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Which teacher or staff member at Edison Middle deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
489
Middle
DISTRICT 553 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EDISON ELEMENTARY·NCES 061194007697
Edison Middle
721 South Edison Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93307 · (661) 366-8216 · Kern County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL489 STUDENTS
D
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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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
17.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
431 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 130 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 22% |
| Grade 7 | 127 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 125 | 26% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Edison Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
26.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.8pp since 2014
Math
12.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 6 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 | 5.1% | 21.1% | 26.0% | 47.8% |
| Math | 3.4% | 8.7% | 26.2% | 61.7% |
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 | 26.2% | 12.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 11.7% |
| 2022-23 | 27.4% | 10.9% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 13.2% |
| 2018-19 | 34.5% | 22.0% |
| 2017-18 | 37.8% | 21.8% |
| 2016-17 | 37.2% | 25.3% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 20.0% |
| 2014-15 | 32.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
19.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% 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 Edison Middle
Edison Middle's state test result (19.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edison Middle this school | 489 | 88.1% | 19.7% |
| Bryant Middle Dos Palos | 487 | 87.9% | 12.8% |
| Riverdale Elementary Riverdale | 507 | 90.5% | 31.1% |
| Vina Danks Middle Ontario | 544 | 90.3% | 26.0% |
| De Anza Middle Ontario | 510 | 90.2% | 38.6% |
| James Jordan Middle Reseda | 456 | 87.1% | N/A |
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 Edison Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.7% | #1,056 of 1,224 | #33 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #1,090 of 1,227 ▼ 28 | #31 of 46 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #1,073 of 1,227 ▼ 131 | #39 of 46 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.1pp | #833 of 1,214 | #29 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 489 | #938 of 1,377 | #39 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #128 of 1,279 | #6 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.0% | #1,042 of 1,278 | #35 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #337 of 1,329 | #21 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.6% | #135 of 257 | #5 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
489
+73 (+18%) vs 2020
+65% since 1990-91, when it was 297
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 489 | 28.3 | 17.3:1 | 88% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 27.7 | 16.6:1 | 97% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 26.3 | 17.4:1 | 85% (391) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 23 | 18.1:1 | 85% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 463 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 92% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 95% (457) |
| 2010-11 | 484 | N/A | N/A | 86% (414) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 20 | 23.4:1 | 70% (327) |
| 1990-91 | 297 | 13 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edison Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (463 to 489); teachers up 9% (26 to 28.3).
About Edison Middle
Edison Middle is a small middle school in Bakersfield, California, one of the schools in Edison Elementary. Total enrollment is 489 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8. It has 26% fewer students than the average for middle schools in California (about 659).
In Edison Elementary, 2 schools enroll a combined 1,106 students.
The share of students at Edison Middle who are Hispanic is 89%. Other groups make up 7% White and 3% Black. County-wide, 57% of Kern County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
With 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Roughly 88% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Kern County is 76%.
Edison Middle earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 14% of California public middle schools.
Schools in California with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 27.9%. Edison Middle scores 19.7%.
For the population of Kern County, median household income comes to about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Edison Middle.
About 1.7 miles separate Edison Middle from the closest public school, Orangewood Elementary. The five-mile area around Edison Middle holds at least 8 other public schools. Edison Middle's average proficiency of 19.7% compares with 28.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 18%.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
Other Edison Middle schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Edison Middle. Edison Middle is the 10th largest of the 12.
- Edison MiddleGreen Bay, WI · 1,121 students
- Edison Middle School - 06Sioux Falls, SD · 937 students
- Edison Middle SchoolMeriden, CT · 773 students
- Edison Middle SchoolChampaign, IL · 647 students
- Edison Middle SchoolWheaton, IL · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Orangewood Elementary1.7 mi · 617
- Foothill High2.5 mi · 2,043
- Voorhies Elementary2.7 mi · 915
- Shirley Lane Elementary2.9 mi · 617
- Cesar E. Chavez Elementary3.1 mi · 621
- Walter Stiern Middle3.1 mi · 891
Frequently asked questions
About Edison MiddleHow large is Edison Middle?
Edison Middle enrolls approximately 489 students in grades 05-08.
What age range does Edison Middle serve?
Edison Middle serves students from grade 05 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Edison Middle?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Edison Middle.
How diverse is Edison Middle?
Edison Middle reports a student body of 7% White, 89% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Edison Middle?
Edison Middle is overseen by Edison Elementary in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.