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The public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios in Kern County, California

46 public middle schools in Kern County, California appear in this ranking of the public middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratios, ranked by the fewest students per teacher, a proxy for class size and staffing. O. J. Actis Junior High leads the list at 16.2:1, against a median of 20.6:1 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Best Students/teacher

16.2:1

Median Students/teacher

20.6:1

LOWEST RATIO · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	Ratio
1	O. J. Actis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	681	16.2:1
2	Richland Junior High	Shafter, CA	Richland Union Elementary	Middle	558	16.3:1
3	Fred L. Thompson Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	714	17.0:1
4	Woodrow Wallace Middle	Lake Isabella, CA	Kernville Union Elementary	Middle	269	17.1:1
5	Haven Drive Middle	Arvin, CA	Arvin Union	Middle	612	17.1:1
6	Edison Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Edison Elementary	Middle	489	17.3:1
7	Lincoln Junior High	Taft, CA	Taft City	Middle	748	18.6:1
8	Stonecreek Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	986	18.9:1
9	Beardsley Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Beardsley Elementary	Middle	383	19.0:1
10	Almond Tree Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	554	19.4:1
11	Fairfax Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fairfax Elementary	Middle	609	19.4:1
12	James Monroe Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	490	19.4:1
13	Sunset	Bakersfield, CA	Vineland Elementary	Middle	302	19.5:1
14	Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	585	19.6:1
15	Tevis Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	807	19.7:1
16	Abraham Lincoln Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	527	19.8:1
17	La Vina Middle	Delano, CA	Delano Union Elementary	Middle	521	19.8:1
18	McKee Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	869	19.9:1
19	El Tejon Elementary	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	Middle	221	20.0:1
20	Mountain View Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	594	20.2:1
21	Standard Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Standard Elementary	Middle	1,005	20.4:1
22	Tropico Middle	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	Middle	815	20.5:1
23	Compton Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	586	20.6:1
24	Sierra Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	731	20.7:1
25	Freedom Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	712	20.9:1
26	Greenfield Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	873	21.0:1
27	Earl Warren Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Panama-Buena Vista Union	Middle	965	21.1:1
28	Rosedale Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Rosedale Union Elementary	Middle	810	21.1:1
29	Myrtle Avenue Elementary	Lamont, CA	Lamont Elementary	Middle	422	21.1:1
30	Curran Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	973	21.2:1
31	Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary	Bakersfield, CA	Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary	Middle	466	21.2:1
32	Palm Avenue Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	631	21.4:1
33	Walter Stiern Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	891	21.5:1
34	Sequoia Jr. High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	746	21.6:1
35	Washington Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	639	21.6:1
36	Murray Middle	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	Middle	643	21.7:1
37	Chipman Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	708	21.7:1
38	Thomas Jefferson Middle	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union Elementary	Middle	591	21.8:1
39	Emerson Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	813	22.0:1
40	McFarland Junior High	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	Middle	494	22.1:1
41	Jacobsen Middle	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	Middle	925	22.2:1
42	Fruitvale Junior High	Bakersfield, CA	Fruitvale Elementary	Middle	693	22.5:1
43	Paul L. Cato Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Bakersfield City	Middle	694	22.6:1
44	Leon H. Ollivier Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Greenfield Union	Middle	1,152	23.8:1
45	California City Middle	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	Middle	478	25.2:1
46	Norris Middle	Bakersfield, CA	Norris Elementary	Middle	992	25.2:1

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