Lakeside

Lakeside, an expansive elementary campus in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Lakeside Union, works with 892 students, covering grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 465 students per school, that is 92% above typical.

Across the 2 schools in Lakeside Union (1,695 students total), Lakeside accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lakeside logs that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 8% White, 8% multiracial, 8% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 64% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, Lakeside is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.4%; Lakeside posts 25.4%, -16.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows that median household earnings sit near $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lakeside is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Independence High, roughly 4.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Lakeside ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lakeside has climbed 40%, going from 637 students in 2018 to 892 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 27% to 8%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 24.6:1 today.

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