Elementary · California

Discovery Elementary

Free meals for all

Discovery Elementary, a public elementary school in Bakersfield, California: grades k–6, 706 students, 20.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Fruitvale Elementary.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 706
Teachers (FTE): 34.5
Students per teacher: 20.4
Grades: K–6; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 73% of elementary schools in California

Median 22.4 · 5,918 schools compared

More students per teacher than 88% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 88% of elementary schools in California

Median 455 · 5,933 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades K–6
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Large city
Run by: Fruitvale Elementary

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Fruitvale Elementary.

Location

Address: 7500 Vaquero Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93308
Phone: (661)589-7336
City or town: Bakersfield
County: Kern County

Website Quality of life in Bakersfield Schools in Bakersfield

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
William B. Bimat ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	552	20.3	1.0 mi
Olive Drive ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	797	24.7	1.0 mi
Endeavour ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	724	21.9	1.2 mi
San Lauren ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	417	21.9	1.5 mi
Almondale ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	631	21.4	1.9 mi
Rosedale-North ElementaryFree meals for all	K–6	537	18.2	2.5 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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