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The public middle schools with the highest share of Black students in Bakersfield, California

Across Bakersfield, California, 29 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. Fred L. Thompson Junior High leads the list at 13.3%, against a median of 4.8% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Bakersfield, California

Top % Black

13.3%

Median % Black

4.8%

MOST BLACK · BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black
1	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	714	13.3%(95)
2	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	813	13.2%(107)
3	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	681	12.8%(87)
4	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	973	11.6%(113)
5	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	527	9.1%(48)
6	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	746	8.0%(60)
7	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	965	7.5%(72)
8	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	873	7.5%(65)
9	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	639	7.0%(45)
10	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	807	6.9%(56)
11	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	383	6.5%(25)
12	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	986	6.3%(62)
13	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	708	6.1%(43)
14	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	1,005	5.2%(52)
15	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	693	4.8%(33)
16	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	1,152	4.6%(53)
17	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	869	4.4%(38)
18	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	586	4.3%(25)
19	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	891	3.6%(32)
20	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	489	3.1%(15)
21	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	731	2.9%(21)
22	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	694	2.6%(18)
23	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	810	2.4%(19)
24	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	712	2.3%(16)
25	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	992	1.7%(17)
26	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	609	1.6%(10)
27	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	466	0.6%(3)
28	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	594	0.0%(0)
29	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	302	0.0%(0)

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