Blake Elementary

Blake Elementary operates as a minimally staffed primary school in Woody, California, one of the schools within Blake Elementary. Current enrollment sits at 23 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% leaner than the state mean of about 465.

Blake Elementary is a school of Blake Elementary, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Blake Elementary records that 61% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Blake Elementary has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Kern County reports that median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Blake Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Linns Valley-Poso Flat Elementary, roughly 7.7 miles away.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 77%: 13 students in 2018 compared to 23 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 69% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.