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The lowest-poverty (most affluent) public middle schools in Kern County, California

Across Kern County, California, 46 public middle schools are ranked here, ranked by the smallest share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Rosedale Middle leads the list at 29.6%, against a median of 87.7% 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

Best % FRL

29.6%

Median % FRL

87.7%

LOWEST POVERTY · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	810	29.6%
2	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	Middle	992	33.4%
3	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	712	38.6%
4	Jacobsen Middle	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	Middle	925	46.5%
5	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	Middle	466	50.9%
6	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	694	53.6%
7	Murray Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	643	56.1%
8	James Monroe Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	490	58.4%
9	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	965	59.4%
10	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	708	66.2%
11	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	Middle	693	72.6%
12	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	807	73.7%
13	Myrtle Avenue Elementary	Lamont, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	422	78.2%
14	La Vina Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	521	78.9%
15	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	594	80.8%
16	Tropico Middle	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	Middle	815	81.2%
17	Woodrow Wallace Middle	Lake Isabella, CA	Kernville Union Elementary	Middle	269	81.4%
18	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	891	81.5%
19	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	986	81.8%
20	El Tejon Elementary	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	Middle	221	83.7%
21	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	681	84.6%
22	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	586	85.8%
23	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	973	87.4%
24	McFarland Junior High	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	Middle	494	88.1%
25	California City Middle	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	Middle	478	88.1%
26	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	Middle	489	88.1%
27	Palm Avenue Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	631	89.1%
28	Lincoln Junior High	Taft, CA	Taft City	Middle	748	89.6%
29	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	Middle	1,005	89.9%
30	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	813	90.2%
31	Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	585	90.4%
32	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	591	90.9%
33	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	639	91.1%
34	Richland Junior High	Shafter, CA	Richland Union Elementary	Middle	558	91.4%
35	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	714	91.6%
36	Almond Tree Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	554	91.7%
37	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	869	93.2%
38	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	1,152	93.7%
39	Haven Drive Middle	Arvin, CA	Arvin Union	Middle	612	94.4%
40	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	873	95.6%
41	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	731	96.4%
42	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	746	97.2%
43	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	Middle	609	97.2%
44	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	Middle	383	97.4%
45	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	527	99.4%
46	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	Middle	302	100%

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