📍 815 Potomac Ave., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93307
Bessie E. Owens Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 889 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Loren Anthony. It is part of the Bakersfield City school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
Bessie E. Owens Elementary enrolls 889 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% Hispanic or Latino, 10% Black or African American and 5.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 742 | 83% |
| Black or African American | 90 | 10% |
| White | 45 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | <1% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
814 of the school's 889 students (92%) 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.
Bessie E. Owens 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.
Bessie E. Owens 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 889 students, Bessie E. Owens Elementary is larger than the district average of about 630 students per school.
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