Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Summary:

Abraham Lincoln Junior High is a public middle school located in Bakersfield, California, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 620 students. The school 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.

Abraham Lincoln Junior High has faced significant challenges in recent years. The school has experienced a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism rates, rising from 13.7% in 2018-2019 to 53.7% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the state average. Academically, the school's proficiency rates in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy, Mathematics, and Science are significantly lower than the Bakersfield City and California averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's proficiency rates in Mathematics ranged from 2.5% to 3.32%, compared to 11.18% to 15.01% for the Bakersfield City district and 31.57% to 35.54% for the state of California.

When compared to nearby schools, Curran Middle and Chipman Junior High, which are also part of the Bakersfield City School District, as well as Beardsley Junior High and Fairfax Junior High, which are in other districts, generally outperform Abraham Lincoln Junior High in academic measures. Additionally, the school serves a predominantly low-income student population, with a very high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 86.46% to 95.05% over the past few years.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 815 Eureka St.
       Bakersfield, CA  93305-5911


(661) 631-5950

District: Bakersfield City

SchoolDigger Rank:
2692nd of 2,777 California Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,461 Help


Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Junior High usually attend:

High:    Bakersfield High

Feeder schools for Abraham Lincoln Junior High:

Elementary:    Bessie E. Owens Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  18.7 Help
Number of students:  498

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
86.5%
African American:
7.8%
White:
4.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  95.6% Help


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Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Junior High is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2022 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.77. (See more...)
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Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Junior High ranks worse than 96.9% of middle schools in California. It also ranks last among 10 ranked middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.96. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Abraham Lincoln Junior High has the smallest middle school student body size in the Bakersfield City School District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (86.5%), African American (7.8%), White (4.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 95.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Abraham Lincoln Junior High is 18.7, which is the lowest among 10 middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District! (See more...)
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Compare Abraham Lincoln Junior High employs 26.5 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Abraham Lincoln Junior High is $8,461, which is the highest among 10 middle schools in the Bakersfield City School District!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Abraham Lincoln Junior High was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Abraham Lincoln Junior High 2692nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Abraham Lincoln Junior High in the ranking list.)

Bakersfield City:

SchoolDigger ranks Bakersfield City 1338th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 37.39 2785th 4809 42.1%
2005 39.60 2737th 4822 43.2%
2006 36.08 2931st 4818 39.2%
2007 29.03 3645th 5113 28.7%
2008 33.34 3371st 5113 34.1%
2009 38.59 3141st 5193 39.5%
2010 40.68 3130th 5314 41.1%
2011 33.58 3711th 5377 31.0%
2012 42.96 3079th 5390 42.9%
2013 36.64 3554th 5530 35.7%
2015 48.95 2501st 5611 55.4%
2016 45.38 2755th 5614 50.9%
2017 38.28 3220th 5692 43.4%
2018 39.04 3216th 5662 43.2%
2019 29.14 4001st 5789 30.9%
2022 30.77 3814th 5883 35.2%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.85 1722nd 3246 47.0%
2019 26.30 2756th 3275 15.8%
2022 34.53 2247th 3311 32.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 44.58 2702nd 5084 46.9%
2019 34.15 3563rd 5173 31.1%
2022 33.90 3513th 5264 33.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 25.15 302nd 356 15.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.07 3016th 5413 44.3%
2019 32.25 3650th 5492 33.5%
2022 23.68 4356th 5635 22.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.93 1591st 2128 25.2%
2019 34.34 1571st 2585 39.2%
2022 49.78 814th 2227 63.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.65 3238th 5431 40.4%
2019 27.09 4015th 5510 27.1%
2022 39.29 3050th 5663 46.1%
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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.29 185th 700 73.6%
2019 47.08 339th 747 54.6%
2022 54.85 221st 663 66.7%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.77 2304th 4830 52.3%
2019 37.31 3142nd 4963 36.7%
2022 40.11 2896th 5084 43.0%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.18 1381st 2737 49.5%
2019 56.50 1324th 2834 53.3%
2022 52.72 1375th 2726 49.6%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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Rank History for all middle school students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 11.01 2675th 2802 4.5%
2024 8.96 2692nd 2777 3.1%
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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 29.44 1253rd 1529 18.1%
2024 32.75 1088th 1477 26.3%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 26.44 1203rd 1538 21.8%
2024 17.20 1525th 1550 1.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 13.16 2403rd 2549 5.7%
2024 10.27 2481st 2575 3.7%
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Rank History for middle school Migrant students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 33.32 60th 86 30.2%
2024 11.48 91st 94 3.2%
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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 9.68 392nd 394 0.5%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 10.75 2460th 2547 3.4%
2024 9.22 2481st 2546 2.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 11.90 2422nd 2558 5.3%
2024 8.81 2497th 2547 2.0%
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Rank History for middle school African American students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 14.42 588th 614 4.2%
2024 15.36 598th 626 4.5%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 13.16 2260th 2391 5.5%
2024 10.23 2301st 2383 3.4%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2000 58 91 6 335 6 n/a n/a 0 496
2001 72 78 7 358 4 n/a n/a 0 519
2002 68 69 11 383 3 n/a n/a 4 538
2003 68 69 11 383 3 n/a n/a 4 538
2004 64 76 9 405 3 n/a n/a 3 560
2005 54 80 8 451 4 n/a n/a 1 598
2006 55 84 4 456 6 n/a n/a 5 610
2007 46 58 6 427 3 n/a n/a 0 540
2008 42 65 12 379 3 n/a n/a 0 501
2009 45 58 16 334 5 0 1 0 459
2010 41 56 14 370 6 0 0 0 487
2011 45 53 12 369 6 0 3 0 488
2012 45 63 9 401 5 0 8 0 531
2013 49 64 11 416 2 0 9 0 551
2014 36 57 10 447 1 0 8 0 559
2015 53 55 14 446 2 0 9 0 579
2016 52 48 10 475 5 0 7 0 597
2017 54 59 6 483 3 0 6 0 611
2018 48 62 4 506 3 0 11 0 634
2019 41 55 4 459 1 0 9 0 569
2020 42 64 5 427 8 0 7 0 553
2021 46 59 5 425 3 0 7 0 545
2022 35 54 4 388 5 3 6 0 495
2023 22 41 2 541 7 0 7 0 620
2024 21 39 0 431 2 0 5 0 498

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 496 23.0 21.6 86.7
2001 519 27.8 18.7 86.3
2002 538 23.0 23.4 86.9
2003 538 23.0 23.4 86.9
2004 560 27.5 20.4 88
2005 598 25.0 23.9 90.6
2006 610 29.0 21.0 89.3
2007 540 26.0 20.8 87
2008 501 31.0 16.2 83.8
2009 459 24.9 15.8 89.3
2010 487 22.0 22.1 92.4
2011 488 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 531 25.3 20.9 n/a
2013 551 29.3 18.8 89.7
2014 559 23.0 24.3 85.9
2015 579 24.0 24.1 84.8
2016 597 25.0 23.8 83.4
2017 611 25.0 24.4 85.9
2018 634 26.0 24.3 88.6
2019 569 26.0 21.8 91.2
2020 553 n/a n/a 93.9
2021 545 25.5 21.3 95
2022 495 26.2 18.8 86.5
2023 620 28.8 21.4 92.4
2024 498 26.5 18.7 95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 496 23.0 21.6 86.7
2001 519 27.8 18.7 86.3
2002 538 23.0 23.4 86.9
2003 538 23.0 23.4 86.9
2004 560 27.5 20.4 88
2005 598 25.0 23.9 90.6
2006 610 29.0 21.0 89.3
2007 540 26.0 20.8 87
2008 501 31.0 16.2 83.8
2009 459 24.9 15.8 89.3
2010 487 22.0 22.1 92.4
2011 488 n/a n/a 88.7
2012 531 25.3 20.9 n/a
2013 551 29.3 18.8 89.7
2014 559 23.0 24.3 85.9
2015 579 24.0 24.1 84.8
2016 597 25.0 23.8 83.4
2017 611 25.0 24.4 85.9
2018 634 26.0 24.3 88.6
2019 569 26.0 21.8 91.2
2020 553 n/a n/a 93.9
2021 545 25.5 21.3 95
2022 495 26.2 18.8 86.5
2023 620 28.8 21.4 92.4
2024 498 26.5 18.7 95.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Abraham Lincoln Junior High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $8,461

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Abraham Lincoln Junior High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 4001st of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 3814th of 5883 Elementary schools
 4.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)42.132.4
 9.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)36.825.4
 11.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.544.2
 5.3%
4th Grade Mathematics (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)29.927.2
 2.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)2515
 10.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.938.3
 6.7%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)34.126
 8.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)37.126.9
 10.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.747.1
 4.6%
5th Grade Mathematics (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)1312.2
 0.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)179.8
 7.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3831.6
 6.4%
5th Grade Science (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)17.723.9
 6.2%
   5th Grade Science (Bakersfield City)15.814.2
 1.6%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.2
 0.5%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)41.736.3
 5.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Bakersfield City)32.628.5
 4.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.545.1
 3.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Abraham Lincoln Junior High)31.928.3
 3.6%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Bakersfield City)20.614.1
 6.5%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.532.5
 6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students569620
 9%
African American5541
 25.5%
American Indian17
 600%
Asian42
 50%
Hispanic459541
 17.9%
Pacific Islander00
White4122
 46.3%
Two or More Races97
 22.2%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.2%92.4%
 1.2%


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In the 2023-24 school year, 498 students attended Abraham Lincoln Junior High.

Students at Abraham Lincoln Junior High are 87% Hispanic, 8% African American, 4% White, 1% Two or more races.

Abraham Lincoln Junior High ranks in the bottom 3.1% of California middle schools.

Students who attend Abraham Lincoln Junior High usually go on to attend Bakersfield High


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