Public schools in Bakersfield, CA

152 open public schools with an address in Bakersfield, operated by 20 education agencies. Compare size, staffing, grade spans, and school type, then confirm assignment with the district.

Public schools

152

NCES preliminary directory 2025–26

Reported students

124,617

150 schools reporting · NCES 2024–25

Median student–teacher ratio

21.4:1

California median 21.6:1

Charter schools

5 magnet · 0 virtual

An overview of Bakersfield public schools

The federal directory lists 152 public schools in Bakersfield, CA: 96 elementary, 29 middle, 21 high, 6 combined or other. The 150 schools that reported 2024–25 membership enrolled 124,617 students, an average of 831 per school. The largest campus is Bakersfield High (3,069 students), and the largest elementary school is Grow Public Schools (1,446).

Bakersfield City operates the most schools here (45), and 17 regular districts have at least one Bakersfield campus, plus 3 charter, service, or other agencies. City names come from school mailing addresses, which often differ from district or municipal boundaries.

Across schools that reported staffing, the median student–teacher ratio is 21.4:1, similar to the statewide school median of 21.6:1. A ratio counts classroom-teacher FTE against total enrollment, so specialized programs and part-time staffing can move it; ask schools for actual class sizes by grade.

School choice options include 4 charter schools, 5 magnet schools. Application windows and lotteries usually open months before the school year.

Among 22 high and combined schools with 2021–22 civil-rights data, 15 reported students enrolled in AP courses and 3 of 23 reported computer-science classes. Confirm current course catalogs directly with each school.

Public school district

1 school in Bakersfield · 4 total

Elementary schools in Bakersfield

School	Grades	Students	Ratio
Almondale Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	631	21.4:1
American Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	701	21.8:1
Amy B. Seibert Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	628	23.1:1
Beardsley Elementary Beardsley Elementary	KG–06	432	20.1:1
Berkshire Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	932	25.9:1
Bessie E. Owens Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	867	21.7:1
Bill L. Williams Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	926	26.1:1
Buena Vista Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	713	25.9:1
Caroline Harris Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	587	19.3:1
Casa Loma Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	424	18.3:1
Centennial Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	576	19.1:1
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary Bakersfield City · Magnet	KG–06	621	19.5:1
Charles H. Castle Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	832	27.1:1
Christa McAuliffe Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	524	21.4:1
College Heights Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	761	21:1
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	960	23.5:1
Columbia Elementary Fruitvale Elementary	KG–06	601	19.7:1
Crescent Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	496	20.6:1
Del Rio Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	595	21.9:1
Discovery Elementary Fruitvale Elementary	KG–06	706	20.4:1
Dolores S. Whitley TK-8 Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–08	1,151	22.7:1
Donald E. Suburu Lakeside Union	KG–05	803	22.3:1
Douglas J. Miller Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	994	28:1
Downtown Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–08	317	21.6:1
Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	705	19.6:1
Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary Bakersfield City · Magnet	KG–06	813	22.6:1
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	709	21.6:1
Endeavour Elementary Fruitvale Elementary	KG–06	724	21.9:1
Evergreen Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	660	18.9:1
Fairview Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	552	22.9:1
Frank West Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	650	18.3:1
Franklin Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	475	20.4:1
Fremont Elementary Bakersfield City · Magnet	KG–06	707	20.6:1
General Shafter Elementary General Shafter Elementary	KG–08	169	16.9:1
Granite Pointe Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	670	23.1:1
Greenfield Community Greenfield Union · Alternative School	KG–08	13	4.2:1
Grow Public Schools Grow Public Schools District · Charter	KG–08	1,446	22.5:1
Harding Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	542	20.8:1
Henry Eissler Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	529	18:1
Highgate Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	732	25.2:1
Highland Elementary Standard Elementary	KG–05	778	21.5:1
Horace Mann Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	870	21.2:1
Horizon Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	845	23.4:1
Hort Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	590	19.8:1
Independence Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	709	22.9:1
Jefferson Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	510	20.4:1
Lakeside Lakeside Union	KG–08	892	24.6:1
Laurelglen Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	574	23.1:1
Leo B. Hart Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	705	26.4:1
Leo G. Pauly Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	694	20.2:1
Longfellow Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	780	19.7:1
Louise Sandrini Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	604	24.2:1
McKinley Elementary Bakersfield City · Magnet	KG–06	628	20.7:1
Mountain View TK-8 Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–08	—	—
Mt. Vernon Elementary Bakersfield City · Magnet	KG–06	614	18.7:1
Munsey Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	663	19.9:1
Myra A. Noble Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	813	20.3:1
Norris Elementary Norris Elementary	KG–06	810	21.2:1
North Beardsley Elementary Beardsley Elementary	KG–06	757	22.9:1
Old River Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	795	24.8:1
Olive Drive Elementary Norris Elementary	KG–06	797	24.7:1
Orangewood Elementary Edison Elementary	KG–04	617	22:1
Panama Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	876	26.5:1
Patriot Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	931	24.4:1
Pioneer Drive Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	562	19.8:1
Planz Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	610	22.2:1
Prosperity Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	543	21.6:1
Quailwood Elementary Fruitvale Elementary	KG–06	345	20.9:1
Rafer Johnson Bakersfield City · Alternative School	KG–08	32	5.5:1
Raffaello Palla Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	770	25.7:1
Ramon Garza Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	658	20.4:1
Rio Bravo Elementary Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	KG–04	589	21:1
Ronald Reagan Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	831	25:1
Roosevelt Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	392	20.1:1
Rosedale-North Elementary Rosedale Union Elementary	KG–06	537	18.2:1
Roy W. Loudon Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	807	23.6:1
San Lauren Elementary Beardsley Elementary	KG–06	417	21.9:1
Shirley Lane Elementary Fairfax Elementary	KG–06	617	22:1
Sing Lum Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	809	25.5:1
Standard Elementary Standard Elementary	KG–05	627	20.9:1
Stella I. Hills Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	670	19.3:1
Stine Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	615	23.7:1
Stockdale Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	587	22.6:1
Valle Verde Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	768	23.3:1
Veterans Elementary Norris Elementary	KG–06	1,002	23.1:1
Vineland Elementary Vineland Elementary	KG–04	336	19.8:1
Virginia Avenue Elementary Fairfax Elementary	KG–06	644	21.8:1
Voorhies Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	915	20.1:1
W. A. Kendrick Elementary Greenfield Union	KG–05	699	22.5:1
Wayne Van Horn Elementary Panama-Buena Vista Union	KG–06	578	23.6:1
Wayside Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	652	20.2:1
William B. Bimat Elementary Norris Elementary	KG–06	552	20.3:1
William Penn Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–05	235	16.8:1
Williams Elementary Bakersfield City	KG–06	452	20.5:1
Wingland Elementary Standard Elementary	KG–05	783	20.6:1
Zephyr Lane Elementary Fairfax Elementary	KG–06	797	24.2:1

Middle schools in Bakersfield

School	Grades	Students	Ratio
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Bakersfield City	07–08	527	19.8:1
Beardsley Junior High Beardsley Elementary	07–08	383	19:1
Chipman Junior High Bakersfield City	07–08	708	21.7:1
Compton Junior High Bakersfield City	07–08	586	20.6:1
Curran Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	973	21.2:1
Earl Warren Junior High Panama-Buena Vista Union	07–08	965	21.1:1
Edison Middle Edison Elementary	05–08	489	17.3:1
Emerson Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	813	22:1
Fairfax Junior High Fairfax Elementary	05–08	609	19.4:1
Fred L. Thompson Junior High Panama-Buena Vista Union	07–08	714	17:1
Freedom Middle Rosedale Union Elementary	07–08	712	20.8:1
Fruitvale Junior High Fruitvale Elementary	07–08	693	22.5:1
Greenfield Middle Greenfield Union	06–08	873	21:1
Leon H. Ollivier Middle Greenfield Union	06–08	1,152	23.8:1
McKee Middle Greenfield Union	06–08	869	19.9:1
Mountain View Middle Lamont Elementary	07–08	594	20.2:1
Norris Middle Norris Elementary	06–08	992	25.2:1
O. J. Actis Junior High Panama-Buena Vista Union	07–08	681	16.2:1
Paul L. Cato Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	694	22.5:1
Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	03–08	466	21.2:1
Rosedale Middle Rosedale Union Elementary	07–08	810	21.1:1
Sequoia Jr. High Bakersfield City	07–08	746	21.6:1
Sierra Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	731	20.7:1
Standard Middle Standard Elementary	06–08	1,005	20.4:1
Stonecreek Junior High Panama-Buena Vista Union	07–08	986	18.9:1
Sunset Vineland Elementary	05–08	302	19.5:1
Tevis Junior High Panama-Buena Vista Union	07–08	807	19.7:1
Walter Stiern Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	891	21.5:1
Washington Middle Bakersfield City	06–08	639	21.6:1

High schools in Bakersfield

School	Grades	Students	Ratio
Bakersfield High Kern High	09–12	3,069	25.6:1
Centennial High Kern High	09–12	2,212	25.1:1
Del Oro High Kern High	09–12	1,927	25.1:1
East Bakersfield High Kern High	09–12	2,331	24.4:1
Foothill High Kern High	09–12	2,043	24:1
Frontier High Kern High	09–12	2,098	26.1:1
Golden Valley High Kern High	09–12	2,228	23.3:1
Highland High Kern High	09–12	2,530	23.9:1
Independence High Kern High	09–12	2,324	26:1
Kern High ROC Kern High ROC · Career and Technical School	09–12	0	—
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy Kern High · Charter	09–12	491	9:1
Liberty High Kern High	09–12	2,369	26.7:1
Mira Monte High Kern High	09–12	2,048	24.2:1
North High Kern High	09–12	2,135	25.3:1
Ridgeview High Kern High	09–12	2,575	26.9:1
South High Kern High	09–12	2,107	24.3:1
Stockdale High Kern High	09–12	2,398	27.5:1
Tierra Del Sol Continuation High Kern High · Alternative School	09–12	241	14.5:1
Vista Continuation High Kern High · Alternative School	09–12	221	14.7:1
Vista West Continuation High Kern High · Alternative School	09–12	375	14.3:1
West High Kern High	09–12	2,159	27.5:1

Combined, early-childhood, and other schools in Bakersfield

School	Grades	Students	Ratio
Central Academy of Arts and Technology Central Academy of Arts and Technology District · Charter	KG–12	179	16.3:1
Kern County Community Kern County Office of Education · Alternative School	KG–12	325	14.2:1
Kern County Juvenile Court Kern County Office of Education · Alternative School	KG–12	191	8.9:1
Kern County Special Education Kern County Office of Education · Special Education School	KG–12	387	6.8:1
Rafer Johnson Childrens Center Bakersfield City	Not reported	—	—
Valley Oaks Charter Kern County Office of Education · Charter	KG–12	1,087	21:1

Student demographics

Race and ethnicity share of reported enrollment

White15.6%
Hispanic70.4%
Black5.6%
Asian4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.2%
Multiracial3.6%

Enrollment-weighted across 149 Bakersfield schools with NCES CCD 2024–25 race/ethnicity counts (124,617 students). Privacy suppression can leave small gaps.

Questions about public schools in Bakersfield

How many public schools are in Bakersfield, CA?

The current NCES directory lists 152 open public schools with a location address in Bakersfield: 96 elementary, 29 middle, 21 high, 6 combined or other. Together they reported 124,617 students in 2024–25. The count includes charter, alternative, and special-purpose public schools; it excludes private schools.

Which school districts serve Bakersfield?

Schools with an address in Bakersfield belong to 20 education agencies, led by Bakersfield City (45 schools), Panama-Buena Vista Union (26 schools), Kern High (20 schools). A mailing city is not an attendance boundary; confirm the district for a specific address.

What is the largest public high school in Bakersfield?

Bakersfield High reported the largest high-school enrollment in Bakersfield, with 3,069 students in 2024–25 (grades 09–12). Size is a description of the campus, not a quality measure.

Are there charter schools in Bakersfield?

Yes. 4 of the 152 public schools in Bakersfield are identified as charter schools in the NCES directory, including Central Academy of Arts and Technology, Grow Public Schools, Kern Workforce 2000 Academy. Charter schools are public and tuition-free, but admission usually uses an application or lottery.

What is the typical student–teacher ratio in Bakersfield schools?

The median reported student–teacher ratio across Bakersfield public schools is 21.4:1, similar to the California school median of 21.6:1. The ratio divides enrollment by classroom-teacher FTE; it is not an average class size.

Does living in Bakersfield guarantee a seat at a specific school?

No. Assignment depends on the district's attendance boundaries, programs, and enrollment rules, which can split a city or cross city lines. Use the district profile and its official boundary or school-locator tool to confirm the assigned school for an exact address.

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Sources: NCES Common Core of Data 2025–26 preliminary directory (schools, grades, addresses, charter status) and 2024–25 nonfiscal files (enrollment, teachers, race/ethnicity, meal eligibility); Civil Rights Data Collection 2021–22 (AP and computer science). Cities are grouped by school mailing address. Methodology · All California cities