Mt. Vernon Elementary

Mt. Vernon Elementary is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in Bakersfield, California, one of the schools within Bakersfield City, caters to 614 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 32% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Mt. Vernon Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Bakersfield City, a district that instructs 28,365 students overall.

On demographics, Mt. Vernon Elementary shows that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 4% White, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mt. Vernon Elementary sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 25.4%; actual is 9.3%, a gap of -16.0 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Mt. Vernon Elementary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Ramon Garza Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mt. Vernon Elementary. On composite proficiency, Mt. Vernon Elementary comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 21.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mt. Vernon Elementary has shrank 23%, going from 802 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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