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Best Middle Schools in Kern County, CA

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At a glance

Schools

30,638

Students

Districts

Top rankedEarl Warren Junior High560^th of 2,761 California middle schools

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Biggest riser

Maricopa Middle up 267 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

O. J. Actis Junior High 16.1 students per teacher

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CSA Spanish Overall (2025)				CSA Spanish Listening (2025)				CSA Spanish Writing (2025)				CSA Spanish Reading (2025)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)						Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)						Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 4th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 5th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading 6th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Thomas Jefferson Middle	Public	6-8	305 Griffith Ave.	Wasco	93280	Kern County	Wasco Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 758-7140	591	27	21.7	90.9%	12 (2.0%)	7 (1.2%)	567 (95.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	23.9	2056^th of 2761 public middle schools	25.5%		24.2	2071^st of 2783 public middle schools	25.6%	15																		19.5	19.5			33.0	33.0	32.3	32.7			16.2	16.9	17.9	17.0	$15,065	$13,688	$1,377
Palm Avenue Middle	Public	6-8	1017 Palm Ave.	Wasco	93280	Kern County	Wasco Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 758-7130	631	29	21.4	89.1%	8 (1.3%)	7 (1.1%)	613 (97.1%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31	1802^nd of 2761 public middle schools	34.7%		29.6	1824^th of 2783 public middle schools	34.5%	22																		16.8	16.8			51.3	35.1	36.9	40.8			24.2	13.3	19.5	18.8	$16,030	$14,688	$1,342
Sunset	Public	5-8	8301 Sunset Blvd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Vineland Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-1320	302	16	19.4	100.0%	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	297 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24.5	2030^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.5%		24.4	2062^nd of 2783 public middle schools	25.9%	32																	9.0	24.3	16.8		16.4	19.1	41.4	35.7	29.6		2.9	7.3	19.2	11.4	11.1	$27,210	$26,138	$1,072
Jacobsen Middle	Public	6-8	711 Anita Dr.	Tehachapi	93561	Kern County	Tehachapi Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 822-2150	925	42	22.1	46.5%	483 (52.2%)	14 (1.5%)	378 (40.9%)	13 (1.4%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.5%)	29 (3.1%)	25.1	1993^rd of 2761 public middle schools	27.8%		30.8	1777^th of 2783 public middle schools	36.1%	216																		24.5	24.5			25.7	41.1	26.5	30.9			15.1	19.5	17.8	17.4
Lincoln Junior High	Public	6-8	810 Sixth St.	Taft	93268	Kern County	Taft City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 765-2127	748	40	18.6	89.6%	199 (26.6%)	8 (1.1%)	526 (70.3%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.4%)	4 (0.5%)	20.9	2189^th of 2761 public middle schools	20.7%		24.4	2059^th of 2783 public middle schools	26.0%	130																		13.3	13.3			30.0	30.9	30.3	30.3			21.1	14.5	14.3	16.7	$22,826	$20,106	$2,720
Standard Middle	Public	6-8	126 Ferguson Ave.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Standard Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 392-2130	1,005	49	20.3	89.9%	399 (39.7%)	52 (5.2%)	509 (50.6%)	7 (0.7%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	28 (2.8%)	13.6	2494^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.7%		13.4	2535^th of 2783 public middle schools	8.9%	41																		15.4	15.4			23.3	22.5	18.9	21.6			10.0	14.0	8.2	10.8	$25,054	$24,224	$830
Tropico Middle	Public	6-8	3180 Mojave-Tropico Rd.	Rosamond	93560	Kern County	Southern Kern Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 256-5040	815	40	20.4	81.2%	150 (18.4%)	71 (8.7%)	542 (66.5%)	14 (1.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (4.3%)	16.9	2359^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.6%		16.7	2411^th of 2783 public middle schools	13.4%	52																		12.0	12.0			28.3	37.2	22.1	29.7			5.9	14.3	8.1	9.6	$19,766	$17,318	$2,448
China Lake Junior High	Public	7-8	200 East Drummond Ave.	Ridgecrest	93555	Kern County	Sierra Sands Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 499-1820	643	30	21.6	56.1%	279 (43.4%)	43 (6.7%)	234 (36.4%)	32 (5.0%)	9 (1.4%)	4 (0.6%)	42 (6.5%)	24.5	2036^th of 2761 public middle schools	26.3%		33.8	1677^th of 2783 public middle schools	39.7%	359																		18.5	18.5			35.0	30.9	23.2	29.5			15.4	28.6	16.8	20.3	$15,195	$14,104	$1,091
Freedom Middle	Public	7-8	11445 Noriega Rd.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6044	712	34	20.8	38.6%	287 (40.3%)	16 (2.2%)	350 (49.2%)	22 (3.1%)	4 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	32 (4.5%)	51.4	1148^th of 2761 public middle schools	58.4%		65.6	780^th of 2783 public middle schools	72.0%	368																		29.4	29.4				49.9	57.7	53.9				29.2	25.9	27.5	$17,731	$17,482	$249
Rosedale Middle	Public	7-8	12463 Rosedale Hwy.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Rosedale Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-6030	810	38	21.0	29.6%	362 (44.7%)	19 (2.3%)	337 (41.6%)	49 (6.0%)	7 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (4.3%)	64.1	803^rd of 2761 public middle schools	70.9%		77.9	530^th of 2783 public middle schools	81.0%	273																		44.4	44.4				51.1	56.3	53.5				38.3	34.5	36.3	$17,028	$16,780	$248
Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Public	3-8	6601 Enos Ln.	Bakersfield	93314	Kern County	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 589-2505	466	22	21.1	50.9%	187 (40.1%)	3 (0.6%)	257 (55.2%)	15 (3.2%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	66.7	747^th of 2761 public middle schools	72.9%		69.9	687^th of 2783 public middle schools	75.3%	60																	37.4	44.8	40.8		58.5	52.7	49.5	63.9	56.2		37.7	38.4	36.6	45.0	39.3	$19,531	$18,456	$1,075
Norris Middle	Public	6-8	6940 Calloway Dr.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Norris Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 387-7060	992	39	25.1	33.4%	441 (44.5%)	17 (1.7%)	413 (41.6%)	64 (6.5%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	50 (5.0%)	61.5	864^th of 2761 public middle schools	68.7%		65	788^th of 2783 public middle schools	71.7%	76																		31.6	31.6				55.3	53.4	54.4				44.2	33.3	38.8	$17,229	$16,582	$647
California City Middle	Public	6-8	9736 Redwood Blvd.	California City	93505	Kern County	Mojave Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 373-3241	478	19	25.1	88.1%	50 (10.5%)	160 (33.5%)	231 (48.3%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.9%)	8	2675^th of 2761 public middle schools	3.1%		7.2	2730^th of 2783 public middle schools	1.9%	55																		3.5	3.5			21.3	14.7	11.7	15.9			7.3	8.0	2.8	6.1	$20,780	$19,244	$1,536
McFarland Junior High	Public	7-8	405 Mast Ave.	Mc Farland	93250	Kern County	McFarland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 792-3340	494	22	22.1	88.1%	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	488 (98.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	25.3	1985^th of 2761 public middle schools	28.1%		22.4	2152^nd of 2783 public middle schools	22.7%	167																		13.9	13.9				32.4	28.4	30.5				26.5	19.7	23.3	$22,337	$19,674	$2,663
Maricopa Middle	Public	6-8	955 Stanislaus St.	Maricopa	93252	Kern County	Maricopa Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 769-8231	71	5	15.7	95.8%	25 (35.2%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (57.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.6%)	1 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	16.5	2382^nd of 2761 public middle schools	13.7%		10.6	2649^th of 2783 public middle schools	4.8%	267																		10.5	10.5			23.8	32.1	15.8	25.0			14.3	14.3	15.8	14.7	$38,395	$35,878	$2,517
A. M. Thomas Middle	Public	6-8	20979 Lobos Ct.	Lost Hills	93249	Kern County	Lost Hills Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 797-2626	90	3	29.5	96.7%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	88 (97.8%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45.1	1325^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.0%		44.9	1315^th of 2783 public middle schools	52.7%	10																		19.2	19.2			40.6	55.2	46.2	47.1			31.3	34.5	23.1	29.9	$63,679	$60,798	$2,881
Richland Junior High	Public	7-8	331 Shafter Ave.	Shafter	93263	Kern County	Richland Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 746-8630	558	34	16.3	91.4%	24 (4.3%)	5 (0.9%)	522 (93.5%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	22.2	2145^th of 2761 public middle schools	22.3%		17.5	2369^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.9%	224																		18.6	18.6				31.0	25.9	28.3				21.0	15.1	17.9	$23,179	$19,666	$3,513
Myrtle Avenue Elementary	Public	4-6	10421 Myrtle Ave.	Lamont	93241	Kern County	Lamont Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-2217	422	20	21.1	78.2%	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	418 (99.1%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)	5.0	0.0	4.4	3.3	5.0	25.7	20.0	16.7	12.5	5.7	24.4	15.0	5.0	2.9	4.4	4.2	6.9		6.9	20.6	29.5	34.0			28.2	11.2	11.5	26.4			16.8	$22,811	$20,516	$2,295
Mountain View Middle	Public	7-8	8001 Weedpatch Hwy.	Bakersfield	93241	Kern County	Lamont Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 845-2291	594	29	20.1	80.8%	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	592 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16.4	2387^th of 2761 public middle schools	13.5%		15.3	2468^th of 2783 public middle schools	11.3%	81																		11.5	11.5				33.3	24.8	28.7				12.2	9.1	10.5	$19,458	$17,268	$2,190
Woodrow Wallace Middle	Public	6-8	3240 Erskine Creek Rd.	Lake Isabella	93240	Kern County	Kernville Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 379-4646	269	16	17.0	81.4%	189 (70.3%)	1 (0.4%)	63 (23.4%)	2 (0.7%)	11 (4.1%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	22.5	2132^nd of 2761 public middle schools	22.8%		18	2345^th of 2783 public middle schools	15.7%	213																		20.0	20.0			28.6	35.5	29.4	31.3			11.9	19.6	15.3	15.7	$22,606	$19,628	$2,978
McKee Middle	Public	6-8	205 McKee Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6060	869	44	19.8	93.2%	54 (6.2%)	38 (4.4%)	759 (87.3%)	8 (0.9%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (0.9%)	43.5	1379^th of 2761 public middle schools	50.1%		42.5	1384^th of 2783 public middle schools	50.3%	5																		32.8	32.8			41.5	38.3	48.3	43.2			29.5	19.7	29.9	26.7	$23,155	$21,138	$2,017
Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Public	6-8	7310 Monitor St.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6120	1,152	48	23.8	93.7%	44 (3.8%)	53 (4.6%)	1,010 (87.7%)	30 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.2%)	13 (1.1%)	54.1	1073^rd of 2761 public middle schools	61.1%		56.9	964^th of 2783 public middle schools	65.4%	109																		35.4	35.4			48.8	54.1	54.6	52.5			31.6	28.4	30.3	30.1	$21,459	$19,590	$1,869
Greenfield Middle	Public	6-8	1109 Pacheco Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Greenfield Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 837-6110	873	42	21.0	95.6%	40 (4.6%)	65 (7.4%)	734 (84.1%)	12 (1.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.3%)	33.2	1709^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.1%		38	1531^st of 2783 public middle schools	45.0%	178																		25.3	25.3			38.3	42.7	38.2	39.7			22.5	19.6	19.6	20.6	$23,543	$21,488	$2,055
Fruitvale Junior High	Public	7-8	2114 Calloway Dr.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Fruitvale Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 589-3933	693	31	22.4	72.6%	249 (35.9%)	33 (4.8%)	335 (48.3%)	44 (6.3%)	7 (1.0%)	5 (0.7%)	20 (2.9%)	66.8	746^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.0%		67	745^th of 2783 public middle schools	73.2%	1																		31.0	31.0				59.5	57.6	58.4				41.4	43.1	42.2	$19,057	$18,774	$283
Fairfax Junior High	Public	5-8	1500 South Fairfax Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Fairfax Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 366-4461	609	31	19.4	97.2%	17 (2.8%)	10 (1.6%)	555 (91.1%)	8 (1.3%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	16 (2.6%)	23.1	2093^rd of 2761 public middle schools	24.2%		20.8	2230^th of 2783 public middle schools	19.9%	137																		13.5	13.5				36.5	28.8	32.8				15.6	20.4	17.9	$28,235	$26,122	$2,113
Edison Middle	Public	5-8	721 South Edison Rd.	Bakersfield	93307	Kern County	Edison Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 366-8216	489	28	17.2	88.1%	32 (6.5%)	15 (3.1%)	433 (88.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	15.2	2432^nd of 2761 public middle schools	11.9%		25.7	2008^th of 2783 public middle schools	27.8%	424																	16.9	16.5	16.7		32.8	16.4	32.5	21.5	26.2		18.6	12.5	14.9	2.5	12.1	$32,911	$32,068	$843
La Vina Middle	Public	6-8	1331 Browning Rd.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-3601	521	26	19.8	78.9%	7 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	417 (80.0%)	85 (16.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	8 (1.5%)	67.1	740^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.2%		73.7	617^th of 2783 public middle schools	77.8%	123																		31.5	31.5			59.0	69.3	64.6	64.4			40.4	37.1	34.3	37.1	$25,857	$23,562	$2,295
Almond Tree Middle	Public	6-8	200 West 15th Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-3641	554	29	19.3	91.7%	4 (0.7%)	4 (0.7%)	485 (87.5%)	58 (10.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	60.4	897^th of 2761 public middle schools	67.5%		59.9	886^th of 2783 public middle schools	68.2%	11																		27.2	27.2			56.7	66.7	58.9	60.7			32.2	32.8	35.2	33.5	$26,349	$23,816	$2,533
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1430 Cecil Ave.	Delano	93215	Kern County	Delano Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 721-5030	585	30	19.5	90.4%	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	526 (89.9%)	48 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.9%)	41.9	1436^th of 2761 public middle schools	48.0%		34.8	1638^th of 2783 public middle schools	41.1%	202																		19.9	19.9			46.7	50.8	40.0	45.9			25.5	26.0	30.4	27.3	$36,339	$33,776	$2,563
Stonecreek Junior High	Public	7-8	8000 Akers Rd.	Bakersfield	93313	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 834-4521	986	52	18.9	81.8%	67 (6.8%)	62 (6.3%)	665 (67.4%)	141 (14.3%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	45 (4.6%)	57.4	970^th of 2761 public middle schools	64.9%		49.5	1185^th of 2783 public middle schools	57.4%	215																		31.8	31.8				59.6	61.8	60.7				26.2	28.7	27.5	$21,749	$20,068	$1,681
Tevis Junior High	Public	7-8	3901 Pin Oak Park Blvd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 664-7211	807	41	19.7	73.7%	171 (21.2%)	56 (6.9%)	484 (60.0%)	40 (5.0%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	51 (6.3%)	45.4	1315^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.4%		51	1141^st of 2783 public middle schools	59.0%	174																		26.0	26.0				56.6	41.9	49.2				28.7	23.6	26.1	$22,359	$21,338	$1,021
O. J. Actis Junior High	Public	7-8	2400 Westholme Blvd.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 833-1250	681	42	16.1	84.6%	71 (10.4%)	87 (12.8%)	467 (68.6%)	22 (3.2%)	3 (0.4%)	6 (0.9%)	24 (3.5%)	23.8	2061^st of 2761 public middle schools	25.4%		28.7	1871^st of 2783 public middle schools	32.8%	190																		18.4	18.4				34.7	33.2	34.0				15.9	15.0	15.4	$29,202	$27,634	$1,568
Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Public	7-8	4200 Planz Rd.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 832-8011	714	42	17.0	91.6%	50 (7.0%)	95 (13.3%)	526 (73.7%)	15 (2.1%)	2 (0.3%)	5 (0.7%)	20 (2.8%)	19.7	2239^th of 2761 public middle schools	18.9%		19	2298^th of 2783 public middle schools	17.4%	59																		17.4	17.4				32.1	32.0	32.1				12.1	7.8	9.8	$25,694	$23,988	$1,706
Earl Warren Junior High	Public	7-8	4615 Mountain Vista Dr.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Panama-Buena Vista Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 665-9210	965	46	21.0	59.4%	207 (21.5%)	72 (7.5%)	458 (47.5%)	167 (17.3%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	54 (5.6%)	76.1	560^th of 2761 public middle schools	79.7%		76	567^th of 2783 public middle schools	79.6%	7																		40.2	40.2				70.0	67.3	68.6				49.0	36.2	42.5	$21,307	$20,336	$971
Beardsley Junior High	Public	7-8	1001 Roberts Ln.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Beardsley Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 392-9254	383	20	18.9	97.4%	100 (26.1%)	25 (6.5%)	239 (62.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.7%)	16.6	2375^th of 2761 public middle schools	14.0%		17.3	2378^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.6%	3																		14.8	14.8				29.2	25.3	27.3				11.1	10.9	11.0	$22,305	$20,460	$1,845
Paul L. Cato Middle	Public	6-8	4115 Vineland Rd.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5245	694	31	22.5	53.6%	134 (19.3%)	18 (2.6%)	497 (71.6%)	30 (4.3%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	52.4	1121^st of 2761 public middle schools	59.4%		55.3	1007^th of 2783 public middle schools	63.8%	114																		30.5	30.5			53.0	46.6	49.3	49.1			39.7	32.8	29.2	32.9	$24,081	$20,170	$3,911
Abraham Lincoln Junior High	Public	7-8	800 Chico St.	Bakersfield	93305	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5950	527	27	19.7	99.4%	15 (2.8%)	48 (9.1%)	454 (86.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	6.7	2702^nd of 2761 public middle schools	2.1%		9	2698^th of 2783 public middle schools	3.1%	4																		3.7	3.7				17.4	13.1	15.5				3.6	1.9	2.9	$28,845	$24,096	$4,749
Sequoia Junior High	Public	7-8	900 Belle Terr.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5940	746	35	21.5	97.2%	22 (2.9%)	60 (8.0%)	651 (87.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.2%)	12.4	2542^nd of 2761 public middle schools	7.9%		15	2478^th of 2783 public middle schools	11.0%	64																		14.9	14.9				22.1	17.7	20.0				9.6	6.6	8.1	$24,091	$19,178	$4,913
Walter Stiern Middle	Public	6-8	2551 Morning Dr.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5480	891	41	21.4	81.5%	63 (7.1%)	32 (3.6%)	787 (88.3%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.7%)	12.9	2522^nd of 2761 public middle schools	8.7%		17.5	2367^th of 2783 public middle schools	14.9%	155																		10.9	10.9			23.4	27.8	18.1	22.6			8.9	12.2	7.9	9.5	$24,463	$20,386	$4,077
Washington Middle	Public	6-8	1101 Noble Ave.	Bakersfield	93305	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5810	639	30	21.6	91.1%	46 (7.2%)	45 (7.0%)	537 (84.0%)	1 (0.2%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.9%)	9.7	2624^th of 2761 public middle schools	5.0%		9.5	2682^nd of 2783 public middle schools	3.6%	58																		8.9	8.9			22.6	22.9	17.0	20.6			5.5	6.1	3.0	4.8	$23,744	$19,404	$4,340
Sierra Middle	Public	6-8	3017 Center St.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5470	731	35	20.7	96.4%	31 (4.2%)	21 (2.9%)	663 (90.7%)	2 (0.3%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.0%)	14.4	2467^th of 2761 public middle schools	10.6%		14.3	2504^th of 2783 public middle schools	10.0%	37																		14.6	14.6			21.8	30.0	27.6	27.4			3.0	5.6	6.4	5.4	$24,515	$19,804	$4,711
Emerson Middle	Public	6-8	801 Fourth St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5260	813	37	21.9	90.2%	49 (6.0%)	107 (13.2%)	627 (77.1%)	13 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	10 (1.2%)	13.7	2488^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.9%		15.4	2462^nd of 2783 public middle schools	11.5%	26																		16.9	16.9			28.5	21.6	26.0	24.8			7.5	7.3	3.4	5.9	$22,466	$18,376	$4,090
Curran Middle	Public	6-8	1116 Lymric Way	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5240	973	46	21.1	87.4%	50 (5.1%)	113 (11.6%)	771 (79.2%)	12 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (2.6%)	14.7	2453^rd of 2761 public middle schools	11.2%		21.7	2186^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.5%	267																		12.9	12.9			25.5	28.9	28.3	28.0			8.8	7.3	6.1	7.1	$22,746	$18,716	$4,030
Compton Junior High	Public	7-8	3211 Pico Ave.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5230	586	28	20.5	85.8%	47 (8.0%)	25 (4.3%)	502 (85.7%)	4 (0.7%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	19	2273^rd of 2761 public middle schools	17.7%		17.8	2351^st of 2783 public middle schools	15.5%	78																		21.2	21.2				25.7	33.0	29.2				9.4	8.0	8.7	$25,794	$21,340	$4,454
Chipman Junior High	Public	7-8	2905 Eissler St.	Bakersfield	93306	Kern County	Bakersfield City	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 631-5210	708	33	21.7	66.2%	105 (14.8%)	43 (6.1%)	537 (75.8%)	11 (1.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	9 (1.3%)	32.7	1728^th of 2761 public middle schools	37.4%		41.2	1423^rd of 2783 public middle schools	48.9%	305																		19.8	19.8				45.5	34.0	39.6				25.9	18.4	22.1	$22,652	$18,748	$3,904
Haven Drive Middle	Public	7-8	341 Haven Dr.	Arvin	93203	Kern County	Arvin Union	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 854-6540	612	36	17.1	94.4%	11 (1.8%)	4 (0.7%)	595 (97.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	28.3	1885^th of 2761 public middle schools	31.7%		34.3	1656^th of 2783 public middle schools	40.5%	229																		16.8	16.8				37.6	37.0	37.3				18.8	20.9	19.9	$29,869	$25,600	$4,269
El Tejon Elementary	Public	5-8	4337 Lebec Rd.	Lebec	93243	Kern County	El Tejon Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 248-6680	221	11	19.9	83.7%	88 (39.8%)	3 (1.4%)	107 (48.4%)	8 (3.6%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.0%)	37.3	1566^th of 2761 public middle schools	43.3%		33.4	1694^th of 2783 public middle schools	39.1%	128																	23.5	31.7	27.9		44.0	35.9	26.4	54.2	40.5		25.5	15.4	18.9	30.0	22.7	$26,756	$25,050	$1,706

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