📍 1500 W. Upjohn St., Ridgecrest, Kern County, 93555
Faller Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Ridgecrest, Kern County. The school has 538 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jennifer Brown. It is part of the Sierra Sands Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
Faller Elementary enrolls 538 students across grades K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 24.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 7.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 282 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 177 | 33% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 7.8% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 13 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
256 of the school's 538 students (48%) 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.
Faller Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Faller Elementary is one of 11 schools in Sierra Sands Unified, based in Ridgecrest, California. The district serves 4,974 students district-wide and employs 238 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 538 students, Faller Elementary is larger than the district average of about 452 students per school.