Summary
Stockdale Elementary is a K–6 school in Bakersfield, serving 587 students in the Panama-Buena Vista Union district. Its academic results are strong across subjects: in 2025–26, proficiency was 59% in English language arts (ELA), 54% in math, and 41% in science. Most importantly, Stockdale ranked second among 11 nearby schools in all three subjects, behind Ronald Reagan Elementary.
Stockdale’s clearest strength is its consistent advantage over local schools and public benchmarks. Its ELA proficiency was about 10 percentage points above both the state and district, and 14 points above the nearby-school average of 45%. In math, Stockdale was 15 points above the state, 22 above the district, and 20 above the nearby average of 34%. In science, it was 5 points above the state, 10 above the district, and 12 above the nearby average of 30%. Math is its strongest relative subject; science is closest to the state result, though Stockdale still ranks second locally.
Results have been broadly steady over four years: ELA moved from 60% in 2022–23 to 59% in 2025–26, math from 53% to 54%, and science from 37% to 41%. The latest year brought a 3-point math decline and a 4-point science decline, while ELA rose 2 points. SchoolDigger ranked Stockdale 1,414th of 5,804 California schools, at the 76th percentile with four stars; its student-teacher ratio was 22.5 in 2024–25. Also that year, 60% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 73% nearby-school average. SchoolDigger’s relative effectiveness percentile for Special Education Students fell from 90 in 2023–24 to 67 in 2025–26, a sharper decline than the overall percentile, which remained around 75–77; White Students’ percentile was 61 in 2025–26, below the school’s overall 76.
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