Central Academy of Arts and Technology

Central Academy of Arts and Technology operates as a rural-scale combined-grade school in Bakersfield, California, part of Central Academy of Arts and Technology District. Current enrollment sits at 179 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 602.

Central Academy of Arts and Technology is a school of Central Academy of Arts and Technology District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Central Academy of Arts and Technology records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% White, 13% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Central Academy of Arts and Technology reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Kern County's rate of about 76%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kern County put the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Central Academy of Arts and Technology is one.

The closest other public school is Kern County Juvenile Court, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Academy of Arts and Technology.

Central Academy of Arts and Technology operates from a metropolitan location. Central Academy of Arts and Technology is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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