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Compton Junior High

Public Grades 7-8

2273^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 18% of California middle schools

Summary

Compton Junior High is a public middle school serving about 585 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Bakersfield City School District, an area where many families face economic challenges.

When looking at academics, Compton has a clear strength in science, where its students outperform the district average and most nearby schools like Sequoia Junior High and Emerson Middle. However, math scores are very low across the entire district, and Compton is no exception. In English, Compton performs slightly better than the district average and several neighbors. A significant positive is the school's lower chronic absenteeism rate compared to the district and many surrounding schools, including Washington Middle and Walter Stiern Middle, suggesting a strong school climate that encourages daily attendance.

The school shows notable effectiveness in supporting specific student groups, such as homeless and migrant students, where its performance ranks well above the state average. Compared to a higher-performing school in the same district, Paul L. Cato Middle, Compton serves a student population with greater economic need. While Compton's per-student spending is relatively high, its overall academic results are mixed, indicating that the school has specific areas of success—particularly in attendance and supporting vulnerable subgroups—amid the broader challenges shared by schools in the Bakersfield City district.

586

Students ?

20.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,923

Per pupil spending ?

85.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3211 Pico Ave.
Bakersfield, CA 93306-3598

(661) 631-5230

District: Bakersfield City

Students who attend Compton Junior High usually attend:

High:

Highland High

Feeder schools for Compton Junior High:

Elementary:

Harding Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

85.7%

White:

8.0%

African American:

4.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2013 → 18th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (19% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2013

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school19%

District avg21%

California avg41%

2,273^rd of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 18%▲ up 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 6% (2015) to bottom 18% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 10Middle Schools in the Bakersfield City

1357^th of 1,543Bakersfield City among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.0	2273 of 2761	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.8	2351 of 2783	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.6	2431 of 2781	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	2321 of 2740	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.6	2290 of 2715	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	15.7	2161 of 2480	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	14.4	2243 of 2508	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	15.7	2182 of 2497	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	11.0	2320 of 2477	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	31.5	1662 of 2379	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.4	1407 of 2259	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2011	39.0	1385 of 2236	38.1%	★★☆☆☆
2010	35.9	1420 of 2179	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2009	28.7	1510 of 2063	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	29.9	1441 of 2005	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	31.1	1361 of 1999	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	24.0	1396 of 1804	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	23.7	1362 of 1777	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	22.5	1386 of 1769	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	29.3	432 of 609	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.3	505 of 613	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	41.3	334 of 637	47.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.7	530 of 643	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	536 of 600	10.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.5	1435 of 1531	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	27.1	1121 of 1491	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1205 of 1369	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	39.5	755 of 1478	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.4	1149 of 1521	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.3	1229 of 1540	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.2	1401 of 1442	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	25.5	1231 of 1364	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	18.3	2150 of 2533	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	2274 of 2551	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	2362 of 2531	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	2185 of 2509	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	2105 of 2380	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.4	2051 of 2262	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.4	1859 of 2395	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.5	1914 of 2388	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.3	1977 of 2374	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	1904 of 2359	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.7	1719 of 2213	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.9	1708 of 2072	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.6	159 of 477	66.7%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	24.0	1995 of 2542	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	2098 of 2579	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.7	2132 of 2531	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.8	2000 of 2458	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.4	1916 of 2369	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.3	1890 of 2230	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	2091 of 2534	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	2100 of 2552	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.8	2049 of 2538	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.6	2123 of 2527	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	2022 of 2407	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	1954 of 2273	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	64.2	19 of 86	77.9%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.4	927 of 1566	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.6	1074 of 1552	30.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.8	1275 of 1531	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.2	1318 of 1520	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.4	1278 of 1537	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	12.6	1386 of 1543	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.5	1229 of 1555	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.2	1526 of 1602	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	13.9	1326 of 1496	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Migrant (2023)78th percentile+65 vs school

Homeless (2025)67th percentile+49 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)49th percentile+33 vs school

Special Education (2025)41st percentile+23 vs school

African American (2025)29th percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)22nd percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)17th percentile~ school

Female (2025)15th percentile-3 vs school

White (2025)13th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)6th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state

Science21%-11 vs state

Mathematics9%-29 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
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	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	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	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 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
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	$19,923	$2,712	$17,211
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	$18,488	$2,574	$15,914
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	$18,917	$2,665	$16,252
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	$18,263	$2,817	$15,446
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	$20,081	$2,574	$17,507
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	$22,162	$2,788	$19,374
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	$19,264	$2,251	$17,013
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
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	$18,410	$2,638	$15,772
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	$17,066	$882	$16,184

Frequently Asked Questions about Compton Junior High

What is the racial makeup of Compton Junior High?

Students at Compton Junior High are 86% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% African American, 1% Two or more races.

What district is Compton Junior High in?

Bakersfield City

Is Compton Junior High a good school?

Compton Junior High ranks in the bottom 17.7% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Compton Junior High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 586 students attended Compton Junior High.

What high school do graduates of Compton Junior High attend?

Students who attend Compton Junior High usually go on to attend Highland High

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