# Kern County Office of Education

Kern County Office of Education is a public district in null County, California. Reading proficiency is 29.8%, -1.5 points from 2023 to 2025. Math proficiency is 15.6%, -0.4 points from 2023 to 2025.

## Key Stats

| Metric | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Canonical URL | https://caschooltrends.com/districts/kern-county-office-of-education |
| County | N/A |
| District type | N/A |
| Schools | 8 |
| Students | 6,321 |
| Student / teacher ratio | 16:1 |
| Average spending per student | N/A |
| Low-Income Students | 778 (86.2%) |
| English Learners | 135 (15.0%) |

## Reading Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 31.3% | 815 |
| 2024 | 28.5% | 765 |
| 2025 | 29.8% | 837 |

## Math Proficiency History

| Year | Proficient % | Tested Students |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 16.0% | 813 |
| 2024 | 14.0% | 759 |
| 2025 | 15.6% | 823 |

## Reading Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 20.7% | 44.6% |
| 2024 | 19.1% | 41.2% |
| 2025 | 17.9% | 46.5% |

## Math Performance by Income Group

| Year | Low-Income | Non-Low-Income |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 7.3% | 26.9% |
| 2024 | 7.8% | 22.1% |
| 2025 | 6.7% | 28.1% |

## Reading Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 5.8% | 33.3% |
| 2024 | 2.1% | 29.7% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | 32.3% |

## Math Performance by English Learner Status

| Year | English Learners | English Native |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | 2.0% | 17.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | 14.8% |
| 2025 | 0.0% | 16.9% |

## Board Members

| Name | Role | Email | First Year | Term Expires |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jim Robinson | Trustee (Trustee Area 6) | N/A | 2024 | 2028 |
| Joe Marcano | Trustee (Trustee Area 2) | N/A | 2022 | 2026 |
| Jose E. Gonzalez, Jr. | Trustee (Trustee Area 4) | N/A | 2024 | 2028 |
| Julie Beechinor Towse | Trustee (Trustee Area 1) | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Lori Cisneros | Trustee (Trustee Area 7) | N/A | 2022 | 2026 |
| Lori Eskew | Trustee (Trustee Area 5) | N/A | 2024 | 2028 |
| Mary M. Little | Trustee (Trustee Area 3) | N/A | 2022 | 2026 |

## Schools

| Rank | School | City | Reading | Math | Combined | Reading 2-Year | Math 2-Year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Central Academy of Arts and Technology | Bakersfield | 48.5% | 31.5% | 40.0% | N/A | N/A |
| 2 | Grow Academy Arvin | Arvin | 57.0% | 22.1% | 39.5% | +24.8 | +4.0 |
| 3 | Grow Public Schools | Bakersfield | 44.4% | 34.0% | 39.2% | N/A | N/A |
| 4 | Wonderful College Prep Academy | Delano | 48.2% | 26.9% | 37.5% | +3.9 | -4.9 |
| 5 | Valley Oaks Charter | Bakersfield | 42.9% | 23.8% | 33.3% | -1.5 | +0.1 |
| 6 | Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills | Lost Hills | 38.3% | 20.7% | 29.5% | +8.7 | -3.0 |
| 7 | Ridgecrest Elementary Academy for Language, Music, | Ridgecrest | 18.5% | 23.1% | 20.8% | -2.6 | +8.4 |
| 8 | Kern County Special Education | Bakersfield | 5.9% | 2.0% | 3.9% | -2.2 | -1.4 |