📍 3901 Pin Oak Park Blvd., Bakersfield, Kern County, 93311
Tevis Junior High is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Bakersfield, Kern County. The school has 803 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Julie Graves-faulkenburg. It is part of the Panama-Buena Vista Union school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
Tevis Junior High enrolls 803 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 38.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 6.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 471 | 59% |
| White | 180 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 55 | 6.8% |
| Asian | 55 | 6.8% |
| Two or more races | 35 | 4.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
533 of the school's 803 students (66%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Tevis Junior High is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Tevis Junior High is one of 25 schools in Panama-Buena Vista Union, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 19,366 students district-wide and employs 790 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 803 students, Tevis Junior High is close to the district average of about 775 students per school.