General Shafter Elementary
Public elementary school, kindergarten to grade 8 · Bakersfield, California
General Shafter Elementary in Bakersfield, California enrolled 169 students in 2024-25 with 10.0 full-time teachers, 16.9 students per teacher against the California elementary-school median of 22.4. It has no Title I status on file for 2021-22; every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
- Official name
- General Shafter Elementary
- Level
- Elementary, kindergarten to grade 8
- District
- General Shafter Elementary 0615000
- Address
- 1825 Shafter Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93313
- Phone
- (661) 837-1931
- Website
- not listed in the 2024-25 directory
- Type
- Traditional public school
- Status
- Open in 2024-25
Grades offered in 2024-25
Title I, 2021-22: General Shafter Elementary NCES has no 2021-22 Title I status for this school (it opened later or its state did not report it). Meals, 2024-25: Every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision (2024-25), so the free-lunch share above counts qualified students, not who eats free.
Enrollment fell 6% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers held steady
179 students in 2022-23, 184 students in 2023-24, 169 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 10.0 to 10.0.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 179 | 10.0 | 17.9 |
| 2023-24 | 184 | 10.0 | 18.4 |
| 2024-25 | 169 | 10.0 | 16.9 |
16.9 students per teacher: fewer than 94 of every 100 California elementary schools
Among the 5,878 California elementary schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 22.4; the national median is 14.6. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
Programs and staff in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection General Shafter Elementary enrolled 188 students and had 0.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 1 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement coursesNone
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)0.0
- Out-of-school suspensions1
- Chronically absent52.1% (2021-22)
Who attends
72.2% of students were Hispanic, 26.6% White, 0.6% Black in 2024-25.
- Hispanic72.2%
- White26.6%
- Black0.6%
- Two or more races0.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2021-22; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
Elementary schools in Bakersfield
93 public elementary schools in Bakersfield report 2024-25 enrollment.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolores S. Whitley TK-8 | 1,151 | 22.7 | 67.9% |
| Veterans Elementary | 1,002 | 23.1 | 35.2% |
| Douglas J. Miller Elementary | 994 | 28.0 | 61.1% |
| Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary | 960 | 23.5 | 73.5% |
| Berkshire Elementary | 932 | 25.9 | 66.4% |
| Patriot Elementary | 931 | 24.4 | 33.2% |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary | 926 | 26.1 | 63.1% |
| Voorhies Elementary | 915 | 20.1 | 78.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
Questions about General Shafter Elementary
How many students attend General Shafter Elementary?
169 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 179 in 2022-23. It is an elementary school in Bakersfield, CA.
What is the student-teacher ratio at General Shafter Elementary?
16.9 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the California median for elementary schools is 22.4. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Is General Shafter Elementary a Title I school?
General Shafter Elementary NCES has no 2021-22 Title I status for this school (it opened later or its state did not report it).
What district is General Shafter Elementary in?
General Shafter Elementary, NCES district ID 0615000. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 061500001903 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2021-22: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.