Kern County Times

Kern High School District had the highest enrollment among Kern County school districts, welcoming 42,667 students during the 2022-23 school year, according to the California Department of Education.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 50.6% of them were boys, and 49.3% were girls.

The most represented ethnicity among Kern High School District students was white, accounting for 17% of the student population.

Among the 47 districts in Kern County, Bakersfield City ranked second in enrollment numbers with 28,835 students, while Panama-Buena Vista Union School District welcomed 19,103 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Kern High School District roughly covers schools within Kern County and has a main office in Bakersfield.

In the previous school year, Maricopa Unified School District had the highest number of students among Kern County districts.

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.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Kern High School District	Bakersfield	42,667
Bakersfield City	Bakersfield	28,835
Panama-Buena Vista Union School District	Bakersfield	19,103
Maricopa Unified School District	Maricopa	13,261
Greenfield Union School District	Bakersfield	9,177
Delano Union Elementary School District	Delano	6,219
Rosedale Union Elementary School District	Bakersfield	6,041
Kern County Office of Education	Bakersfield	5,465
Sierra Sands Unified School District	Ridgecrest	5,087
Tehachapi Unified School District	Tehachapi	4,170
Delano Joint Union High School District	Delano	4,142
Norris Elementary School District	Bakersfield	3,878
Southern Kern Unified School District	Rosamond	3,663
Wasco Union Elementary School District	Wasco	3,413
McFarland Unified School District	McFarland	3,408
Richland Union Elementary School District	Shafter	3,376
Standard Elementary School District	Bakersfield	3,046
Fruitvale Elementary School District	Bakersfield	3,031
Mojave Unified School District	Mojave	3,009
Arvin Union School District	Arvin	2,946
Lamont Elementary School District	Lamont	2,696
Fairfax Elementary School District	Bakersfield	2,678
Taft City	Taft	2,402
Beardsley Elementary School District	Bakersfield	1,941
Wasco Union High School District	Wasco	1,853
Muroc Joint Unified School District	North Edwards	1,738
Lakeside Union School District	Bakersfield	1,570
Taft Union High School District	Taft	1,186
Edison Elementary School District	Edison	1,092
Rio Bravo-Greeley Union Elementary School District	Bakersfield	1,010
Kernville Union Elementary School District	Lake Isabella	814
El Tejon Unified School District	Lebec	686
Vineland Elementary School District	Bakersfield	676
South Fork Union School District	Weldon	344
Buttonwillow Union Elementary School District	Buttonwillow	313
Maple Elementary School District	Shafter	294
Lost Hills Union Elementary School District	Lost Hills	262
Di Giorgio Elementary School District	Arvin	229
Pond Union Elementary School District	Wasco	184
General Shafter Elementary School District	Bakersfield	179
Elk Hills Elementary School District	Tupman	163
Semitropic Elementary School District	Wasco	151
Midway Elementary School District	Fellows	85
McKittrick Elementary School District	McKittrick	79
Caliente Union Elementary School District	Caliente	74
Linns Valley-Poso Flat Union School District	Glennville	18
Blake Elementary School District	Woody	16