📍 800 S. Garzoli Ave., McFarland, Kern County, 93250
Horizon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in McFarland, Kern County. The school has 555 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Vanessa Deleon. It is part of the McFarland Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
Horizon Elementary enrolls 555 students across grades K–6. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 22 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% Asian and <1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 540 | 97% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 4 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
452 of the school's 555 students (81%) 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 a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Horizon Elementary is one of 7 schools in McFarland Unified, based in McFarland, California. The district serves 3,282 students district-wide and employs 144 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 555 students, Horizon Elementary is larger than the district average of about 469 students per school.