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Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Fred L. Thompson Junior High, Bakersfield, CA

CEP schoolFred L. Thompson Junior High is a public middle school in Bakersfield, part of Panama-Buena Vista Union. It enrolled 714 students in 2024-25, with 17.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
714
Teachers (FTE)
41.0
Students per teacher
17.4
Grades
7 to 8

This school's ratio is 5.8 lower than the district figure of 23.2. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school17.4
District23.2
California21.9
United States15.3

School details

Address
4200 Planz Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone
(661)832-8011
District
Panama-Buena Vista Union
County
Kern County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
060639009328
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
579
Reduced-price lunch
75
Free or reduced-price lunch
65491.6% of enrollment.
Direct certification
454Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Panama-Buena Vista Union

Middle schools elsewhere in Bakersfield

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.