Middle · California
Fred L. Thompson Junior High
Free meals for allFred L. Thompson Junior High, a public middle school in Bakersfield, California: grades 7–8, 714 students, 17.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Panama-Buena Vista Union.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 714
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.9
- Students per teacher
- 17.0
- Grades
- 7–8
- Middle
Fewer students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in California
Median 21.0 · 1,371 schools compared
More students per teacher than 70% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 58% of middle schools in California
Median 644 · 1,373 schools compared
Larger than 70% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 7–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
- Run by
- Panama-Buena Vista Union
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Panama-Buena Vista Union.
Location
- Address
- 4200 Planz Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93309
- Phone
- (661)832-8011
- City or town
- Bakersfield
- County
- Kern County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
O. J. Actis Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 681 | 16.2 |
Curran MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 973 | 21.2 |
Greenfield MiddleFree meals for all | 6–8 | 873 | 21.0 |
Sequoia Jr. HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 746 | 21.6 |
Tevis Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 807 | 19.7 |
Stonecreek Junior HighFree meals for all | 7–8 | 986 | 18.9 |
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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