Jefferson Elementary

Located at 816 Lincoln St., in Bakersfield, California, Jefferson Elementary is a moderately sized elementary-level community that instructs 510 students (grades K through 6), run under Bakersfield City.

Within Bakersfield City, which oversees 44 schools and 28,365 students, Jefferson Elementary is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Jefferson Elementary logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 6% White, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Jefferson Elementary has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jefferson Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 21.6%, the actual is 15.4%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kern County put the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Longfellow Elementary, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jefferson Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 16.4%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Jefferson Elementary has fell 5%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 83% to 90% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 in 2025.

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