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Valley Oaks Charter
3501 Chester Ave., Bakersfield, CA, 93301-1629 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Valley Oaks Charter
School Type Charter School
Grades Offered Grades KG - 12
County Kern County, CA
Students & Faculty
Total Students 742 students
% Male / % Female 47%  /  53%
Total Classroom Teachers 34 teachers
Students by Grade
Kind - 34 students
Grade 1 - 70 students
Grade 2 - 63 students
Grade 3 - 63 students
Grade 4 - 57 students
Grade 5 - 64 students
Grade 6 - 62 students
Grade 7 - 75 students
Grade 8 - 70 students
Grade 9 - 49 students
Grade 10 - 54 students
Grade 11 - 48 students
Grade 12 - 33 students
This School
(CA) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:22 1:22
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(CA) School Average
% American Indian 1% 3%
% Asian 1% 5%
% Hispanic 14% 33%
% Black 4% 11%
% White 79% 43%
% Unknown 1 % 6%
Additional Student Information
This School
(CA) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 8% 30%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 8% 5%
% Migrant Students Enrolled n/a n/a
School Performance:
(CA) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Kern Co. Office Of Education School District
This School's Agency
(CA) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 4 9
Number of Students Managed 4,197 students 3,758 students
District Total Revenue $213,720,000 $51,879,000
District Expenditure $198,007,000 $54,412,000
District Revenue / Student $50,922 $13,805
District Expenditure / Student $47,178 $14,479
In the News:
  • Playground goes up in a day with volunteer power (The Bakersfield Californian)
    posted on October 30, 2009 at 12:12:31 am
    Dust lingered in the air, mounds of sawdust piled up and music blared from a DJ booth as more than 200 volunteers worked Thursday to build a playground in one day behind the Lori Brock Children's Discovery Center at the Kern County Museum. The project, funded mostly by Albertsons, is built by KaBOOM!, a nonprofit that constructs playgrounds across the country and helps with the financing.
  • Stimulus funds shore up local schools (The Bakersfield Californian)
    posted on September 24, 2009 at 01:08:42 am
    As the budget turned from bad to calamitous last spring, many local school districts were set to hoard federal stimulus money as a buffer to future budget cuts. But that thinking changed when the rules on how to spend the special "stabilization" funding become more clear.
  • Locals seeing uptick in home-schooling (The Bakersfield Californian)
    posted on September 8, 2009 at 05:11:23 am
    Krissy Warren knew it was time for a change when her precocious 12-year-old daughter started coming home with doodles in her notebook and a lagging interest in school.
  • Horses + Tehachapi = Good show (Tehachapi News)
    posted on May 27, 2009 at 06:51:51 pm
    PHOTOS BY NICK SMIRNOFF Havannah Ulrich rounds a barrel at the Golden Hills Equestrian Center "Equine Affair" May 16-17 on her horse Willow, a breeding stock Paint. Havannah, 13, a student at Valley Oaks Charter School, also show jumps with Willow and won the Reserve Champion show jumping title at the 2008 PDM Training Stables Equestrian Sports Awards. (NOTE: The name of the rider on the print ...
  • Ed roundup: Summer reading, swords and scholarships (The Bakersfield Californian)
    posted on May 16, 2009 at 09:18:44 pm
    SUMMER READING Second graders at Wingland Elementary got a summer surprise Friday when the Rotary Club of Bakersfield North handed out 130 new copies of "Nate the Great."
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School Notes:
 
School Zip Code:
About This Zip Code (93301)
School Zip (93301)
(CA) State Average
Population (Approximate) 12,960 people 33,115,272 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 22% 32%
Population Average Age 31 years old 32 years old
Average Household size 2.4 persons 2.9 persons
Median Household Income $25,587 $48,909
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.1 rooms 4.8 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 47 years old 39 years old
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Median Value of Housing Unit
Zipcode (93301)


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Zillow Median Value of Housing Unit
% Owning / % Renting 35% / 65% 58% / 42%
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1. Hills (stella I.) Elementary School - 534 students - 0.3 mi. away - view location
2. Downtown Elementary School - 300 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
3. County Community - 1090 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
4. Juvenile Court - 508 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
5. Community Learning Center (charter) - 1284 students - 1.2 mi. away - view location
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