Greenfield Middle

As a mid-sized 6-8 campus in Bakersfield, California, Greenfield Middle instructs 873 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within Greenfield Union. Compared to the state average of about 659 students per school, that is 32% bigger than typical.

Greenfield Middle is one of 13 schools operated by Greenfield Union, a district that works with 8,860 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Greenfield Middle records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 7% Black, 5% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Greenfield Middle has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. The state averages about 20.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Greenfield Middle sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 31.0%.

In the area at large, Kern County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Greenfield Middle is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Greenfield Community is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greenfield Middle. On composite proficiency, Greenfield Middle comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Greenfield Middle has ticked down 3%, going from 904 students in 2018 to 873 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.1:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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