Is Henry Eissler Elementary a good school?

Henry Eissler Elementary ranks 4339 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

How many students attend Henry Eissler Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 532 students attended Henry Eissler Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Henry Eissler Elementary?

Students at Henry Eissler Elementary are 79% Hispanic, 10% White, 7% African American, 3% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Henry Eissler Elementary attend?

Students who attend Henry Eissler Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Chipman Junior High High : Highland High

Henry Eissler Elementary

Summary:

Henry Eissler Elementary is a public elementary school in Bakersfield, California, serving 566 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Bakersfield City School District, which is ranked 1338 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Academically, Henry Eissler Elementary consistently underperforms compared to the Bakersfield City and California state averages on Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics. In 2023-2024, only 32.48% of Henry Eissler students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 27.74% for Bakersfield City and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, only 18.97% of Henry Eissler students were proficient or better, compared to 15.01% for Bakersfield City and 35.54% for California. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also below the district and state averages. Additionally, Henry Eissler has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 7.1% in 2018-2019 to 25.1% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools in the same district, such as Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary and Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary, Henry Eissler Elementary consistently underperforms academically, with proficiency rates often 10-20 percentage points lower. The school also has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 81.8% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools. These factors likely contribute to the school's academic challenges and the need for targeted interventions and additional resources to support its student population.

Detail:

Public K-6

2901 Eissler St.
Bakersfield, CA 93306-1851

(661) 631-5250

District: Bakersfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
4339^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $8,686

Students who attend Henry Eissler Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Chipman Junior High
High:	Highland High

Student/teacher ratio: 17.3

Number of students: 532

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

78.6%

White:

10.2%

African American:

6.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Henry Eissler Elementary ranks worse than 74% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 8^th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 25.24. (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 (78.6%), White (10.2%), African American (6.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Henry Eissler Elementary is 17.3, which is the 2^nd best among 32 elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)

Compare Henry Eissler Elementary employs 30.6 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Henry Eissler Elementary is $8,686, which is the 15^th highest among 32 elementary schools in the Bakersfield City School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Henry Eissler Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Henry Eissler Elementary 4339^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Henry Eissler Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Bakersfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Bakersfield City 1338^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Henry Eissler Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	34.27	2985^th	4809	37.9%
2005	35.99	2948^th	4822	38.9%
2006	34.49	3025^th	4818	37.2%
2007	35.92	3173^rd	5113	37.9%
2008	32.40	3424^th	5113	33.0%
2009	45.75	2719^th	5193	47.6%
2010	51.94	2453^rd	5314	53.8%
2011	42.61	3046^th	5377	43.4%
2012	51.53	2523^rd	5390	53.2%
2013	44.22	3058^th	5530	44.7%
2015	33.13	3457^th	5611	38.4%
2016	37.28	3257^th	5614	42.0%
2017	51.48	2467^th	5692	56.7%
2018	51.54	2479^th	5662	56.2%
2019	45.21	2865^th	5789	50.5%
2022	27.68	4079^th	5883	30.7%
2023	32.54	3689^th	5874	37.2%
2024	25.24	4339^th	5862	26.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	35.60	2118^th	3250	34.8%
2024	42.44	1652^nd	3160	47.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.75	1221^st	2420	49.5%
2024	23.94	2169^th	2634	17.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.99	1450^th	5084	71.5%
2019	60.13	1771^st	5173	65.8%
2022	32.10	3663^rd	5264	30.4%
2023	37.59	3265^th	5374	39.2%
2024	30.82	3866^th	5511	29.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	46.57	2685^th	5413	50.4%
2019	44.26	2848^th	5492	48.1%
2022	26.19	4106^th	5635	27.1%
2023	31.92	3585^th	5617	36.2%
2024	28.96	3881^st	5605	30.8%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	41.97	984^th	2128	53.8%
2019	50.79	961^st	2585	62.8%
2022	23.13	1854^th	2227	16.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	55.06	2170^th	5431	60.0%
2019	45.97	2679^th	5510	51.4%
2022	30.27	3755^th	5663	33.7%
2023	33.37	3519^th	5650	37.7%
2024	23.39	4414^th	5636	21.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	60.29	1614^th	4830	66.6%
2019	56.88	1860^th	4963	62.5%
2022	34.50	3328^th	5084	34.5%
2023	40.22	2887^th	5098	43.4%
2024	32.90	3505^th	5102	31.3%

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Rank History for White students at Henry Eissler Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.88	1986^th	2737	27.4%
2019	27.40	2214^th	2834	21.9%
2023	35.30	1850^th	2662	30.5%

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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 Henry Eissler Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	617	52	20	177	12	n/a	n/a	0	878
1989	690	64	28	197	14	n/a	n/a	0	993
1990	693	78	40	208	14	n/a	n/a	0	1033
1991	354	47	32	343	10	n/a	n/a	0	786
1992	368	45	30	346	12	n/a	n/a	0	801
1993	360	43	28	408	11	n/a	n/a	0	850
1994	342	33	26	353	12	n/a	n/a	0	766
1995	279	32	20	412	10	n/a	n/a	0	753
1996	279	32	20	412	10	n/a	n/a	0	753
1997	221	41	13	521	13	n/a	n/a	0	809
1998	226	25	8	412	11	n/a	n/a	0	682
1999	221	28	7	398	9	n/a	n/a	0	663
2000	232	41	7	315	7	n/a	n/a	0	602
2001	229	39	8	283	9	n/a	n/a	0	568
2002	251	47	15	320	8	n/a	n/a	1	642
2003	251	47	15	320	8	n/a	n/a	1	642
2004	220	46	17	334	8	n/a	n/a	5	630
2005	203	42	17	329	5	n/a	n/a	5	601
2006	171	43	17	332	5	n/a	n/a	4	572
2007	165	39	10	368	10	n/a	n/a	2	594
2008	172	29	7	373	9	n/a	n/a	0	590
2009	170	30	8	367	13	0	9	0	597
2010	149	24	12	414	12	0	0	0	611
2011	145	25	23	421	10	0	4	0	628
2012	148	24	22	449	10	0	9	0	662
2013	149	33	16	418	10	0	10	0	636
2014	146	32	20	416	9	0	10	0	633
2015	126	35	13	426	10	0	15	0	625
2016	113	34	26	404	4	1	18	0	600
2017	104	36	28	408	3	0	12	0	591
2018	100	37	32	388	5	2	11	0	575
2019	92	29	25	395	5	0	11	0	557
2020	86	26	18	421	6	1	9	0	567
2021	83	27	20	435	4	1	6	0	576
2022	69	34	17	416	2	1	4	0	543
2023	59	36	17	448	2	1	3	0	566
2024	54	36	17	418	2	1	4	0	532

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 Henry Eissler Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	878	31.0	28.3	n/a
1989	993	34.0	29.2	n/a
1990	1033	41.0	25.1	n/a
1991	786	28.0	28.0	n/a
1992	801	28.5	28.1	45.9
1993	850	31.0	27.4	50.1
1994	766	29.0	26.4	50.9
1995	753	31.0	24.3	62.8
1996	753	31.0	24.3	62.8
1997	809	36.0	22.5	66.7
1998	682	39.0	17.5	63.8
1999	663	36.0	18.4	68.5
2000	602	32.0	18.8	61.8
2001	568	31.0	18.3	62
2002	642	34.0	18.9	66
2003	642	34.0	18.9	66
2004	630	32.0	19.7	67.2
2005	601	31.0	19.4	66.8
2006	572	32.0	17.9	70.1
2007	594	31.0	19.2	62.2
2008	590	37.0	15.9	61.4
2009	597	32.0	16.6	60.3
2010	611	34.0	17.9	72
2011	628	n/a	n/a	66.9
2012	662	33.7	19.6	n/a
2013	636	32.2	19.7	71.1
2014	633	32.0	19.7	67.6
2015	625	32.0	19.5	75.7
2016	600	32.0	18.7	75.2
2017	591	30.0	19.7	78.7
2018	575	27.4	20.9	79.8
2019	557	25.0	22.2	85.8
2020	567	n/a	n/a	87.1
2021	576	27.3	21.0	90.5
2022	543	27.4	19.7	80.1
2023	566	27.7	20.4	81.8
2024	532	30.6	17.3	86.8

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 Henry Eissler Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	878	31.0	28.3	n/a
1989	993	34.0	29.2	n/a
1990	1033	41.0	25.1	n/a
1991	786	28.0	28.0	n/a
1992	801	28.5	28.1	45.9
1993	850	31.0	27.4	50.1
1994	766	29.0	26.4	50.9
1995	753	31.0	24.3	62.8
1996	753	31.0	24.3	62.8
1997	809	36.0	22.5	66.7
1998	682	39.0	17.5	63.8
1999	663	36.0	18.4	68.5
2000	602	32.0	18.8	61.8
2001	568	31.0	18.3	62
2002	642	34.0	18.9	66
2003	642	34.0	18.9	66
2004	630	32.0	19.7	67.2
2005	601	31.0	19.4	66.8
2006	572	32.0	17.9	70.1
2007	594	31.0	19.2	62.2
2008	590	37.0	15.9	61.4
2009	597	32.0	16.6	60.3
2010	611	34.0	17.9	72
2011	628	n/a	n/a	66.9
2012	662	33.7	19.6	n/a
2013	636	32.2	19.7	71.1
2014	633	32.0	19.7	67.6
2015	625	32.0	19.5	75.7
2016	600	32.0	18.7	75.2
2017	591	30.0	19.7	78.7
2018	575	27.4	20.9	79.8
2019	557	25.0	22.2	85.8
2020	567	n/a	n/a	87.1
2021	576	27.3	21.0	90.5
2022	543	27.4	19.7	80.1
2023	566	27.7	20.4	81.8
2024	532	30.6	17.3	86.8

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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