📍 1300 17th St. City Centre, Bakersfield, Kern County, 93301
Kern County Special Education is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 410 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Brian Cortez. It is part of the Kern County Office of Education school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 62.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.6:1.
Kern County Special Education enrolls 410 students across grades K–12. The student body is 73% male and 27% female. A teaching staff of 62.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% Hispanic or Latino, 26% White and 6.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 252 | 61% |
| White | 107 | 26% |
| Black or African American | 28 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 17 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 5 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 410 students (69%) 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.
Kern County Special Education 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.
Kern County Special Education is one of 4 schools in Kern County Office of Education, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 1,990 students district-wide and employs 153 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 410 students, Kern County Special Education is smaller than the district average of about 498 students per school.
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