📍 1000 Ming Ave., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93307
Wayside Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Yoselin Ventura. It is part of the Bakersfield City school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
Wayside Elementary enrolls 683 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 32.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 6.6% Black or African American and 4.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 597 | 87% |
| Black or African American | 45 | 6.6% |
| White | 29 | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
640 of the school's 683 students (94%) 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.
Wayside 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.
Wayside 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 683 students, Wayside Elementary is close to the district average of about 630 students per school.