San Lauren Elementary

As a mid-tier elementary campus in Bakersfield, California, San Lauren Elementary caters to 417 students from grades K through 6, run under Beardsley Elementary.

Beardsley Elementary runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,989 students. San Lauren Elementary is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, San Lauren Elementary lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 23% White, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, San Lauren Elementary has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.9:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, San Lauren Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Kern County put 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. San Lauren Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

North Beardsley Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around San Lauren Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts San Lauren Elementary at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.8%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at San Lauren Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 407 students in 2018 to 417 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 45% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.9:1 in 2018 to 21.9:1 today.

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