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