Baker Junior High

Set in Baker, California, Baker Junior High is a tiny junior high, run under Baker Valley Unified. It educates 35 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 95% smaller than the state mean of about 659.

Baker Valley Unified comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 125 students; Baker Junior High is among them.

Demographically, Baker Junior High logs that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 23% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Baker Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at Baker Junior High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, Baker Junior High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.6%; Baker Junior High posts 11.0%, -27.6 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) records that median household income runs about $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Baker Junior High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Nearest neighbor: Baker High, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Baker Junior High.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 41 students in 2018 compared to 35 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 23% over that span.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.