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How has Barstow Junior High changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
646
Middle
DISTRICT 597 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARSTOW UNIFIED·NCES 060402000356
Barstow Junior High
1000 Armory Rd., Barstow, CA 92311 · (760) 255-6204 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% 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.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
20.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.1:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
517 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 5 | 3 | 0% |
| Grade 6 | 2 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 343 | 53% |
| Grade 8 | 298 | 46% |
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within Barstow Unified. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
5.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -23.4pp since 2014
Math
2.7%
CA avg 37.7% . -19.3pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 6 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 23 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.0% | 4.6% | 12.9% | 81.4% |
| Math | 1.2% | 1.5% | 7.8% | 89.5% |
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 | 5.6% | 2.7% |
| 2023-24 | 7.2% | 1.8% |
| 2022-23 | 14.2% | 3.9% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 2.1% |
| 2020-21 | 12.7% | 3.6% |
| 2018-19 | 22.6% | 9.7% |
| 2017-18 | 21.9% | 10.4% |
| 2016-17 | 19.3% | 13.7% |
| 2015-16 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
4.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 4% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 33% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Barstow Junior High
Barstow Junior High's state test result (4.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barstow Junior High this school | 646 | 80.0% | 4.3% |
| Imogene Garner Hook Junior High Victorville | 665 | 82.4% | 17.3% |
| Gifford C. Cole Middle Lancaster | 697 | 82.1% | 16.1% |
| Barstow Intermediate Barstow | 692 | 88.7% | 5.5% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Junior High Pittsburg | 706 | 84.4% | 23.8% |
| Larrea Middle Victorville | 769 | 77.6% | 20.4% |
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 Barstow Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 4.3% | #1,223 of 1,224 | #76 of 76 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.7% | #1,225 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #76 of 76 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.6% | #1,226 of 1,227 ▼ 1 | #76 of 76 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #683 of 1,377 | #54 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #570 of 1,279 | #30 of 74 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #416 of 1,278 | #16 of 74 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.0% | #547 of 1,329 | #43 of 77 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #769 of 930 | #51 of 56 |
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
646
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 752
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 24.9:1
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 | 646 | 31.1 | 20.8:1 | 80% (517) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 27.2 | 25.9:1 | 77% (541) |
| 2022-23 | 742 | 30.4 | 24.4:1 | 80% (590) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 28 | 24.9:1 | 87% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 30 | 23.1:1 | 87% (606) |
| 2015-16 | 614 | 30 | 20.5:1 | 81% (498) |
| 2010-11 | 784 | N/A | N/A | 72% (564) |
| 2000-01 | 731 | 31 | 23.6:1 | 55% (401) |
| 1990-91 | 752 | 39 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barstow Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (693 to 646); teachers up 4% (30 to 31.1).
About Barstow Junior High
Barstow Junior High is one of the public schools in Barstow, California. It is a medium-sized middle school. The school had 646 students in grades 7 through 8 in 2024-25.
Barstow Unified oversees Barstow Junior High and 12 other schools, with 6,118 students in total.
At Barstow Junior High, Hispanic students make up 57% of the student body. The next largest groups are 21% Black, 13% White, and 7% multiracial. County-wide, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Barstow Junior High in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.8:1. For comparison, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. The lunch program counts 80% of students at Barstow Junior High as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Barstow Junior High an F. The grade compares the school only with California public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Barstow Junior High would score about 32.6%. It scores 4.3%, a bottom-10% result among California schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for San Bernardino County show that the median household income is $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Barstow Junior High is one of 583 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Barstow Junior High is Barstow Intermediate, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Barstow Junior High is 7th of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Barstow Junior High declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 698 to 646 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 24.9:1 to 20.8:1.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Barstow Unified
- Barstow HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Barstow IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Barstow STEM AcademyMiddle · 454 students
- Cameron ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Barstow Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 405 students
- Montara ElementaryElementary · 403 students
Other schools in Barstow
- Barstow HighHigh · 1,558 students
- Barstow IntermediateMiddle · 692 students
- Mojave River Academy - Silver MountainCombined · 677 students
- Barstow STEM AcademyMiddle · 454 students
- Cameron ElementaryElementary · 436 students
- Barstow Fine Arts AcademyElementary · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Barstow Intermediate0.0 mi · 692
- Cameron Elementary0.6 mi · 436
- Crestline Elementary0.7 mi · 371
- Montara Elementary0.9 mi · 403
- Barstow High1.3 mi · 1,558
- Barstow STEM Academy1.3 mi · 454
Frequently asked questions
About Barstow Junior HighHow many students attend Barstow Junior High?
Barstow Junior High enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Barstow Junior High serve?
Barstow Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barstow Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barstow Junior High is approximately 20.8:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Barstow Junior High?
Student demographics at Barstow Junior High are roughly 13% White, 57% Hispanic, 21% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Barstow Junior High public or private?
Barstow Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Barstow Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.