Casa Loma Elementary

Casa Loma Elementary operates as an average-sized elementary campus in Bakersfield, California, part of Bakersfield City. Current enrollment sits at 424 students spanning grades K through 6.

Across the 44 schools in Bakersfield City (28,365 students total), Casa Loma Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Casa Loma Elementary reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (93%). The remainder reads as 4% Black, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Casa Loma Elementary has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Kern County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Casa Loma Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.3%, the actual is 14.7%, a residual of -9.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Casa Loma Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Casa Loma Elementary at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 19.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Casa Loma Elementary has ticked down 46%, going from 791 students in 2018 to 424 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 84% to 93%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.3:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

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