Franklin Elementary

Franklin Elementary, a mid-tier elementary school in Bakersfield, California, one of the schools within Bakersfield City, teaches 475 students, covering grades K through 6.

Bakersfield City comprises 44 schools with combined enrollment of 28,365 students; Franklin Elementary is among them.

Looking at the student body, Franklin Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 14% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Franklin Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Franklin Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.1%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of +10.7 points.

In the area at large, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Franklin Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Central Academy of Arts and Technology, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Franklin Elementary comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.9%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Franklin Elementary's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 526 (now 475). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 59% to 70% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.8:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the Franklin Elementary community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.