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What's the vibe like in the hallways at Wayside Elementary right now?
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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000321
Wayside Elementary
1000 Ming Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307 · (661) 631-5820 · Kern County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
619 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 110 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (110).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
24.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +4.1pp since 2014
Math
15.8%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.4% | 17.7% | 22.6% | 53.3% |
| Math | 3.8% | 12.0% | 26.0% | 58.2% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.9% | 15.1% |
| 2021-22 | 19.3% | 8.8% |
| 2018-19 | 29.0% | 18.7% |
| 2017-18 | 30.4% | 20.4% |
| 2016-17 | 27.9% | 26.4% |
| 2015-16 | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Wayside Elementary
Wayside Elementary's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wayside Elementary this school | 652 | 94.9% | 18.7% |
| Roger Anton Elementary San Bernardino | 619 | 94.8% | 23.6% |
| Greenleaf Oakland | 613 | 96.2% | 17.4% |
| Wisdom Elementary Los Angeles | 648 | 97.7% | 31.6% |
| Main Street Elementary Los Angeles | 623 | 96.8% | 24.2% |
| W. A. Kendrick Elementary Bakersfield | 699 | 92.8% | 63.1% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Wayside Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,682 of 5,151 | #125 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #4,671 of 5,172 ▲ 89 | #122 of 150 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #4,563 of 5,172 ▼ 22 | #120 of 150 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.9pp | #1,384 of 5,116 | #45 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #1,005 of 5,915 | #61 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.2:1 | #1,031 of 5,352 | #39 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.6% | #4,495 of 5,354 | #109 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.9% | #458 of 5,625 | #30 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #2,105 of 3,837 | #38 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
652
-19 (-3%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
20.2:1
was 21.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 652 | 32.3 | 20.2:1 | 95% (619) |
| 2023-24 | 675 | 32.3 | 20.9:1 | 97% (657) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 32 | 21.4:1 | 94% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 671 | 31 | 21.6:1 | 98% (659) |
| 2017-18 | 762 | 34.5 | 22.1:1 | 98% (743) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 38 | 21.3:1 | 96% (777) |
| 2010-11 | 747 | N/A | N/A | 97% (726) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 96% (622) |
| 1990-91 | 734 | 31 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wayside Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (762 to 652); teachers down 6% (34.5 to 32.3).
About Wayside Elementary
Wayside Elementary operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Bakersfield, California. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 652 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 40% bigger than the 465-student average for elementary schools in California.
Besides Wayside Elementary, Bakersfield City runs 43 other schools. The district enrolls 28,365 students.
By race and ethnicity, Wayside Elementary is 90% Hispanic. Other groups include 5% Black and 4% White. The county population is about 57% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
Wayside Elementary has a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.2:1, with 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. The school has 95% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kern County report 76%.
Among California public elementary schools, Wayside Elementary outscored 18%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, Wayside Elementary is 5.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of California schools.
The school is in Kern County, where the median household earns about $70,210 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Wayside Elementary shares Kern County with 278 other public schools.
Sequoia Jr. High is about 0.5 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Wayside Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Wayside Elementary ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Wayside Elementary is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 671 to 652, a 3% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.2:1) than in 2020-21 (21.6:1).
Parents, students, and staff can share information on special education services, counseling, and support programs here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Colonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · 960 students
- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Other Wayside Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Wayside Elementary. Wayside Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Wayside Elementary SchoolBartlesville, OK · 696 students
- Wayside Elementary SchoolOCEAN, NJ · 583 students
- Wayside ElementaryPotomac, MD · 465 students
Nearby schools
- Sequoia Jr. High0.5 mi · 746
- Frank West Elementary0.9 mi · 650
- Casa Loma Elementary1.0 mi · 424
- Evergreen Elementary1.1 mi · 660
- South High1.1 mi · 2,107
- Leo G. Pauly Elementary1.1 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Wayside ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Wayside Elementary?
Wayside Elementary enrolls approximately 652 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Wayside Elementary serve?
Wayside Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Wayside Elementary?
Approximately 20.2:1 students per teacher at Wayside Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Wayside Elementary?
At Wayside Elementary, the student body is approximately 4% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Wayside Elementary public or private?
Wayside Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.