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Enrollment
527
Middle
DISTRICT 731 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363007992
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High
800 Chico St., Bakersfield, CA 93305 · (661) 631-5950 · Kern County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of California public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
524 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 6 | 1% |
| Grade 7 | 306 | 58% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 41% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
15.5%
CA avg 49.1% . -25.5pp since 2014
Math
2.9%
CA avg 37.7% . -29.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 3 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 25 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.6% | 13.9% | 20.4% | 64.1% |
| Math | 0.2% | 2.6% | 14.8% | 82.3% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.5% | 2.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.4% | 3.0% |
| 2022-23 | 17.4% | 6.4% |
| 2021-22 | 31.4% | 22.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.5% | 25.1% |
| 2017-18 | 42.9% | 29.8% |
| 2016-17 | 39.7% | 28.5% |
| 2015-16 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| 2014-15 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
8.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Abraham Lincoln Jr. High
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High's state test result (8.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abraham Lincoln Jr. High this school | 527 | 99.4% | 8.8% |
| Paramount Park Middle Paramount | 551 | 96.2% | 31.0% |
| George Washington Carver Middle Los Angeles | 635 | 98.3% | 19.5% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Middle San Bernardino | 581 | 97.1% | 12.9% |
| Curtis Middle San Bernardino | 679 | 97.1% | 17.8% |
| Crown Preparatory Academy Los Angeles | 446 | 94.4% | N/A |
Matched among California middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Abraham Lincoln Jr. High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.8% | #1,214 of 1,224 | #46 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.9% | #1,223 of 1,227 ▼ 2 | #46 of 46 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #1,205 of 1,227 ▼ 3 | #46 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.6pp | #2 of 1,214 | #1 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #882 of 1,377 | #35 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.8:1 | #436 of 1,279 | #16 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.9% | #1,002 of 1,278 | #29 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.4% | #5 of 1,329 | #2 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.9% | #447 of 930 | #12 of 28 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
527
-18 (-3%) vs 2020
+2% since 2000-01, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
19.8:1
was 21.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 527 | 26.7 | 19.8:1 | 99% (524) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 26.5 | 18.8:1 | 96% (476) |
| 2022-23 | 620 | 28.9 | 21.5:1 | 92% (573) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 25 | 21.8:1 | 95% (518) |
| 2017-18 | 634 | 26 | 24.4:1 | 89% (562) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 25 | 23.9:1 | 83% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 488 | N/A | N/A | 89% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 27 | 19.2:1 | 86% (448) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Abraham Lincoln Jr. High.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (634 to 527); teachers up 3% (26 to 26.7).
About Abraham Lincoln Jr. High
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Bakersfield, California, under Bakersfield City. It is open to students in grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 527 students. That is 20% below the average of about 659 students for middle schools in California.
Bakersfield City enrolls 28,365 students, and its 44 schools include Abraham Lincoln Jr. High.
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is 86% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 9% Black and 3% White. That compares with about 57% Hispanic among all Kern County residents. The diversity index for Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 19.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Abraham Lincoln Jr. High, which has 26.7. By comparison, the average for middle schools in California is 20.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is about 99%. The 76% average for public schools in Kern County is 23 points lower.
Among California public middle schools, Abraham Lincoln Jr. High outscored 1%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Abraham Lincoln Jr. High lands between the top and bottom 10% of California schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 8.8%; the prediction is 21.3%.
The school's county is Kern County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Abraham Lincoln Jr. High.
Among nearby public schools, Bessie E. Owens Elementary is closest at about 0.3 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 18.1% proficiency; Abraham Lincoln Jr. High posts 8.8%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 527, down from 545 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 19.8:1, from 21.8:1.
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bakersfield City
- Curran MiddleMiddle · 973 students
- Colonel Howard Nichols ElementaryElementary · 960 students
- Voorhies ElementaryElementary · 915 students
- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Bessie E. Owens Elementary0.3 mi · 867
- Fremont Elementary1.0 mi · 707
- Williams Elementary1.0 mi · 452
- McKinley Elementary1.1 mi · 628
- Rafer Johnson1.2 mi · 32
- Jefferson Elementary1.2 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About Abraham Lincoln Jr. HighHow large is Abraham Lincoln Jr. High?
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High enrolls approximately 527 students in grades 07-08.
Is Abraham Lincoln Jr. High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Abraham Lincoln Jr. High have?
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
How diverse is Abraham Lincoln Jr. High?
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High reports a student body of 3% White, 86% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Abraham Lincoln Jr. High in?
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High is part of Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.