Stonecreek Junior High

Located at 8000 Akers Rd., in Bakersfield, California, Stonecreek Junior High is a mid-sized middle-grades school that hosts 986 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union. That puts it 50% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 659 students.

Panama-Buena Vista Union runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 19,366 students. Stonecreek Junior High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Stonecreek Junior High lists that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest is composed of 14% Asian, 7% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Stonecreek Junior High tighter than the state norm the norm. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Stonecreek Junior High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 30.7%; this one delivers 37.1%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Kern County put 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. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Stonecreek Junior High is one.

Nearest neighbor: Berkshire Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Stonecreek Junior High at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

Stonecreek Junior High operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 969 students in 2018 compared to 986 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 13% to 7% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.5:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 today.

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