Leo G. Pauly Elementary

Leo G. Pauly Elementary is one of the mid-sized primary schools in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Bakersfield City, with 694 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 49% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

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

Looking at the student body, Leo G. Pauly Elementary logs that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 8% Black, 5% White. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Leo G. Pauly Elementary has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 94% of students are eligible 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.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Leo G. Pauly Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kern County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), Leo G. Pauly Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is South High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Leo G. Pauly Elementary at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 24.0%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 700 students in 2018 compared to 694 in 2025.

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