📍 3201 Pico Ave., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93306
Harding Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 567 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Abe Rivera. It is part of the Bakersfield City school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
Harding Elementary enrolls 567 students across grades K–6. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 5.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 432 | 76% |
| White | 79 | 14% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 5.5% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
459 of the school's 567 students (81%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Harding Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Harding Elementary is one of 45 schools in Bakersfield City, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 28,365 students district-wide and employs 1,336 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 567 students, Harding Elementary is close to the district average of about 630 students per school.