📍 1300 17th St. City Centre, Bakersfield, Kern County, 93301
Kern County Community is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 298 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Molly Mier. It is part of the Kern County Office of Education school district. It serves grades K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
Kern County Community enrolls 298 students across grades K–12. The student body is 61% male and 39% female. A teaching staff of 17 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 16% White and 9.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 213 | 71% |
| White | 48 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 9.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | 1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
271 of the school's 298 students (91%) 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 Community 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 Community 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 298 students, Kern County Community is smaller than the district average of about 498 students per school.
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