Middle Schools in Fairfax Elementary

Fairfax Elementary district in Bakersfield, California, contains one middle school, Fairfax Junior High, serving grades 5 through 8 with 609 students in a high-need community.

This school faces significant academic challenges, consistently earning the lowest state rating over the past three years, with student proficiency in English, math, and science falling well below California averages. Despite this, the school has a notable strength in maintaining student attendance, with a chronic absenteeism rate significantly lower than the state average, which is a positive indicator of student engagement and support. Per-student spending is above the state average, yet this investment has not yet translated to improved standardized test scores.

Performance trends within the school show that 7th graders score higher in English than 8th graders, while 8th graders perform better in math, and science scores are the lowest of all subjects. The school's results closely match the wider Fairfax Elementary district averages, indicating these are district-wide challenges. For parents, this data highlights a school community working to support student attendance but struggling to achieve academic outcomes comparable to the rest of the state.