Bakerfield Elementary

Set in Aberdeen, Maryland, Bakerfield Elementary is a reasonably sized primary school, overseen by Harford County Public Schools. It teaches 460 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 55 schools in Harford County Public Schools (37,771 students total), Bakerfield Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Bakerfield Elementary shows that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 28% White, 16% Hispanic, 14% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, Bakerfield Elementary reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harford County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Bakerfield Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Maryland public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 34.0%; Bakerfield Elementary posts 54.1%, +20.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, census data for Harford County shows the typical household earns roughly $112,265 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harford County's 55 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,771 students), Bakerfield Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Aberdeen High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Bakerfield Elementary comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bakerfield Elementary has increased 12%, going from 410 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 32% to 41% across the same window.

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