📍 7901 Monitor St., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93307
Horizon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 762 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jaime Dwyer. It is part of the Greenfield Union school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
Horizon Elementary enrolls 762 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 3.8% White and 3.1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 684 | 90% |
| White | 29 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 24 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
701 of the school's 762 students (92%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Horizon Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Horizon Elementary is one of 12 schools in Greenfield Union, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 8,860 students district-wide and employs 411 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 762 students, Horizon Elementary is close to the district average of about 738 students per school.