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Curran Middle

Public Grades 6-8

2445^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,740 California Middle Schools

Better than 11% of California middle schools

Summary

Curran Middle serves 973 students in grades 6–8 in Bakersfield, California, among a group of nearby middle and junior high schools. The main concern for families is that its 2025–2026 proficiency rates were below both the state and Bakersfield City district in every tested subject, with especially low math results.

Science is Curran’s strongest subject relative to the state and district, while math is its weakest: Curran scored 18% in science, compared with 36% statewide and 19% in the district; in math, it scored 7%, compared with 38% statewide and 16% in the district. ELA/Literacy was 29%, versus 49% statewide and 31% in the district. Curran also trailed nearby-school averages in all-grade ELA/Literacy, math and science by 13, 13 and 7 percentage points, respectively. Grade-matched comparisons reinforce the math concern: Curran’s 7th-grade result was 8%, 11 points below the nearby-school average, and its 8th-grade result was 5%, 13 points below average; it ranked third-lowest among 11 schools in both grades’ math results.

Results over time are mixed: from 2022–2023 to 2025–2026, math fell 3 percentage points to 7%, ELA/Literacy dipped by less than 1 point to 29%, and science rose 4 points to 18%, including a 5-point rebound in the latest year. Chronic absenteeism also improved, falling from 50% in 2021–2022 to 16% in 2025–2026. Even so, SchoolDigger ranked Curran at the 11th percentile with one star in 2025–2026, down from the 21st percentile in 2023–2024. Its student–teacher ratio was 21.1 in 2024–2025, and 87% of students were eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure for English Language Learner Students showed a notably stronger standing: the 71st percentile in 2023–2024, compared with Curran’s overall 21st percentile that year. For Special Education Students, the measure fell from the 19th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 5th in 2025–2026, while the overall percentile remained 11.

973

Students ?

21.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$19,376

Per pupil spending ?

87.4%

Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?

All students in California receive free school meals.

1116 Lymric Way
Bakersfield, CA 93309-4157

(661) 631-5240

District: Bakersfield City

Feeder schools for Curran Middle:

Elementary:	Caroline Harris Elementary
	Casa Loma Elementary
	Munsey Elementary
	William Penn Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

79.2%

African American:

11.6%

White:

5.1%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 11th percentile in 2015 → 11th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (18% vs 42% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (11th percentile)

!Mathematics scores 32 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school18%

District avg23%

California avg42%

2,445^th of 2,740

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 11%▼ down 4 pts since 2016

From bottom 15% (2016) to bottom 11% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

6^th of 10Middle Schools in the Bakersfield City

1329^th of 1,530Bakersfield 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
2026	14.6	2445 of 2740	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.7	2453 of 2761	11.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	2186 of 2783	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.2	2248 of 2781	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	2283 of 2740	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	2144 of 2715	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.2	1957 of 2480	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.2	2099 of 2508	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.2	2131 of 2497	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	14.5	2210 of 2477	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	15.4	2117 of 2379	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	11.9	2089 of 2259	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	14.8	2001 of 2236	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	22.6	1775 of 2179	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	21.8	1690 of 2063	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	15.8	1777 of 2005	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	19.2	1661 of 1999	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	19.9	1485 of 1804	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.6	1511 of 1777	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	14.7	1577 of 1769	10.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	20.3	515 of 594	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	16.9	554 of 609	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	21.5	531 of 627	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.4	504 of 613	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	14.3	611 of 637	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	527 of 643	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	412 of 600	31.3%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	20.4	1440 of 1531	5.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	24.4	1232 of 1491	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.7	1153 of 1369	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	50.9	433 of 1478	70.7%	★★★★☆
2023	40.2	764 of 1521	49.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.6	940 of 1540	39.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.4	1042 of 1442	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.3	838 of 1364	38.6%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	16.4	2206 of 2516	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	14.0	2299 of 2533	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	23.3	1965 of 2551	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.6	2062 of 2531	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	2115 of 2509	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	1926 of 2380	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.7	1951 of 2262	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	1982 of 2357	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	21.0	1978 of 2395	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	32.2	1562 of 2388	34.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.8	1724 of 2374	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	1743 of 2359	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.9	1574 of 2213	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.8	1449 of 2072	30.1%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	30.1	282 of 394	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	19.6	2145 of 2529	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	18.8	2188 of 2542	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.0	1863 of 2579	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.4	1896 of 2531	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.4	1977 of 2458	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.0	1762 of 2369	25.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.6	1578 of 2230	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	13.1	2304 of 2514	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	15.6	2233 of 2534	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.2	2077 of 2552	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	20.1	2080 of 2538	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.8	2109 of 2527	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	1952 of 2407	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.7	1660 of 2273	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	28.2	74 of 94	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	4.3	711 of 735	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.3	595 of 677	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	5.1	530 of 554	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	19.1	1521 of 1605	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	25.4	1268 of 1566	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	1321 of 1552	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.5	1128 of 1531	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2026	6.7	1425 of 1490	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2025	5.3	1474 of 1520	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.2	1387 of 1537	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.6	1204 of 1543	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.6	1316 of 1555	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	1346 of 1602	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	7.4	1421 of 1496	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)71st percentile+49 vs school

Homeless (2024)28th percentile+7 vs school

Migrant (2024)21st percentile~ school

Hispanic (2026)16th percentile+5 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)15th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2026)13th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2026)12th percentile~ school

Male (2026)8th percentile~ school

Disabled (2022)6th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2026)5th percentile-6 vs school

White (2026)4th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2026)3rd percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy29%-20 vs state

Science18%-18 vs state

Mathematics7%-32 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)				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/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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
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%)	14.6	2445^th of 2740 public middle schools	10.8%		14.7	2453^rd of 2761 public middle schools	11.2%	8	17.9	17.9	20.6	32.6	30.2	28.9	6.0	8.5	5.5	6.7	$19,376	$4,030	$15,346
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%)	28.3	1895^th of 2740 public middle schools	30.8%		23.8	2061^st of 2761 public middle schools	25.4%	166	28.7	28.7		36.0	43.3	39.5		12.8	15.1	13.9	$20,031	$1,568	$18,463
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%)	17.2	2340^th of 2740 public middle schools	14.6%		19.7	2239^th of 2761 public middle schools	18.9%	101	15.7	15.7		30.2	35.1	32.5		12.7	7.4	10.1	$18,346	$1,706	$16,640
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%)	17	2350^th of 2740 public middle schools	14.2%		12.4	2542^nd of 2761 public middle schools	7.9%	192	19.4	19.4		30.1	26.5	28.3		14.4	11.0	12.6	$20,596	$4,913	$15,683
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%)	11.7	2548^th of 2740 public middle schools	7.0%		13.7	2488^th of 2761 public middle schools	9.9%	60	15.2	15.2	23.5	29.7	20.9	24.8	6.0	7.0	5.3	6.1	$19,211	$4,090	$15,121
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%)	33.6	1697^th of 2740 public middle schools	38.1%		33.2	1709^th of 2761 public middle schools	38.1%	12	21.8	21.8	40.9	45.9	41.1	42.6	28.7	20.0	18.9	22.5	$17,323	$2,055	$15,268
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%)	47.9	1249^th of 2740 public middle schools	54.4%		45.4	1315^th of 2761 public middle schools	52.4%	66	28.1	28.1		56.0	54.1	55.1		30.7	22.1	26.5	$16,336	$1,021	$15,315
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	—	15 (2.8%)	48 (9.1%)	454 (86.1%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	5 (0.9%)	8.4	2641^st of 2740 public middle schools	3.6%		6.7	2702^nd of 2761 public middle schools	2.1%	61	11.7	11.7		21.6	19.8	20.8		3.6	2.0	2.9	$22,985	$4,749	$18,236
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%)	63	852^nd of 2740 public middle schools	68.9%		57.4	970^th of 2761 public middle schools	64.9%	118	37.0	37.0		68.3	61.6	64.9		36.1	30.2	33.1	$16,361	$1,681	$14,680
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%)	61.7	895^th of 2740 public middle schools	67.3%		66.8	746^th of 2761 public middle schools	73.0%	149	33.9	33.9		59.4	56.6	58.0		33.8	43.6	38.8	$15,021	$283	$14,738

Frequently Asked Questions about Curran Middle

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Bakersfield City

What is the racial makeup of Curran Middle?

Students at Curran Middle are 79% Hispanic, 12% African American, 5% White, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Is Curran Middle a good school?

Curran Middle ranks in the bottom 10.8% of California middle schools.

How many students attend Curran Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 973 students attended Curran Middle.

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