3	99.5
2001	585	34.2	17.1	97.8
2002	632	34.0	18.6	97.2
2003	632	34.0	18.6	97.2
2004	676	36.0	18.8	99
2005	665	35.0	19.0	97.3
2006	662	37.0	17.9	98.9
2007	641	36.2	17.7	99.5
2008	612	38.5	15.9	95.9
2009	605	32.2	18.2	99.5
2010	626	26.0	24.0	94.9
2011	636	n/a	n/a	98.7
2012	635	32.0	19.8	97.8
2013	647	32.0	20.2	97.2
2014	639	33.0	19.3	92.5
2015	658	32.0	20.5	92.6
2016	664	26.0	25.5	91.9
2017	574	21.5	26.6	93.6
2018	558	18.5	30.1	94.4
2019	509	18.5	27.5	92.7
2020	595	n/a	n/a	88.9
2021	552	22.0	25.0	87.7
2022	555	22.0	25.2	90.8
2023	512	22.0	23.2	93.9
2024	490	23.0	21.3	92.9

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 Browning Road STEAM Academy

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	582	28.0	20.7	n/a
1989	576	28.0	20.5	n/a
1990	594	28.0	21.2	n/a
1991	619	28.0	22.1	n/a
1992	613	28.5	21.5	94.9
1993	626	29.0	21.6	93.1
1994	587	29.0	20.2	93.5
1995	585	26.0	22.5	94.9
1996	585	26.0	22.5	94.9
1997	710	33.0	21.5	90.4
1998	670	34.0	19.7	94.9
1999	564	31.0	18.2	94.9
2000	586	32.0	18.3	99.5
2001	585	34.2	17.1	97.8
2002	632	34.0	18.6	97.2
2003	632	34.0	18.6	97.2
2004	676	36.0	18.8	99
2005	665	35.0	19.0	97.3
2006	662	37.0	17.9	98.9
2007	641	36.2	17.7	99.5
2008	612	38.5	15.9	95.9
2009	605	32.2	18.2	99.5
2010	626	26.0	24.0	94.9
2011	636	n/a	n/a	98.7
2012	635	32.0	19.8	97.8
2013	647	32.0	20.2	97.2
2014	639	33.0	19.3	92.5
2015	658	32.0	20.5	92.6
2016	664	26.0	25.5	91.9
2017	574	21.5	26.6	93.6
2018	558	18.5	30.1	94.4
2019	509	18.5	27.5	92.7
2020	595	n/a	n/a	88.9
2021	552	22.0	25.0	87.7
2022	555	22.0	25.2	90.8
2023	512	22.0	23.2	93.9
2024	490	23.0	21.3	92.9

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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