Beardsley Elementary

As a medium-sized elementary campus in Bakersfield, California, Beardsley Elementary educates 432 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within Beardsley Elementary.

Across the 4 schools in Beardsley Elementary (1,989 students total), Beardsley Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Beardsley Elementary shows that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 27% White, 6% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Beardsley Elementary lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Beardsley Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at Beardsley Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

With demographic context factored in, Beardsley Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.0%, the actual is 11.1%, a residual of -9.9 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Beardsley Elementary is one.

Beardsley Junior High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Beardsley Elementary. On composite proficiency, Beardsley Elementary comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 20.7%.

Beardsley Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 411 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 43% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Beardsley Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.