Best Public Schools in Zip Code 93305

ZIP code 93305 has seven schools in Bakersfield City: five elementary schools and two middle schools, with no high schools. In 2025–26, the seven-school averages were 22% proficient in ELA, 9% in math and 12% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%, respectively. The biggest average shortfall was in math, at 30 percentage points; science was the closest to the state, though still 24 points behind. Most important, every school was below the state in all three tested subjects.

The local leaders differ by subject, and none leads in all three. Williams Elementary had the highest ELA result at 25%, just 1 point ahead of Washington Middle; Williams was 4 points above the other schools’ average. Jefferson Elementary led in math at 14% and science at 16%, respectively 6 and 5 points above the other schools’ averages. At the low end, College Heights Elementary had the lowest ELA result at 19%, Abraham Lincoln Junior High the lowest math result at 3%, and Myra A. Noble Elementary the lowest science result at 5%. Jefferson also had the lowest chronic absenteeism rate, 11%, versus 18% statewide; Washington’s was highest, at 28%.

Results improved on average in ELA and science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, rising 4 percentage points in each; math rose less than 1 point as the state result increased, widening the average gap by 1 point. Individual changes varied: Williams gained 6 points in ELA, while Longfellow Elementary gained 9 in science; Myra A. Noble’s science result fell 7 points, and Jefferson’s math result fell 3. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 rankings put Jefferson and Williams at the 8th percentile among elementary schools and Washington at the 7th percentile among middle schools. Student-teacher ratios ranged from 19.6 at Longfellow to 21.6 at Washington. For 2024–25, five schools reported a free/reduced lunch eligible measure, ranging from 91% at Myra A. Noble to 97% at Jefferson; Lincoln and Williams instead reported directly certified for free meals, at 77% and 79%. These are different measures, not directly comparable.