McKee Middle

McKee Middle is a mid-tier intermediate school in Bakersfield, California, operated by Greenfield Union. The school enrolls 869 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 32% bigger than the state mean of about 659.

Greenfield Union runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 8,860 students. McKee Middle is one of those campuses.

On demographics, McKee Middle shows that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 6% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, McKee Middle performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.0%, the actual is 33.5%, a residual of +9.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Kern County put median household income runs about $70,210, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which McKee Middle is one.

Golden Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts McKee Middle at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 17%: 1,048 students in 2018 compared to 869 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 22.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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