Evergreen Elementary

Set in Bakersfield, California, Evergreen Elementary is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Bakersfield City. It serves 660 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Evergreen Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Bakersfield City, a district that educates 28,365 students overall.

Demographically, Evergreen Elementary lists that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% Black, 6% White. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 97% of students at Evergreen Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Evergreen Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.1%.

Around the school, 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 roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Evergreen Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Curran Middle, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Evergreen Elementary. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Evergreen Elementary ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 664 students in 2018 compared to 660 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

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