Kern County Times

Bakersfield High School had the highest enrollment among Kern County schools, welcoming 3,004 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, 51% of them were girls, and 49% were boys.

Among the 257 schools in Kern County, Arvin High School ranked second in enrollment numbers with 2,786 students, while Ridgeview High School welcomed 2,688 students and ranked third in the 2022-23 school year.

Bakersfield High School is part of Kern High School District, which roughly covers schools within Kern County and has a main office in Bakersfield.

In the previous school year, Bakersfield High School also had the highest number of students among Kern County schools.

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 predicted by the Public Policy Institute of California to drop another 8% by the 2031-32 school year.

School name	City	Total School Enrollment
Bakersfield High School	Bakersfield	3,004
Arvin High School	Arvin	2,786
Ridgeview High School	Bakersfield	2,688
Highland High School	Bakersfield	2,599
Golden Valley High School	Bakersfield	2,533
East Bakersfield High School	Bakersfield	2,421
Independence High School	Bakersfield	2,394
Liberty High School	Bakersfield	2,358
Stockdale High School	Bakersfield	2,298
Mira Monte High School	Bakersfield	2,293
North High School	Bakersfield	2,214
South High School	Bakersfield	2,176
Centennial High School	Bakersfield	2,175
Frontier High School	Bakersfield	2,072
Foothill High School	Bakersfield	2,045
West High School	Bakersfield	2,025
Wasco High School	Wasco	1,733
Shafter High School	Shafter	1,651
Burroughs High School	Ridgecrest	1,479
Cesar E. Chavez High School	Delano	1,377
Robert F. Kennedy High School	Delano	1,367
Delano High School	Delano	1,290
Tehachapi High School	Tehachapi	1,254
Valley Oaks Charter	Bakersfield	1,108
McKee Middle School	Bakersfield	1,107
Taft Union High School	Taft	1,102
Valle Verde Elementary School	Bakersfield	1,041
Stonecreek Junior High School	Bakersfield	1,036
Voorhies Elementary School	Bakersfield	1,032
Curran Middle School	Bakersfield	1,023
McFarland High School Early College	McFarland	1,021
Leon H. Ollivier Middle School	Bakersfield	1,008
Douglas J. Miller Elementary School	Bakersfield	998
Standard Middle School	Bakersfield	991
Alicante Avenue Elementary School	Lamont	990
Bill L. Williams Elementary School	Bakersfield	990
Dolores S. Whitley Elementary School	Bakersfield	987
Pioneer	Delano	955
Westpark Elementary School	Rosamond	940
Earl Warren Junior High School	Bakersfield	937
Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary School	Bakersfield	931
Berkshire Elementary School	Bakersfield	926
Jacobsen Middle School	Tehachapi	917
Rosamond High Early College Campus	Rosamond	913
Granite Pointe Elementary School	Bakersfield	906
Patriot Elementary School	Bakersfield	906
Greenfield Middle School	Bakersfield	901
Ronald Reagan Elementary School	Bakersfield	897
Bessie E. Owens Primary School	Bakersfield	889
Norris Middle School	Bakersfield	883
Rosamond Elementary School	Rosamond	878
Del Oro High School	Bakersfield	873
Old River Elementary School	Bakersfield	867
Norris Elementary School	Bakersfield	860
Veterans Elementary School	Bakersfield	857
Raffaello Palla Elementary School	Bakersfield	855
Horace Mann Elementary School	Bakersfield	845
Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary School	Bakersfield	844
Charles H. Castle Elementary School	Bakersfield	839
El Camino Real Elementary School	Arvin	833
Donald E. Suburu	Bakersfield	821
Tevis Junior High School	Bakersfield	803
Panama Elementary School	Bakersfield	797
Lincoln Junior High School	Taft	795
Myra A. Noble Elementary School	Bakersfield	792
Tropico Middle School	Rosamond	782
College Heights Elementary	Bakersfield	776
Sing Lum Elementary School	Bakersfield	773
Sequoia Middle School	Bakersfield	771
Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary School	Bakersfield	770
Olive Drive Elementary School	Bakersfield	763
Horizon Elementary School	Bakersfield	762
Zephyr Lane Elementary School	Bakersfield	757
Emerson Middle School	Bakersfield	754
North Beardsley Elementary School	Bakersfield	752
Wingland Elementary School	Bakersfield	751
Lakeside	Bakersfield	749
Longfellow Elementary School	Bakersfield	746
Bear Mountain Elementary School	Arvin	745
Ramon Garza Elementary School	Bakersfield	745
Rosedale Middle School	Bakersfield	745
Fremont Elementary School	Bakersfield	742
Sierra Middle School	Bakersfield	738
Golden Oak Elementary School	Shafter	729
Highland Elementary School	Bakersfield	729
Sierra Vista Elementary School	Arvin	729
Fred L. Thompson Junior High School	Bakersfield	728
Chipman Junior High School	Bakersfield	727
Discovery Elementary School	Bakersfield	726
Independence Elementary School	Bakersfield	722
American Elementary School	Bakersfield	719
Buena Vista Elementary School	Bakersfield	718
Endeavour Elementary School	Bakersfield	713
Kern Avenue Elementary School	McFarland	711
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School	BAKERSFIELD	703
Freedom Middle School	Bakersfield	698
Frank West Elementary School	Bakersfield	695
Planz Elementary School	Bakersfield	694
Roy W. Loudon Elementary School	Bakersfield	694
Murray Middle School	Ridgecrest	690
Leo G. Pauly Elementary School	Bakersfield	689
Virginia Avenue Elementary School	Bakersfield	685
Wayside Elementary School	Bakersfield	683
O. J. Actis Junior High School	Bakersfield	680
W. A. Kendrick Elementary School	Bakersfield	679
Mt. Vernon Elementary School	Bakersfield	678
Leo B. Hart Elementary School	Bakersfield	675
Redwood Elementary School	Shafter	672
Evergreen Elementary School	Bakersfield	670
McKinley Elementary School	Bakersfield	666
Stella I. Hills Elementary School	Bakersfield	665
Golden Hills Elementary School	Tehachapi	660
Washington Middle School	Bakersfield	660
Walter Stiern Middle School	Bakersfield	659
California City High School	California City	655
Fruitvale Junior High School	Bakersfield	652
Pioneer Drive Elementary School	Bakersfield	646
John L. Prueitt Elementary School	Wasco	642
Tompkins Elementary School	Tehachapi	642
Amy B. Seibert Elementary School	Bakersfield	641
Hort Elementary School	Bakersfield	641
Haven Drive Middle School	Arvin	639
Almondale Elementary School	Bakersfield	634
Orangewood Elementary School	Bakersfield	634
Plantation Elementary School	Bakersfield	633
Paul L. Cato Middle School	Bakersfield	629
Shirley Lane Elementary School	Bakersfield	624
Munsey Elementary School	Bakersfield	621
Bessie E. Owens Intermediate School	Bakersfield	620
Nueva Vista Language Academy	Delano	617
Mountain View Middle School	Lamont	613
Fairfax Junior High School	Bakersfield	612
Lamont Elementary School	Lamont	609
Columbia Elementary School	Bakersfield	607
Stine Elementary School	Bakersfield	607
Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy	Delano	604
Wayne Van Horn Elementary School	Bakersfield	604
Palm Avenue Middle School	Wasco	601
Christa McAuliffe Elementary School	Bakersfield	600
Stockdale Elementary School	Bakersfield	600
Louise Sandrini Elementary School	Bakersfield	597
Rio Bravo Elementary School	Bakersfield	596
Richland Junior High School	Shafter	589
Cummings Valley Elementary School	Tehachapi	586
Del Rio Elementary School	Bakersfield	585
Sequoia Elementary School	Shafter	585
Standard Elementary School	Bakersfield	575
Caroline Harris Elementary School	Bakersfield	573
Fairview Elementary School	Bakersfield	573
James A. Forrest Elementary School	Wasco	571
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	Bakersfield	571
Harding Elementary School	Bakersfield	567
Henry Eissler Elementary School	Bakersfield	566
Laurelglen Elementary School	Bakersfield	565
Compton Junior High School	Bakersfield	563
Horizon Elementary School	McFarland	555
Almond Tree Middle School	Delano	550
James Monroe Middle School	Ridgecrest	548
Karl F. Clemens Elementary School	Wasco	546
Highgate Elementary School	Bakersfield	544
McFarland Junior High School	McFarland	542
Centennial Elementary School	Bakersfield	541
Faller Elementary School	Ridgecrest	538
Jefferson Elementary School	Bakersfield	533
La Vina Middle School	Delano	533
Thomas Jefferson Middle School	Wasco	532
Hacienda Elementary School	California City	528
Las Flores Elementary School	Ridgecrest	526
Williams Elementary School	Bakersfield	523
Teresa Burke Elementary School	Wasco	521
Robert P. Ulrich Elementary School	California City	515
William B. Bimat Elementary School	Bakersfield	515
Browning Road STEAM Academy	McFarland	512
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School	Bakersfield	509
Morningside	Delano	504
California City Middle School	California City	501
Del Vista Math and Science Academy	Delano	497
Rosedale-North Elementary School	Bakersfield	491
Myrtle Avenue Elementary School	Lamont	484
Roosevelt Elementary School	Taft	475
Kern Valley High School	Lake Isabella	466
Edison Middle School	Bakersfield	458
Franklin Elementary School	Bakersfield	451
Fremont Elementary School	Delano	448
Desert Junior-Senior High School	Edwards	442
Terrace Elementary School	Delano	442
Casa Loma Elementary School	Bakersfield	435
Roosevelt Elementary School	Bakersfield	426
Beardsley Elementary School	Bakersfield	421
Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary School	Lake Isabella	418
Mojave Elementary School	Mojave	414
Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary School	Bakersfield	414
Kern County Special Education	Bakersfield	410
Beardsley Junior High School	Bakersfield	400
Harvest Elementary School	Delano	398
Mojave Junior-Senior High School	Mojave	396
Irving L. Branch Elementary School	Edwards	383
Richmond Elementary School	Ridgecrest	380
William A. Bailey	Edwards	373
San Lauren Elementary School	Bakersfield	368
Princeton Street Elementary School	Delano	365
Vineland Elementary School	Bakersfield	351
Gateway Elementary School	Ridgecrest	348
South Fork Elementary School	Weldon	344
Quailwood Elementary School	Bakersfield	333
Parkview Elementary School	Taft	330
Sunset	Bakersfield	325
Downtown Elementary School	Bakersfield	323
Pierce Elementary School	Ridgecrest	315
Buttonwillow Elementary School	Buttonwillow	313
Conley Elementary School	Taft	312
Vista West Continuation High School	Bakersfield	312
Albany Park Elementary School	Delano	306
Kern County Community	Bakersfield	298
Maple Elementary School	Shafter	294
West Boron Elementary School	Boron	290
William Penn Elementary School	Bakersfield	284
Tierra Del Sol Continuation High School	Bakersfield	273
Woodrow Wallace Middle School	Lake Isabella	273
Frazier Mountain High School	Lebec	253
Boron Junior-Senior High School	Boron	250
Taft Primary School	Taft	247
Frazier Park Elementary School	Lebec	244
Jefferson Elementary School	Taft	243
Vista Continuation High School	Bakersfield	242
Kern County Juvenile Court	Bakersfield	238
Di Giorgio Elementary School	Arvin	229
El Tejon Elementary School	Lebec	189
Pond Elementary School	Wasco	184
Lost Hills Elementary School	Lost Hills	180
General Shafter Elementary School	Bakersfield	179
Elk Hills Elementary School	Tupman	163
Inyokern Elementary School	Inyokern	161
Maricopa Elementary School	Maricopa	157
Semitropic Elementary School	Wasco	151
Kernville Elementary School	Lake Isabella	123
Wasco Independence High School	Wasco	120
Nueva Continuation High School	Lamont	109
Valley High School	Delano	108
Mesquite Continuation High School	Ridgecrest	102
Abraham Lincoln Alternative	Rosamond	100
Central Valley High (Continuation)	Shafter	89
Midway Elementary School	Fellows	85
Buena Vista High (Continuation)	Taft	84
Maricopa High School	Maricopa	84
A. M. Thomas Middle School	Lost Hills	82
McKittrick Elementary School	McKittrick	79
Maricopa Middle School	Maricopa	77
Piute Mountain Elementary School	Caliente	74
San Joaquin High (Continuation)	McFarland	53
Rare Earth High (Continuation)	Rosamond	50
Monroe High (Continuation)	Tehachapi	41
Rafer Johnson	Bakersfield	32
Greenfield Community	Bakersfield	18
Linns Valley-Poso Flat Elementary School	Glennville	18
Blake Elementary School	Woody	16
McFarland Independent	McFarland	14