Summary:
Kerman has one middle school, Kerman Middle, serving grades 7–8 and 810 students; its reported student–teacher ratio was 22.4:1 in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 34% in English language arts (ELA), 21% in math, and 15% in science, compared with 49%, 38%, and 36% statewide. The most important finding is that results were below state levels in all three subjects, with the largest gap in science: 21 points.
With only one school listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison; Kerman Middle is both the highest- and lowest-scoring school in the list by default. Compared with the all-grades results for Kerman Unified, the school was lower by 10 points in ELA, 8 in math, and 7 in science. But the grade-matched comparisons give a more favorable picture: the school was slightly above the district in every supplied grade-and-subject comparison, by less than one point each. It still trailed the state, with grade 7 gaps of 13 points in ELA and 12 in math, growing to 19 points in both subjects in grade 8; grade 8 science was 21 points below the state.
Recent results are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Kerman Middle gained less than one point in ELA and 3 points in science, but fell 1 point in math; state results improved by less than one point in ELA, 1 in math, and 3 in science. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 41st percentile in 2023–2024 to the 26th in 2025–2026. For context, 89% of students were eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024–2025. Chronic absenteeism was 17.1%, below the district’s 17.4% and the state’s 18.3% in 2025–2026.
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