Schools · Dustin Acres

Dustin Acres, CA schools

Dustin Acres’s public schools score below California’s averages: 44% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 4 elementary schools through grade 3, then one of 5 elementary schools and Lincoln Junior High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Dustin Acres’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Dustin Acres’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 64% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 36%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (579)Better than 16%
Good confidence. Built on 192 tested students and a graduating class of 234; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Dustin Acres kids go to school

Grades K–3
4 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Taft City School District
Grades 4–5
5 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Taft City School District
Grades 6–8
A+Lincoln Junior High 748 students · Taft Taft City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Close to the state in reading

Reading (grades K–8, Taft City)49.5%
State average 48.5% · reported as a range, 40–59% (a small group)
Reading (Taft Union High)44%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–8, Taft City)49.5%
State average 33.4% · reported as a range, 40–59% (a small group)
Math (Taft Union High)7.5%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate
89%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
234
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Dustin Acres

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Dustin Acres

There’s no college in Dustin Acres, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Taft College in Taft, 6.6 miles away.

Taft CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Taft6.6 mi3,092 studentsCalifornia State University-BakersfieldUniversity or college · Public · Bakersfield17.8 mi8,308 studentsBakersfield CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Bakersfield26.3 mi23,108 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Dustin Acres. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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