Emerson Middle School

801 4th Street

School District

Bakersfield City
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:21
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on November 07, 2019

I hate it! If I could put my kids into another school outside of their district, I would, but the district keeps telling me I have to wait until open enrollment. Do NOT consider this school for your child, it should be SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY! The vice principal is the absolute WORSE, she is never available, she lied and told me she sits in classes everyday to observe the kids and teachers, I asked my kids does she ever come to thier class? They told me she is NEVER there unless the district comes in.. go figure! My kids have never been to a school this bad!
Submitted by student on November 02, 2018

it was so bad its to the point i had to move middle school
Submitted by parent on December 19, 2016

The children at this school are not well behaved, and once I witnessed a student putting another kid in a choke hold while the teacher nearby did nothing about it. The teachers rarely respond to emails or messages about my students progress, and there never seems to be any homework handed out. They have also run out of ink for their printers on two separate occasions, resulting in a week of no reading logs sent home. This is a terrible school, and we plan on removing our child from it as soon as we possibly can.
Submitted by parent on October 23, 2015

Kids get beat up and bully the only thing the personal in charge do is transferred kids to different classroom they need to be a lil more harder on bullying situation.
Submitted by other on September 11, 2014

Emerson Middle School - It is disappointing the Bakersfield City School District approved to have "Provisional Internship Permit Holders" teach our children. The students deserve to be given the best opportunity for success in a learning environment taught by a fully credentialed teacher. The classroom is not the appropriate place for the teacher to pratice his/her teaching ability.
Submitted by other on April 19, 2014

I am currently not liking this school at all. Most kids that go there are rude to one another. The campus is disgusting. Oh yeah and one kid stole my wallet wile I was lined up to go to lunch. Enough said. PS. There's fights everyday. I would suggest for your child attend a school other than this one.
Submitted by parent on January 05, 2014

My child was beaten up on a regular basis. I even got the police involved since it would happen on the school bus also. The principle at that time offered to put my child in special education classes since they were smaller and it would be easier to protect her. I ended up complaining enough to the board of education to get her moved to another school but the teachers and principle of this school at the time did little or nothing to help.
Submitted by other on November 11, 2013

first off i use to go to emerson its an amazing school even though everyone thinks its a terrible school. there are bad kids but every school has them. so thats my opinion