Lincoln Junior High

Lincoln Junior High is one of the reasonably sized junior highs in Taft, California, operated by Taft City, with 748 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

Taft City comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,404 students; Lincoln Junior High is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lincoln Junior High shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%; the rest breaks down as 27% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lincoln Junior High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 26.1%, the actual is 23.4%, a residual of -2.7 points.

In the surrounding community, Kern County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Lincoln Junior High is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Elementary, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lincoln Junior High at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Lincoln Junior High has held roughly steady, going from 736 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 70% across the same window.

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