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

46 public middle schools in Kern County, California appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the highest share of Black students, ranked by the share of students who are Black or African American, from federal NCES enrollment data. California City Middle leads the list at 33.5%, against a median of 3.3% across the ranked schools.

The table below is sortable and filterable, and the full list downloads as a CSV. Figures come from federal NCES enrollment data and, where applicable, state assessment results for 2024-25.

Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Top % Black

33.5%

Median % Black

3.3%

MOST BLACK · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	Black students	% Black
1	California City Middle	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	478	160	33.5%
2	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	714	95	13.3%
3	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	813	107	13.2%
4	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	681	87	12.8%
5	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	973	113	11.6%
6	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	527	48	9.1%
7	Tropico Middle	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	815	71	8.7%
8	James Monroe Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	490	41	8.4%
9	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	746	60	8.0%
10	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	965	72	7.5%
11	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	873	65	7.5%
12	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	639	45	7.0%
13	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	807	56	6.9%
14	Murray Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	643	43	6.7%
15	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	383	25	6.5%
16	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	986	62	6.3%
17	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	708	43	6.1%
18	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	1,005	52	5.2%
19	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	693	33	4.8%
20	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	1,152	53	4.6%
21	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	869	38	4.4%
22	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	586	25	4.3%
23	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	891	32	3.6%
24	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	489	15	3.1%
25	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	731	21	2.9%
26	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	694	18	2.6%
27	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	810	19	2.4%
28	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	712	16	2.3%
29	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	992	17	1.7%
30	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	609	10	1.6%
31	Jacobsen Middle	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	925	14	1.5%
32	El Tejon Elementary	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	221	3	1.4%
33	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	591	7	1.2%
34	Palm Avenue Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	631	7	1.1%
35	Lincoln Junior High	Taft, CA	Taft City	748	8	1.1%
36	Richland Junior High	Shafter, CA	Richland Union Elementary	558	5	0.9%
37	Almond Tree Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	554	4	0.7%
38	Haven Drive Middle	Arvin, CA	Arvin Union	612	4	0.7%
39	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	466	3	0.6%
40	La Vina Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	521	2	0.4%
41	Woodrow Wallace Middle	Lake Isabella, CA	Kernville Union Elementary	269	1	0.4%
42	Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	585	2	0.3%
43	McFarland Junior High	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	494	1	0.2%
44	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	594	0	0.0%
45	Myrtle Avenue Elementary	Lamont, CA	Lamont Elementary	422	0	0.0%
46	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	302	0	0.0%

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