📍 3401 Renegade Ave., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93306
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 931 pupils enrolled. The Principal is David Tapia. It is part of the Bakersfield City school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary enrolls 931 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 4.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 745 | 80% |
| White | 121 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 4.1% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
767 of the school's 931 students (82%) 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.
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Colonel Howard Nichols 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 931 students, Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary is larger than the district average of about 630 students per school.
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