Munsey Elementary

Munsey Elementary is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in Bakersfield, California, operated by Bakersfield City, with 663 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 43% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Munsey Elementary is one of 44 schools operated by Bakersfield City, a district that works with 28,365 students overall.

On demographics, Munsey Elementary shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 13% Black, 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Munsey Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Munsey Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 27.8%, the actual is 24.6%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household income runs about $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. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Munsey Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Curran Middle, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Munsey Elementary at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 20.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 650 students in 2018 compared to 663 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 65% to 76%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Munsey Elementary typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.