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Bessie E. Owens Primary

(661) 631-5420

Physical Address:
815 Potomac Ave
Bakersfield, CA  93307
Mailing Address:
815 Potomac Ave.
Bakersfield, CA  93307

School Information

District:
Bakersfield City
Type:
Public (Regular school)
Status:
Operational
County:
Kern County
Level:
Primary
Grade Span:
KG - 3
Number of Students:
622

Student Enrollment Information in 2009-10

Ethnicity in Bessie E. Owens Primary

This School County Average State Average
Hispanic 80.39% 56.61% 48.34%
Black 12.54% 6.73% 8.03%
White 3.54% 31.86% 31.61%
Others 2.09% 3.39% 5.47%
Asian/Pacific 1.29% 3.57% 10.31%
American Indian 0.16% 1.40% 2.10%

Genders in Bessie E. Owens Primary

This School County Average State Average
Female 50.16% 47.83% 46.97%
Male 49.84% 52.17% 53.03%

Student Enrollment Information

Enrollment by Ethnicity for Bessie E. Owens Primary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Hispanic 527 489 500
Black 76 93 78
White 25 24 22
Others 0 4 13
Asian/Pacific 9 8 8
American Indian 4 1 1
Total 641 619 622

Enrollment by Gender for Bessie E. Owens Primary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Female 277 293 312
Male 364 326 310
Total 641 619 622

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch for Bessie E. Owens Primary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 641 619 622
# Eligible for free lunch 525 (82%) 521 (84%) 556 (89%)
# Eligible for reduced lunch 30 (5%) 33 (5%) 25 (4%)
# Eligible for both free and reduced lunch 555 (87%) 554 (89%) 581 (93%)

Student/Teacher Ratios

Student/Teacher Ratios for Bessie E. Owens Primary

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 641 619 622
Fulltime teachers 37.8 37.0 40.8
Student/Teacher Ratio 17.00 15.90 15.23
County Average(Student/Teacher Ratio) 17.14 18.03 20.48