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Enrollment
973
Middle
DISTRICT 731 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000295
Curran Middle
1116 Lymric Way, Bakersfield, CA 93309 · (661) 631-5240 · Kern County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL973 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
850 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 | 198 | 20% |
| Grade 7 | 371 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 404 | 42% |
Student demographics
36%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
28.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
7.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.5% | 20.4% | 27.0% | 45.0% |
| Math | 1.4% | 5.8% | 21.6% | 71.2% |
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 | 28.0% | 7.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.4% | 9.6% |
| 2022-23 | 29.1% | 9.7% |
| 2021-22 | 29.3% | 9.4% |
| 2018-19 | 35.7% | 15.7% |
| 2017-18 | 31.9% | 17.8% |
| 2016-17 | 27.0% | 15.5% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
19.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.4%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Curran Middle
Curran Middle's state test result (19.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curran Middle this school | 973 | 87.4% | 19.3% |
| Desert Willow Fine Arts Sci and Tech Magnet Acad Palmdale | 948 | 89.7% | 19.9% |
| Monte Vista Middle San Jacinto | 893 | 90.9% | 15.0% |
| Franklin Classical Middle Long Beach | 991 | 87.7% | 27.7% |
| Mountain View Middle Moreno Valley | 1,114 | 87.1% | 25.8% |
| Emerson Middle Bakersfield | 813 | 90.2% | 15.1% |
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 Curran Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.3% | #1,069 of 1,224 | #34 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.1% | #1,192 of 1,227 ▼ 65 | #41 of 46 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,041 of 1,227 ▼ 178 | #36 of 46 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.8pp | #212 of 1,214 | #8 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 973 | #220 of 1,377 | #5 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.2:1 | #655 of 1,279 | #30 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #884 of 1,278 | #24 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #367 of 1,329 | #24 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #104 of 257 | #2 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
973
+65 (+7%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 788
Student : Teacher
21.2:1
was 23.3:1
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 | 973 | 45.9 | 21.2:1 | 87% (850) |
| 2023-24 | 1,043 | 44.7 | 23.3:1 | 91% (954) |
| 2022-23 | 1,023 | 43.4 | 23.6:1 | 87% (891) |
| 2020-21 | 908 | 39 | 23.3:1 | 96% (869) |
| 2017-18 | 893 | 40.6 | 22.0:1 | 93% (827) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 37 | 24.8:1 | 86% (789) |
| 2010-11 | 868 | N/A | N/A | 88% (768) |
| 2000-01 | 874 | 44 | 19.9:1 | 81% (712) |
| 1990-91 | 788 | 33 | 23.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Curran Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (893 to 973); teachers up 13% (40.6 to 45.9).
About Curran Middle
Curran Middle operates as a mid-sized middle-grades school in Bakersfield, California. Enrollment stands at 973 students, covering grades 6 through 8. It has 48% more students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
Bakersfield City runs 44 schools with a combined 28,365 students. Curran Middle is one of them.
The largest group at Curran Middle is Hispanic students, at 79%. The remaining students are 12% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Curran Middle scores 36%.
On staff are 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 21.2:1. The 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California is close to this figure. About 87% of students at Curran Middle are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Kern County, the average is 76%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Curran Middle falls in the middle 80% of California schools: 19.3% actual against 28.4% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Kern County show that median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kern County counts 279 public schools with about 197,431 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Munsey Elementary, is about 0.3 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Curran Middle ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Curran Middle in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21, Curran Middle enrolled 908 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 973. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.3:1 to 21.2:1.
People who know Curran Middle can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- 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
- Dr. Juliet Thorner ElementaryElementary · 813 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
- Munsey Elementary0.3 mi · 663
- Evergreen Elementary0.8 mi · 660
- West High0.8 mi · 2,159
- Stine Elementary0.8 mi · 615
- Kern Workforce 2000 Academy1.1 mi · 491
- Amy B. Seibert Elementary1.2 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Curran MiddleWhat is the total enrollment at Curran Middle?
Curran Middle enrolls approximately 973 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Curran Middle serve?
Curran Middle serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Curran Middle?
Approximately 21.2:1 students per teacher at Curran Middle.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Curran Middle?
At Curran Middle, the student body is approximately 5% White, 79% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Curran Middle public or private?
Curran Middle is a public K-12 school, overseen by Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.