# Independence Elementary

*Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/llm*

Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `063348007102`
- **School name**: Independence Elementary
- **Location**: Bakersfield, CA 93312
- **Address**: 2345 Old Farm Rd.
- **District**: Rosedale Union Elementary (LEAID `0633480`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: Primary
- **Grade range**: 0–6
- **Coordinates**: 35.38110, -119.13820
- **Phone**: (661)588-6011
- **Website**: https://www.rosedale.k12.ca.us

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 709
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 30
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 23.6:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 29.6%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Orange
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Orange
  - math: Orange
  - ela: Red
  - chronic_absent: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 51.3% proficient — 377 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient

## Attendance
- **2024**: chronic absence 12.3% (92 students) [source: ca_dashboard]
- **2020**: chronic absence 13.9% (97 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.3% (2 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 0.0% [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 36.4%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 12.6% — 90 students
- **English Learners**: 2.2% — 16 students

## Disability category breakdown (CRDC)
- **Specific Learning Disability**: 25 students
- **Speech/Language Impairment**: 25 students
- **Autism**: 10 students
- **Other Health Impairment**: 8 students
- **Hearing Impairment**: 4 students
- **Emotional Disturbance**: 3 students
- **Intellectual Disability**: 1 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Gifted & Talented

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $12,262
- **Federal share**: $45
- **State + local share**: $12,217
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 717
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $13,389,115
- **Federal share**: 9.4%
- **State share**: 61.7%
- **Local share**: 28.9%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $6,703,798

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $126,458
- **Poverty rate**: 4.0%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 45.4%
- **Unemployment**: 5.4%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,134
- **Foreign-born residents**: 7.8%
- **Single-parent households**: 7.3%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 21.7 miles (BROWN BRYANT INC ARVIN PLANT)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 10
- **Nearest brownfield**: 6.70 miles (PROPOSED VALLEY OAKS CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANSION)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.9442 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 4.6 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Liberty High** — 1.1 mi away, 0.08% (this school: 12.3%)
- **Patriot Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 10.2% (this school: 12.3%)
- **Centennial Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 7.8% (this school: 12.3%)
- **American Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 9.7% (this school: 12.3%)
- **Endeavour Elementary** — 2.0 mi away, 10.2% (this school: 12.3%)

### ela proficiency
- **Rosedale Middle** — 0.1 mi away, 59.75% (this school: 35.65%)
- **Rosedale-North Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 41.75% (this school: 35.65%)
- **Liberty High** — 1.1 mi away, 39.75% (this school: 35.65%)
- **Patriot Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 42% (this school: 35.65%)
- **Centennial Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 50.85% (this school: 35.65%)

### math proficiency
- **Rosedale Middle** — 0.1 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Rosedale-North Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)
- **Centennial Elementary** — 1.4 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **American Elementary** — 1.6 mi away, 66% (this school: 38%)
- **Fruitvale Junior High** — 1.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/independence-elementary-bakersfield/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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