Washington Middle

Washington Middle, an average-sized middle-grades school in Bakersfield, California, part of Bakersfield City, teaches 639 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 44 schools in Bakersfield City (28,365 students total), Washington Middle accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Washington Middle logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). The remainder breaks down as 7% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Washington Middle logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.7:1, putting Washington Middle higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 91% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Kern County's rate of about 76%.

After controlling for student poverty, Washington Middle is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 25.2%; Washington Middle posts 9.6%, -15.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,210 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Washington Middle is one.

Myra A. Noble Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Washington Middle comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 19.6%.

Washington Middle operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Washington Middle has ticked down 9%, going from 702 students in 2018 to 639 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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