Rafer Johnson

Rafer Johnson operates as a rural-scale K-5 school in Bakersfield, California, operated by Bakersfield City. Current enrollment sits at 32 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Rafer Johnson sits 93% leaner than that benchmark.

Rafer Johnson is one of 44 schools operated by Bakersfield City, a district that caters to 28,365 students overall.

Demographically, Rafer Johnson reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 41% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. Compared to Kern County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Rafer Johnson has 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. 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 number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Kern County's rate of about 76%.

Zooming out to the county, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Rafer Johnson is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Emerson Middle, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rafer Johnson.

The school occupies a downtown site.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.