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The highest-performing public middle schools in reading in Kern County, California

46 public middle schools in Kern County, California appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public middle schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. Earl Warren Junior High leads the list at 68.6%, against a median of 32.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

68.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

32.3%

BEST IN READING · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	965	68.6%
2	La Vina Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	521	64.4%
3	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	986	60.7%
4	Almond Tree Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	554	60.6%
5	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	Middle	693	58.4%
6	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	Middle	466	56.2%
7	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	Middle	992	54.4%
8	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	712	53.9%
9	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	810	53.5%
10	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	1,152	52.5%
11	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	807	49.2%
12	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	694	49.1%
13	Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	585	45.9%
14	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	869	43.2%
15	Palm Avenue Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	631	40.8%
16	El Tejon Elementary	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	Middle	221	40.5%
17	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	873	39.7%
18	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	708	39.6%
19	Haven Drive Middle	Arvin, CA	Arvin Union	Middle	612	37.3%
20	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	681	34.0%
21	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	Middle	609	32.8%
22	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	591	32.7%
23	James Monroe Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	490	32.6%
24	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	714	32.0%
25	Woodrow Wallace Middle	Lake Isabella, CA	Kernville Union Elementary	Middle	269	31.3%
26	Jacobsen Middle	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	Middle	925	30.9%
27	McFarland Junior High	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	Middle	494	30.5%
28	Lincoln Junior High	Taft, CA	Taft City	Middle	748	30.3%
29	Tropico Middle	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	Middle	815	29.7%
30	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	Middle	302	29.6%
31	Murray Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	643	29.5%
32	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	586	29.2%
33	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	594	28.7%
34	Richland Junior High	Shafter, CA	Richland Union Elementary	Middle	558	28.3%
35	Myrtle Avenue Elementary	Lamont, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	422	28.2%
36	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	973	28.0%
37	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	731	27.4%
38	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	Middle	383	27.3%
39	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	Middle	489	26.2%
40	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	813	24.8%
41	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	891	22.6%
42	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	Middle	1,005	21.6%
43	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	639	20.6%
44	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	746	20.0%
45	California City Middle	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	Middle	478	15.9%
46	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	527	15.5%

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