Earl Warren Junior High

Earl Warren Junior High is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union, with 965 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Panama-Buena Vista Union runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 19,366 students. Earl Warren Junior High is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Earl Warren Junior High shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 21% White, 17% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Earl Warren Junior High records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Kern County's rate of about 76%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Earl Warren Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 52.2%.

In the area at large, census data for Kern County shows median household income runs about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Earl Warren Junior High is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Old River Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Earl Warren Junior High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.6%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Earl Warren Junior High has increased 8%, going from 891 students in 2018 to 965 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 23.6:1 in 2018 to 21.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Earl Warren Junior High community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.