William B. Bimat Elementary

William B. Bimat Elementary, a reasonably sized primary school in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Norris Elementary, serves 552 students, covering grades K through 6.

Norris Elementary comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 4,153 students; William B. Bimat Elementary is among them.

On demographics, William B. Bimat Elementary reports that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% White, 11% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.3:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 48% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, William B. Bimat Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.9%, the actual is 59.2%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which William B. Bimat Elementary is one.

Olive Drive Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William B. Bimat Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William B. Bimat Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 46.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 608 students in 2018 compared to 552 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 60% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 26.4:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

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