Bakersfield City School District
Public school districtGrades K–8
Serves Bakersfield.
Students
28,365
Schools
45
Spent per student
$20,798
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
20:1
Free or reduced lunch
88%
Debt
$140.6M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Bakersfield City School District
- 20 students per teacher
- Debt of $140.6M, about $4,955 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Rivergrove.
K–833 schoolsThis district
811 middle schoolsThis district
9–1218 high schoolsKern High School District
Test scores vs. CA
No district test scores published yet.
Graduation rate 88% at Kern High School District, which runs the high school (state 87.6%) · class of 2020.
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$20,798 per student · 2% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 62%Support & administration 34%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 9%State 75%Federal 17%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
29,307’20
29,256’21
28,835’22
28,761’23
28,365’24
Down 3.2% since 2020.
Students
Hispanic 83%White 7%Black 7%Asian 1%Two or more races <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
45 public schools.
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary
960 students23:1
Voorhies Elementary
915 students20:1
Horace Mann Elementary
870 students21:1
Bessie E. Owens Elementary
867 students22:1
Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary
813 students23:1
Myra A. Noble Elementary
813 students20:1
Longfellow Elementary
780 students20:1
College Heights Elementary
761 students21:1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary
709 students22:1
Fremont Elementary
707 students21:1
Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary
705 students20:1
Leo G. Pauly Elementary
694 students20:1
Stella I. Hills Elementary
670 students19:1
Munsey Elementary
663 students20:1
Evergreen Elementary
660 students19:1
Ramon Garza Elementary
658 students20:1
Wayside Elementary
652 students20:1
Frank West Elementary
650 students18:1
McKinley Elementary
628 students21:1
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary
621 students19:1
Mt. Vernon Elementary
614 students19:1
Hort Elementary
590 students20:1
Caroline Harris Elementary
587 students19:1
Pioneer Drive Elementary
562 students20:1
Harding Elementary
542 students21:1
Henry Eissler Elementary
529 students18:1
Jefferson Elementary
510 students20:1
Franklin Elementary
475 students20:1
Williams Elementary
452 students21:1
Casa Loma Elementary
424 students18:1
Roosevelt Elementary
392 students20:1
Downtown Elementary
317 students22:1
William Penn Elementary
235 students17:1
Rafer Johnson
32 students6:1
Curran Middle
973 students21:1
Walter Stiern Middle
891 students21:1
Emerson Middle
813 students22:1
Sequoia Jr. High
746 students22:1
Sierra Middle
731 students21:1
Chipman Junior High
708 students22:1
Paul L. Cato Middle
694 students23:1
Washington Middle
639 students22:1
Compton Junior High
586 students21:1
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High
527 students20:1
Rafer Johnson Childrens Center
0 students
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.