Schools · Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA schools
Bakersfield’s public schools score well above California’s averages: 89% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 88% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend one of 25 schools through grade 8, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 12 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
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Bakersfield’s School Grade: A
The public schools Bakersfield’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 90% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
ATest scoresC+Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 90%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (548)Better than 97%
Good confidence. Built on 322 tested students and a graduating class of 9,765; 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 Bakersfield kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well above the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Kern High)89%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Kern High)17%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
9,765
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #407 of 720 CA towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Bakersfield
Kern High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 25 schools · 42,814 students
$19,073 per studentCA $21,206ABakersfield City School DistrictGrades K–8 · 45 schools · 28,365 students
$20,798 per studentCA $21,206Panama-Buena Vista School DistrictGrades K–8 · 26 schools · 19,366 students
$17,448 per studentCA $21,206Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 122 schools in Bakersfield
Showing 1–30 of 122 schools
Grow Public SchoolsElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,446 students
CharterDolores S. Whitley TK-8Elementary · Grades K–8 · 1,151 students
PublicVeterans ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,002 students
PublicDouglas J. Miller ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 994 students
PublicColonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 960 students
PublicBerkshire ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 932 students
PublicPatriot ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 931 students
PublicBill L. Williams ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 926 students
PublicPanama ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 876 students
PublicBessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 867 students
PublicHorizon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 845 students
PublicCharles H. Castle ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 832 students
PublicRonald Reagan ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 831 students
PublicDr. Juliet Thorner ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 813 students
PublicMyra A. Noble ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 813 students
PublicNorris ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 810 students
D-PublicSing Lum ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 809 students
PublicRoy W. Loudon ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 807 students
PublicDonald E. SuburuElementary · Grades K–5 · 803 students
CPublicOld River ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 795 students
PublicLongfellow ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 780 students
PublicRaffaello Palla ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 770 students
PublicValle Verde ElementaryElementary · Grades K–5 · 768 students
PublicCollege Heights ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 761 students
PublicHighgate ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 732 students
PublicEndeavour ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 724 students
PublicBuena Vista ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 713 students
PublicDr. Martin Luther King Jr. ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 709 students
PublicFremont ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 707 students
PublicDiscovery ElementaryElementary · Grades K–6 · 706 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.