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Valley Oaks Charter, Bakersfield, CA

Charter schoolValley Oaks Charter is a public school in Bakersfield, part of Kern County Office of Education. It enrolled 1,087 students in 2024-25, with 21.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,087
Teachers (FTE)
51.0
Students per teacher
21.3
Grades
K to 12

This school's ratio is 8.2 higher than the district figure of 13.1. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.3
District13.1
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
3501 Chester Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone
(661)852-6700
District
Kern County Office of Education
County
Kern County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
069101208491
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
394
Reduced-price lunch
43
Free or reduced-price lunch
43740.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
317Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 similar schools in Kern County Office of Education

Other 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.