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What's the most underrated thing about Beardsley Junior High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
383
Middle
DISTRICT 497 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEARDSLEY ELEMENTARY·NCES 060426000385
Beardsley Junior High
1001 Roberts Ln., Bakersfield, CA 93308 · (661) 392-9254 · Kern County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
19.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.0:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
373 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 7 | 199 | 52% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 48% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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 Beardsley Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
27.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -16.7pp since 2014
Math
11.0%
CA avg 37.7% . -11.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.5% | 22.8% | 30.8% | 41.9% |
| Math | 3.4% | 7.6% | 23.6% | 65.3% |
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 | 27.3% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.9% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.6% | 10.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.4% | 10.6% |
| 2020-21 | 24.4% | 8.4% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 23.7% |
| 2017-18 | 38.6% | 22.2% |
| 2016-17 | 45.9% | 23.8% |
| 2015-16 | 45.0% | 22.0% |
| 2014-15 | 44.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Beardsley Junior High
Beardsley Junior High's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beardsley Junior High this school | 383 | 97.4% | 18.3% |
| Lucille Whitehead Intermediate Waterford | 355 | 88.7% | 22.7% |
| Wilson Middle Chowchilla | 470 | 89.1% | 24.8% |
| Waterford Junior Waterford | 260 | 93.8% | 39.6% |
| Hubert Howe Bancroft Middle Los Angeles | 457 | 91.5% | 27.2% |
| Price Intermediate Orland | 449 | 91.5% | 12.9% |
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 Beardsley Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #1,089 of 1,224 | #36 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.0% | #1,118 of 1,227 ▼ 5 | #33 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.3% | #1,055 of 1,227 no change | #38 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.8pp | #46 of 1,214 | #5 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #1,107 of 1,377 | #43 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.0:1 | #320 of 1,279 | #9 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #583 of 1,278 | #13 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.4% | #30 of 1,329 | #3 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.3% | #121 of 257 | #4 of 18 |
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
383
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 366
Student : Teacher
19.0:1
was 26.8:1
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 | 383 | 20.2 | 19.0:1 | 97% (373) |
| 2023-24 | 380 | 19.8 | 19.2:1 | 96% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 400 | 20 | 20.0:1 | 94% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 15 | 26.8:1 | 95% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 357 | 16 | 22.3:1 | 89% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 333 | 14 | 23.8:1 | 88% (292) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | N/A | N/A | 83% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 371 | 16 | 23.2:1 | 74% (273) |
| 1990-91 | 366 | 16 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beardsley Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (357 to 383); teachers up 26% (16 to 20.2).
About Beardsley Junior High
Beardsley Junior High runs as a small middle school in Bakersfield, California. The school's 383 students are in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 42% lower than the average for middle schools in California, which is about 659.
Beardsley Elementary counts 1,989 students in its 4 schools, and Beardsley Junior High is one of them.
At Beardsley Junior High, Hispanic students make up 62% of the student body. After that, the student body is 26% White, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 19.0:1. This ratio sits 1.7 below the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 97%. That is 21 points above the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
The allk12 Grade for Beardsley Junior High is D. Compared with California public middle schools, the school scored higher than 14% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 22.5% for a school in California with Beardsley Junior High's free or reduced-price lunch share. Beardsley Junior High posts 18.3%.
Kern County census figures show that the median household income is $70,210, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Kern County is home to 279 public schools and about 197,431 public school students.
Beardsley Elementary is the public school closest to Beardsley Junior High, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 21.5% on proficiency, and Beardsley Junior High is below that at 18.3%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 19 fewer students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 19.0 students per teacher, compared with 26.8 in 2020-21.
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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 Beardsley Elementary
- North Beardsley ElementaryElementary · 757 students
- Beardsley ElementaryElementary · 432 students
- San Lauren ElementaryElementary · 417 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
- Beardsley Elementary0.0 mi · 432
- North Beardsley Elementary0.5 mi · 757
- San Lauren Elementary1.2 mi · 417
- Wingland Elementary1.2 mi · 783
- Standard Middle1.3 mi · 1,005
- Standard Elementary1.4 mi · 627
Frequently asked questions
About Beardsley Junior HighHow many students attend Beardsley Junior High?
Beardsley Junior High enrolls approximately 383 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Beardsley Junior High serve?
Beardsley Junior High serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Beardsley Junior High have?
Beardsley Junior High employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
How diverse is Beardsley Junior High?
Beardsley Junior High reports a student body of 26% White, 62% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Beardsley Junior High public or private?
Beardsley Junior High is a public K-12 school, overseen by Beardsley Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.