Stockdale Elementary

Stockdale Elementary is one of the medium-sized primary schools in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union, with 587 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 465.

Panama-Buena Vista Union comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 19,366 students; Stockdale Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Stockdale Elementary records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 25% White, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Kern County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Stockdale Elementary records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 60% of students are eligible 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 below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Stockdale Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.6%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +10.1 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows 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), Stockdale Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Quailwood Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Stockdale Elementary ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 32.0%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Stockdale Elementary's enrollment has edged down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 646 (now 587). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, 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.