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Palm Avenue Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1017 Palm Ave.
Wasco, CA 93280
Phone
(661) 758-7130
District
WASCO UNION ELEMENTARY
County
KERN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
567
Classroom Teachers
29

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

4

(10 is best)

Better than 31.7% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Palm Avenue Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
39%
49%
45%
24%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
40%
31%
49%
9%
32%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
38%
31%
46%
10%
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 210 37.0%
Grade 7 181 31.9%
Grade 8 176 31.0%
Total 567 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 4.1% 2.5% 22.7%
Black 3.2% 1.4% 5.4%
Hispanic 91.2% 95.2% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 0.8% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 92.9% 92.9% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 82.9% 83.9% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 10.1% 9.0% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 27,887 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 295.8 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.4% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 47.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 19.3% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 6.6% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 6,403 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 11.6% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 62.7% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 4.5% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.5% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 8.8% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.6% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.2% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 28.8% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.5% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 17.6% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,747 $27,749,754 42.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,029 $3,685,878 5.7%
Staff $907 $3,248,874 5.0%
General Administration $240 $859,680 1.3%
School Administration $903 $3,234,546 5.0%
Operation $1,223 $4,380,786 6.7%
Transportation $228 $816,696 1.3%
Other $466 $1,669,212 2.6%
Total Support $4,995 $17,892,090 27.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,436 $19,471,752 29.9%
Total Expenditures $18,178 $65,113,596 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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