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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Douglas J. Miller Elementary, Bakersfield, CA

CEP schoolDouglas J. Miller Elementary is a public elementary school in Bakersfield, part of Panama-Buena Vista Union. It enrolled 994 students in 2024-25, with 28.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
994
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
28.4
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 5.2 higher than the district figure of 23.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school28.4
District23.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
7345 Mountain Ridge Dr., Bakersfield, CA 93313
Phone
(661)836-6689
District
Panama-Buena Vista Union
County
Kern County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
060639012414
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
607
Reduced-price lunch
188
Free or reduced-price lunch
79580.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification
441Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Panama-Buena Vista Union

Elementary schools elsewhere in Bakersfield

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.