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C

Lakeside Union School District

Public school districtGrades K–8

Bakersfield’s School Grade C better than 30% of California school districts

Students
1,695
Schools
2
Spent per student
$13,400
CA $21,206
Students per teacher
24:1
Free or reduced lunch
67%
Debt
$17.7M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Lakeside Union School District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 28% of California districts
  • Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 10 pts below the state
  • Spends 37% less per student than the CA average
  • 24 students per teacher
  • Enrollment up 17.1% since 2020–21
  • Debt of $17.7M, about $10,458 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 28% of the 1,872 California school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Bakersfield. Grade by grade →

K–644 schoolsPanama-Buena Vista School District
7–814 middle schoolsPanama-Buena Vista School District
9–1213 high schoolsKern High School District

Test scores vs. CA

2021–22
Math proficiency18%
State average 33.1% · 982 students tested
Reading / language arts37%
State average 46.7% · 983 students tested

97% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 85% at Kern High, which runs the high school (state 86.2%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$13,400 per student · 37% below CA
Spending
Classroom instruction 58%Support & administration 37%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 30%State 65%Federal 5%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,447’20
1,504’21
1,570’22
1,599’23
1,695’24

Up 17.1% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 68%White 10%Asian 9%Two or more races 7%Black 5%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools.

Lakeside
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Bakersfield
C+
892 students25:1
Donald E. Suburu
Elementary · Grades K–5 · Bakersfield
C−
803 students22:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within California.