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Enrollment
807
Middle
DISTRICT 831 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANAMA-BUENA VISTA UNION·NCES 060639009338
Tevis Junior High
3901 Pin Oak Park Blvd., Bakersfield, CA 93311 · (661) 664-7211 · Kern County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL807 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of California public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
19.7:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
595 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 406 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 401 | 50% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
49.2%
CA avg 49.1% . +6.2pp since 2014
Math
26.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.0% | 31.2% | 25.8% | 25.0% |
| Math | 12.7% | 13.4% | 25.1% | 48.8% |
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 | 49.2% | 26.1% |
| 2023-24 | 51.4% | 26.4% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 27.8% |
| 2021-22 | 50.7% | 24.7% |
| 2018-19 | 55.4% | 31.8% |
| 2017-18 | 48.5% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 49.8% | 31.1% |
| 2015-16 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Tevis Junior High
Tevis Junior High's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tevis Junior High this school | 807 | 73.7% | 38.3% |
| Roosevelt Junior High Modesto | 818 | 74.7% | 33.0% |
| Mountain View Middle Beaumont | 978 | 70.1% | 31.3% |
| Tenaya Middle Fresno | 876 | 71.8% | 30.0% |
| Matthew Gage Middle Riverside | 840 | 70.1% | 35.9% |
| Cucamonga Middle Rancho Cucamonga | 662 | 71.5% | 37.8% |
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 Tevis Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #551 of 1,224 | #12 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #691 of 1,227 ▼ 61 | #14 of 46 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #505 of 1,227 ▼ 92 | #11 of 46 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #840 of 1,214 | #32 of 46 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 807 | #430 of 1,377 | #14 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.7:1 | #430 of 1,279 | #15 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #470 of 1,278 | #10 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #671 of 1,329 | #35 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #170 of 257 | #9 of 18 |
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
807
+52 (+7%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
19.7:1
was 21.0:1
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 | 807 | 40.9 | 19.7:1 | 74% (595) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 39.5 | 21.3:1 | 72% (605) |
| 2022-23 | 803 | 38.1 | 21.1:1 | 66% (533) |
| 2020-21 | 755 | 36 | 21.0:1 | 55% (412) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 33.1 | 23.6:1 | 55% (428) |
| 2015-16 | 782 | 31 | 25.2:1 | 54% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 702 | N/A | N/A | 44% (307) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 37 | 22.6:1 | 11% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 34 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tevis Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (780 to 807); teachers up 24% (33.1 to 40.9).
About Tevis Junior High
As a mid-sized middle school, Tevis Junior High serves students in Bakersfield, California. Students in grades 7 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 807 students. By comparison, middle schools in California enroll about 659 students on average.
Panama-Buena Vista Union is made up of 25 schools with 19,366 students in all.
Hispanic students are 60% of those enrolled at Tevis Junior High. The rest of enrollment is 21% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is in line with Kern County, where about 57% of residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
On staff are 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.7:1. Statewide, middle schools in California average 20.7:1. Tevis Junior High has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 74%. The average for public schools in Kern County is similar, at 76%.
On the allk12 Grade, Tevis Junior High lands at B, ahead of 57% of California public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Tevis Junior High is 36.3%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.3%.
Kern County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Tevis Junior High shares Kern County with 278 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Tevis Junior High is closest to Sing Lum Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Tevis Junior High ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal data place Tevis Junior High in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 807 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 755. The ratio was 21.0:1 in 2020-21 and 19.7:1 in 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Tevis Junior High. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Panama-Buena Vista Union
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- Earl Warren Junior HighMiddle · 965 students
- Berkshire ElementaryElementary · 932 students
- Bill L. Williams ElementaryElementary · 926 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Nearby schools
- Sing Lum Elementary0.6 mi · 809
- Christa McAuliffe Elementary0.6 mi · 524
- Leo B. Hart Elementary0.7 mi · 705
- Old River Elementary0.7 mi · 795
- Laurelglen Elementary0.9 mi · 574
- Earl Warren Junior High1.3 mi · 965
Frequently asked questions
About Tevis Junior HighHow large is Tevis Junior High?
Tevis Junior High enrolls approximately 807 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Tevis Junior High serve?
Tevis Junior High serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Tevis Junior High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Tevis Junior High is approximately 19.7:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Tevis Junior High?
At Tevis Junior High, the student body is approximately 21% White, 60% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Tevis Junior High?
Tevis Junior High is overseen by Panama-Buena Vista Union in Kern County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.