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Enrollment
558
Middle
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHLAND UNION ELEMENTARY·NCES 062145009565
Richland Junior High
331 Shafter Ave., Shafter, CA 93263 · (661) 746-8630 · Kern County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 25% of California public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
16.3:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.7:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
510 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 7 | 265 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 293 | 53% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
Based on grade levels within Richland Union Elementary. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
28.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +11.3pp since 2014
Math
17.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 6.0% | 22.3% | 26.0% | 45.7% |
| Math | 5.7% | 12.2% | 26.7% | 55.3% |
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 | 28.3% | 17.9% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 10.9% |
| 2022-23 | 22.7% | 12.6% |
| 2021-22 | 28.3% | 10.3% |
| 2020-21 | 29.1% | 12.8% |
| 2018-19 | 29.0% | 21.2% |
| 2017-18 | 29.5% | 20.5% |
| 2016-17 | 24.6% | 16.0% |
| 2015-16 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
| 2014-15 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
20.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 Richland Junior High
Richland Junior High's state test result (20.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richland Junior High this school | 558 | 91.4% | 20.6% |
| General Grant Middle Reedley | 526 | 91.3% | 54.4% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Indio | 591 | 92.0% | 11.5% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle Wasco | 591 | 90.9% | 24.1% |
| Valor Academy Middle North Hills | 510 | 92.4% | N/A |
| Eastmont Intermediate Montebello | 562 | 91.6% | 27.9% |
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 Richland Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.6% | #1,034 of 1,224 | #30 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #927 of 1,227 ▲ 155 | #22 of 46 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #1,032 of 1,227 ▲ 20 | #34 of 46 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.8pp | #412 of 1,214 | #14 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #837 of 1,377 | #33 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #71 of 1,279 | #2 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #1,145 of 1,278 | #39 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.4% | #236 of 1,329 | #13 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #264 of 930 | #5 of 28 |
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
558
-78 (-12%) vs 2020
+26% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 558 | 34.2 | 16.3:1 | 91% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 34.3 | 17.0:1 | 87% (511) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 33.6 | 17.5:1 | 82% (481) |
| 2020-21 | 636 | 34 | 18.7:1 | 74% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 38.8 | 18.6:1 | 92% (662) |
| 2015-16 | 794 | 36 | 22.1:1 | 91% (726) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 99% (538) |
| 2000-01 | 755 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 82% (620) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 24 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richland Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (722 to 558); teachers down 12% (38.8 to 34.2).
About Richland Junior High
Federal records list Richland Junior High as a middle school in Shafter, California. The school has 558 students in 2024-25 across grades 7 through 8.
The 4 schools of Richland Union Elementary, including Richland Junior High, enroll 2,410 students.
Hispanic students are 94% of those enrolled at Richland Junior High. The rest of enrollment is 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Kern County's population at about 57%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 12%.
The school's 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Income data for the school show 91% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Kern County report 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Richland Junior High lands at C, ahead of 25% of California public middle schools.
Richland Junior High's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.6% is 5.4 points below the 26.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the wider Kern County area, median household income comes to about $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Kern County's 279 public schools enroll about 197,431 students and include Richland Junior High.
Measured in a straight line, Redwood Elementary is less than a tenth of a mile from Richland Junior High. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Richland Junior High comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Richland Junior High has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment was 558 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 636. The ratio was 18.7:1 in 2020-21 and 16.3:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Richland Junior High can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 Richland Union Elementary
- Golden Oak ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
Other schools in Shafter
- Shafter HighHigh · 1,599 students
- Golden Oak ElementaryElementary · 717 students
- Redwood ElementaryElementary · 601 students
- Sequoia ElementaryElementary · 534 students
- Maple ElementaryElementary · 287 students
- Central Valley High (Continuation)High · 86 students
Nearby schools
- Redwood Elementary0.0 mi · 601
- Golden Oak Elementary0.4 mi · 717
- Central Valley High (Continuation)0.7 mi · 86
- Shafter High0.7 mi · 1,599
- Grow Academy Shafter1.0 mi · 80
- Sequoia Elementary1.0 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Richland Junior HighHow large is Richland Junior High?
Richland Junior High enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 07-08.
Is Richland Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Richland Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Richland Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Richland Junior High is approximately 16.3:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Richland Junior High?
Student demographics at Richland Junior High are roughly 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian.
What district is Richland Junior High in?
Richland Junior High is part of Richland Union Elementary.
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