Summary:
Sierra Middle is a public middle school located in Bakersfield, California, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 738 students. It is part of the Bakersfield City School District, which is ranked 1338 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Sierra Middle has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of California middle schools over the past decade, with its statewide ranking ranging from 1810 to 2676 out of around 2,500-2,800 middle schools.
Sierra Middle significantly underperforms the Bakersfield City and California averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, only 24.31% of Sierra Middle students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 27.74% for Bakersfield City and 47.04% for California. In Mathematics, only 5.82% of Sierra Middle students were proficient or better, compared to 15.01% for Bakersfield City and 35.54% for California. The school's performance in CAST Science assessments is also well below the Bakersfield City and California averages, with only 10% of students proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to 15.58% for Bakersfield City and 30.7% for California. Sierra Middle also has consistently high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 8.8% in 2020-2021 to 51.9% in 2021-2022, significantly higher than the state average.
Sierra Middle's academic performance is consistently lower than the nearby middle schools, including Sequoia Junior High, Washington Middle, Paul L. Cato Middle, Emerson Middle, Chipman Junior High, Walter Stiern Middle, and Abraham Lincoln Junior High. These schools, while still generally underperforming the state averages, have significantly higher proficiency rates in ELA, Mathematics, and Science compared to Sierra Middle.
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Detail:
Public 6-8
District:
Bakersfield City
SchoolDigger Rank:
2498th of 2,777 California Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $7,233
Students who attend Sierra Middle usually attend:
Feeder schools for Sierra Middle:
Student/teacher ratio: 23.1
Number of students: 738
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
92.1%
African American:
3.4%
White:
2.3%
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Two or more races:
1.1%
American Indian:
0.8%
Asian:
0.3%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 89.4%
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