Curran Middle

Curran Middle operates as a moderately sized intermediate school in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Bakersfield City. Current enrollment sits at 973 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 659 students each, so Curran Middle sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Curran Middle is one of 44 schools operated by Bakersfield City, a district that teaches 28,365 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Curran Middle records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest looks like 12% Black, 5% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, Curran Middle has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 87% of students at Curran Middle qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Curran Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.4%, the actual is 19.3%, a residual of -9.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Kern County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Curran Middle is one.

Munsey Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Curran Middle ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 20.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. Curran Middle's enrollment has ticked up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 893 (now 973).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Curran Middle typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.