📍 2201 San Emidio St., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93304
William Penn Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 284 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marshall Dillard. It is part of the Bakersfield City school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
William Penn Elementary enrolls 284 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 12.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% Black or African American and 7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 228 | 80% |
| Black or African American | 23 | 8.1% |
| White | 20 | 7% |
| Asian | 8 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
270 of the school's 284 students (95%) 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.
William Penn 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.
William Penn 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 284 students, William Penn Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 630 students per school.
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