📍 3301 Virginia Ave., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93307
Virginia Avenue Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 685 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Shannon Jackson. It is part of the Fairfax Elementary school district. It serves grades K–6 in a suburban setting. The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
Virginia Avenue Elementary enrolls 685 students across grades K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 29 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 23.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 91% Hispanic or Latino, 5.1% Black or African American and 1.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 624 | 91% |
| Black or African American | 35 | 5.1% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 1.6% |
| White | 8 | 1.2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
652 of the school's 685 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.
Virginia Avenue 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.
Virginia Avenue Elementary is one of 4 schools in Fairfax Elementary, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 2,667 students district-wide and employs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 685 students, Virginia Avenue Elementary is close to the district average of about 667 students per school.
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