Bakersfield City
Public school district based in Bakersfield, California. NCES district ID 0603630; state ID CA-1563321.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
45
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
28,365
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
1,388.7
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 3,618 | |
| Grade 1 | 2,930 | |
| Grade 2 | 2,885 | |
| Grade 3 | 3,070 | |
| Grade 4 | 3,123 | |
| Grade 5 | 3,188 | |
| Grade 6 | 3,260 | |
| Grade 7 | 3,126 | |
| Grade 8 | 3,165 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.3% | |
| Asian | 1.0% | |
| Black or African American | 7.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 83.3% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 0.9% | |
| White | 7.3% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | Suppressed | |
| Male | 100.0% | |
| Not Specified | Suppressed |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 31, Suburb 12, Rural 2.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curran Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 973 | 45.9 | 21.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 960 | 40.9 | 23.5 | City: Large |
| Voorhies Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 915 | 45.5 | 20.1 | Suburb: Large |
| Walter Stiern Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 891 | 41.5 | 21.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Horace Mann Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 870 | 41.0 | 21.2 | Suburb: Large |
| Bessie E. Owens Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 867 | 40.0 | 21.7 | City: Large |
| Emerson Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 813 | 37.0 | 22 | City: Large |
| Myra A. Noble Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 813 | 40.0 | 20.3 | City: Large |
| Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 813 | 36.0 | 22.6 | City: Large |
| Longfellow Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 780 | 39.6 | 19.7 | City: Large |
| College Heights Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 761 | 36.3 | 21 | City: Large |
| Sequoia Jr. High Bakersfield | 7–8 | Regular | 746 | 34.6 | 21.6 | City: Large |
| Sierra Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 731 | 35.3 | 20.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 709 | 32.8 | 21.6 | City: Large |
| Chipman Junior High Bakersfield | 7–8 | Regular | 708 | 32.6 | 21.7 | City: Large |
| Fremont Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 707 | 34.3 | 20.6 | City: Large |
| Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 705 | 36.0 | 19.6 | City: Large |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 694 | 34.3 | 20.2 | City: Large |
| Paul L. Cato Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 694 | 30.8 | 22.5 | City: Large |
| Stella I. Hills Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 670 | 34.8 | 19.3 | City: Large |
| Munsey Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 663 | 33.3 | 19.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Evergreen Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 660 | 35.0 | 18.9 | Suburb: Large |
| Ramon Garza Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 658 | 32.3 | 20.4 | Suburb: Large |
| Wayside Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 652 | 32.3 | 20.2 | City: Large |
| Frank West Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 650 | 35.5 | 18.3 | City: Large |
| Washington Middle Bakersfield | 6–8 | Regular | 639 | 29.5 | 21.6 | City: Large |
| McKinley Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 628 | 30.3 | 20.7 | City: Large |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 621 | 31.9 | 19.5 | Rural: Fringe |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 614 | 32.8 | 18.7 | Suburb: Large |
| Hort Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 590 | 29.8 | 19.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Caroline Harris Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 587 | 30.3 | 19.3 | City: Large |
| Compton Junior High Bakersfield | 7–8 | Regular | 586 | 28.5 | 20.6 | Suburb: Large |
| Pioneer Drive Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 562 | 28.4 | 19.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Harding Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 542 | 26.0 | 20.8 | Suburb: Large |
| Henry Eissler Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 529 | 29.4 | 18 | City: Large |
| Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Bakersfield | 7–8 | Regular | 527 | 26.7 | 19.8 | City: Large |
| Jefferson Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 510 | 25.0 | 20.4 | City: Large |
| Franklin Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 475 | 23.3 | 20.4 | City: Large |
| Williams Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 452 | 22.0 | 20.5 | City: Large |
| Casa Loma Elementary Bakersfield | K–6 | Regular | 424 | 23.2 | 18.3 | City: Large |
| Roosevelt Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 392 | 19.5 | 20.1 | City: Large |
| Downtown Elementary Bakersfield | K–8 | Regular | 317 | 14.7 | 21.6 | City: Large |
| William Penn Elementary Bakersfield | K–5 | Regular | 235 | 14.0 | 16.8 | City: Large |
| Rafer Johnson Bakersfield | K–8 | Alternative | 32 | 5.8 | 5.5 | City: Large |
| Rafer Johnson Childrens Center Bakersfield | — | Regular | Not reported | Not reported | — | City: Large |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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