Buttonwillow Union Elementary School District
Public
Grades K–8
Elementary and middle schools for Buttonwillow.
At a glance
288Students enrolled
1School
$29,909Spent per student
12:1Student–teacher ratio
91%Free / reduced lunch
School path
Where would my kid go?
For Buttonwillow
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Where a town has more than one school at a grade, your street decides; check with the district before you enroll.
Academic performance
Graduation rate 88% at Kern High School District, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2020
Where the money goes
$29,909
per student each year · 41% above the CA average
Spending
Paid for by
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (fiscal 2024).
Enrollment · last 5 years
308’20
322’21
313’22
287’23
288’24
Students
Hispanic · 94%270
White · 5%13
Black · 1%4
American Indian/Alaska Native · 0%1
Across the district's schools, as reported to NCES.
Schools1 in district · 18 next
This district · grades K–8
Where students go next · Kern High School District
Arvin HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,653 students · Arvin
B+PublicBakersfield HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,069 students · Bakersfield
A-PublicCentennial HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,212 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicEast Bakersfield HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,331 students · Bakersfield
BPublicFoothill HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,043 students · Bakersfield
BPublicFrontier HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,098 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicGolden Valley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,228 students · Bakersfield
BPublicHighland HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,530 students · Bakersfield
BPublicIndependence HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,324 students · Bakersfield
PublicKern Valley HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 516 students · Lake Isabella
BPublicLiberty HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,369 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicMira Monte HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,048 students · Bakersfield
PublicNorth HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,135 students · Bakersfield
BPublicRidgeview HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,575 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicShafter HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,599 students · Shafter
BPublicSouth HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,107 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicStockdale HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,398 students · Bakersfield
PublicWest HighHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,159 students · Bakersfield
B+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
District facts from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory and school district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau's school finance survey. Neighbor ratings reflect opinions, not an official measure of school quality.