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Elementary · Regular · Grades K to 6

Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary, Bakersfield, CA

CEP schoolDr. Juliet Thorner Elementary is a public elementary school in Bakersfield, part of Bakersfield City School District. It enrolled 813 students in 2024-25, with 22.6 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
813
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Students per teacher
22.6
Grades
K to 6

This school's ratio is 2.2 higher than the district figure of 20.4. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school22.6
District20.4
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
5501 Thorner St., Bakersfield, CA 93306
County
Kern County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
060363009714
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
535
Reduced-price lunch
100
Free or reduced-price lunch
63578.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
448Students 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 Bakersfield City School District

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.