Government directory/California/Independent school district
U.S. Census government inventory · ID 213281

Bakersfield City.

Independent school district in California · Census county area: Kern.

Independent school districtSchool districtFunctioning
School system at a glance

Students, schools, and public money.

Election.org connected this entity to its fiscal year 2024 Census finance record by exact government ID and to its 2024–25 NCES district and school directory by exact agency ID.

28,761students in the finance record
45operating schools connected
$20,798current spending per pupil
Six years of enrollment and school finance

See what changed—not just one year.

Exact federal identifiers connect 6 annual Census records for this system. Source dollars stay visible, while spending changes are also converted to constant 2024 dollars.

Census annual tables ↗
Enrollment28,7616.6% lower than 2019
Current spending / pupil$20,79815.7% higher than 2019 after inflation · 42.0% higher than 2019 nominal
Total expenditure$640.4M30.1% higher than 2019 · nominal
Debt outstanding$140.6M36.5% higher than 2019 · nominal
Enrollment reported by Census
2019: 30,782; 2020: 30,793; 2021: 29,307; 2022: 29,256; 2023: 28,835; 2024: 28,76131,07729,77728,477201920202021202220232024
Current spending per pupil (2024 dollars)
2019: $17,971; 2020: $16,966; 2021: $17,558; 2022: $18,538; 2023: $19,721; 2024: $20,798$21,334$18,882$16,430201920202021202220232024
Funding mix over time

Federal, state, and local shares

201911.9% F81.2% S6.8% L
202010.6% F82.3% S7.2% L
202117.2% F76.0% S6.9% L
202216.3% F77.3% S6.5% L
202314.1% F79.4% S6.6% L
202416.7% F74.6% S8.8% L
View the 2019–2024 values as a table
YearEnrollmentSpending / pupilTotal revenueTotal expenditureDebt
201930,782$14,646$481,499,000$492,113,000$102,955,000
202030,793$13,998$465,426,000$472,456,000$121,082,000
202129,307$15,167$533,069,000$471,078,000$114,782,000
202229,256$17,295$592,673,000$538,121,000$111,863,000
202328,835$19,156$762,271,000$598,221,000$109,343,000
202428,761$20,798$698,992,000$640,406,000$140,557,000

Source-reported nominal dollars. Amount fields are converted from source thousands to dollars. No inflation adjustment is applied. An exact identifier links published source rows; it does not erase consolidations, closures, reorganizations, or other real institutional changes between years. Constant-dollar comparisons use BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average; this is not a local cost-of-living index. Joined by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID; names are never used.

Schools this system operates

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NCES source ↗
Where the money comes from

$699M in reported revenue.

Census finance source ↗
Federal16.7%$116M
State74.6%$521M
Local8.8%$61.3M
Total expenditures$640M
Current spending$604M
Instruction$371M
Support services$201M
Capital outlay$30.8M
Debt outstanding$141M

Fiscal year 2024. Census source amounts are published in thousands of dollars and converted here to dollars; per-pupil fields are published as dollar amounts. Revenue percentages are reproduced from the source.

District contact

Bakersfield City

Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union

GradesKG08
StatusOpen
Address1300 Baker St., Bakersfield, CA, 93305
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Still needed for a complete civic record

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The source record

A functioning Census entity.

The Census ACTIVE field is Y for this record.

Census ID
213281
Record type
Independent school district
Classification
School district
School level
Elementary Only
Status
Functioning
Published contact fields

Contact and location

Mailing addressEDUCATION CENTER, 1300 BARKER STREET · BAKERSFIELD, CA · 93305
Census contact/title fieldSupt
County areaKern

Websites are primarily self-reported and received only limited Census Bureau quality control. County area can mean the area most served or the headquarters county when boundaries cross counties.

Published context

Scale and parent relationship

Estimated enrollment28,8352023

Evidence boundary

What each source proves—and what it does not.

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Not established by these records

  • Whether each governing or administrative role is elected, appointed, or mixed.
  • The exact geographic service boundary or that a reported website remains current.