Sequoia Jr. High

Sequoia Jr. High operates as a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Bakersfield, California, run under Bakersfield City. Current enrollment sits at 746 students spanning grades 7 through 8.

Within Bakersfield City, which oversees 44 schools and 28,365 students, Sequoia Jr. High is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Sequoia Jr. High records that nearly all students (87%) are Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 8% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 20.7:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sequoia Jr. High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.6%; this one delivers 15.3%.

Across the wider county, Kern County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), Sequoia Jr. High is one campus in the mix.

Wayside Elementary 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. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Sequoia Jr. High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 17.8%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sequoia Jr. High has edged down 33%, going from 1,110 students in 2018 to 746 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 25.6:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 today.

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