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The highest-poverty public middle schools in Bakersfield, California

29 public middle schools in Bakersfield, California appear in this ranking of the highest-poverty public middle schools, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Sunset leads the list at 100%, against a median of 87.4% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Bakersfield, California

Top % FRL

100%

Median % FRL

87.4%

HIGHEST POVERTY · BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	Middle	302	100%
2	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	527	99.4%
3	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	Middle	383	97.4%
4	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	Middle	609	97.2%
5	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	746	97.2%
6	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	731	96.4%
7	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	873	95.6%
8	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	1,152	93.7%
9	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	869	93.2%
10	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	714	91.6%
11	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	639	91.1%
12	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	813	90.2%
13	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	Middle	1,005	89.9%
14	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	Middle	489	88.1%
15	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	973	87.4%
16	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	586	85.8%
17	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	681	84.6%
18	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	986	81.8%
19	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	891	81.5%
20	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	594	80.8%
21	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	807	73.7%
22	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	Middle	693	72.6%
23	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	708	66.2%
24	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	965	59.4%
25	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	694	53.6%
26	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	Middle	466	50.9%
27	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	712	38.6%
28	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	Middle	992	33.4%
29	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	810	29.6%

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