Donald E. Suburu

Donald E. Suburu is an elementary campus of substantial scale in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Lakeside Union, educateing 803 students in grades K through 5. That puts it 73% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Lakeside Union runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,695 students. Donald E. Suburu is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Donald E. Suburu shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% White, 10% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Donald E. Suburu shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, Donald E. Suburu performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.0%, the actual is 24.5%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Donald E. Suburu is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Bill L. Williams Elementary, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Donald E. Suburu ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 741 students in 2018 compared to 803 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 19% to 12% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the Donald E. Suburu community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.