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