Kern County Times

Muroc Joint Unified School District's schools enrolled 1,738 students in the 2022-23 school year, 3.3% more than the previous year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.8% of them were boys, and 48% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Muroc Joint Unified School District students was white, accounting for 37.2% of the student population.

Muroc Joint Unified School District covers five schools within Kern County with its main office in North Edwards.

Among the five schools in Muroc Joint Unified School District, Desert Junior-Senior High School recorded the highest enrollment of 442 students in the 2022-23 school year.

In the last decade, enrollment in California elementary and secondary schools rose by at least 5%, while high school enrollment dropped 5%.

However, overall enrollment in California public schools is sliding, and the Public Policy Institute of California expects it to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School	Total Enrollment
Desert Junior-Senior High School	442
Irving L. Branch Elementary School	383
William A. Bailey	373
West Boron Elementary School	290
Boron Junior-Senior High School	250