Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Tony Thurmond, Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Education | California Department of Education
Of all the students welcomed at the time, 51.1% identified as male, and 48.9% as female.
Data also showed that Hispanic or Latino students made up 70.6% of the student body, the largest percentage in the county, followed by white students at 17.3% (30,909 students), Black or African American students at 5.1% (9,116 students) and Asian students at 2.6% (4,577 students).
Bakersfield High School had the highest enrollment among Kern County's 1,779 schools in the 2023-24 academic year, welcoming 3,024 students.
After peaking at 6.3 million in the early 2000s, public school enrollment in California has marked its seventh consecutive decline in the 2023-24 school year, with projections indicating it could fall to approximately 5.2 million by the 2033-34 school year. This trend is attributed to lower birth rates, slowed immigration, and families relocating out of state due to high housing costs. Rural and coastal districts have been particularly affected, facing tough decisions such as school closures and staffing reductions.
Although chronic absenteeism in California decreased in 2023, it remains double the pre-pandemic rate. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, chronic absenteeism in the state public schools reached 25% in 2023, up from 12% in 2019.
Enrollment in Kern County Schools Over 7 Years
Breakdown of Student Enrollment in Kern County Schools
| School name | Total Enrollment in 2022-23 | Total Enrollment in 2023-24 | % Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakersfield High School | 3,004 | 3,024 | 0.7% |
| Arvin High School | 2,786 | 2,728 | -2.1% |
| Ridgeview High School | 2,688 | 2,653 | -1.3% |
| Highland High School | 2,599 | 2,543 | -2.2% |
| East Bakersfield High School | 2,421 | 2,420 | -0% |
| Golden Valley High School | 2,533 | 2,365 | -6.6% |
| Liberty High School | 2,358 | 2,355 | -0.1% |
| Independence High School | 2,394 | 2,334 | -2.5% |
| Stockdale High School | 2,298 | 2,313 | 0.7% |
| Centennial High School | 2,175 | 2,237 | 2.9% |
| Mira Monte High School | 2,293 | 2,170 | -5.4% |
| South High School | 2,176 | 2,150 | -1.2% |
| North High School | 2,214 | 2,148 | -3% |
| West High School | 2,025 | 2,090 | 3.2% |
| Foothill High School | 2,045 | 2,063 | 0.9% |
| Frontier High School | 2,072 | 2,030 | -2% |
| Wasco High School | 1,733 | 1,693 | -2.3% |
| Shafter High School | 1,651 | 1,655 | 0.2% |
| Burroughs High School | 1,479 | 1,518 | 2.6% |
| Del Oro High School | 873 | 1,391 | 59.3% |
| Robert F. Kennedy High School | 1,367 | 1,365 | -0.1% |
| Cesar E. Chavez High School | 1,377 | 1,351 | -1.9% |
| Tehachapi High School | 1,254 | 1,262 | 0.6% |
| Delano High School | 1,290 | 1,225 | -5% |
| Leon H. Ollivier Middle School | 1,008 | 1,094 | 8.5% |
| Dolores S. Whitley Elementary School | 987 | 1,092 | 10.6% |
| Valley Oaks Charter | 1,108 | 1,048 | -5.4% |
| Taft Union High School | 1,102 | 1,045 | -5.2% |
| Curran Middle School | 1,023 | 1,043 | 2% |
| Voorhies Elementary School | 1,032 | 1,033 | 0.1% |
| Stonecreek Junior High School | 1,036 | 1,012 | -2.3% |
| Douglas J. Miller Elementary School | 998 | 1,010 | 1.2% |
| Standard Middle School | 991 | 997 | 0.6% |
| Earl Warren Junior High School | 937 | 985 | 5.1% |
| Pioneer | 955 | 977 | 2.3% |
| McKee Middle School | 1,107 | 976 | -11.8% |
| Westpark Elementary School | 940 | 970 | 3.2% |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary School | 990 | 962 | -2.8% |
| McFarland High School Early College | 1,021 | 956 | -6.4% |
| Alicante Avenue Elementary School | 990 | 953 | -3.7% |
| Veterans Elementary School | 857 | 950 | 10.9% |
| Jacobsen Middle School | 917 | 936 | 2.1% |
| Norris Middle School | 883 | 931 | 5.4% |
| Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary School | 931 | 926 | -0.5% |
| Berkshire Elementary School | 926 | 923 | -0.3% |
| Patriot Elementary School | 906 | 918 | 1.3% |
| Rosamond High Early College Campus | 913 | 902 | -1.2% |
| Bessie E. Owens Primary School | 889 | 900 | 1.2% |
| Greenfield Middle School | 901 | 884 | -1.9% |
| Horace Mann Elementary School | 845 | 881 | 4.3% |
| Panama Elementary School | 797 | 868 | 8.9% |
| Lakeside | 749 | 864 | 15.4% |
| Rosamond Elementary School | 878 | 853 | -2.8% |
| Horizon Elementary School | 762 | 849 | 11.4% |
| Charles H. Castle Elementary School | 839 | 844 | 0.6% |
| Dr. Douglas K. Fletcher Elementary School | 770 | 843 | 9.5% |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary School | 897 | 843 | -6% |
| Tevis Junior High School | 803 | 842 | 4.9% |
| Old River Elementary School | 867 | 826 | -4.7% |
| Norris Elementary School | 860 | 823 | -4.3% |
| Tropico Middle School | 782 | 820 | 4.9% |
| Dr. Juliet Thorner Elementary School | 844 | 813 | -3.7% |
| Myra A. Noble Elementary School | 792 | 813 | 2.7% |
| El Camino Real Elementary School | 833 | 811 | -2.6% |
| Emerson Middle School | 754 | 809 | 7.3% |
| Raffaello Palla Elementary School | 855 | 796 | -6.9% |
| Valle Verde Elementary School | 1,041 | 792 | -23.9% |
| Zephyr Lane Elementary School | 757 | 790 | 4.4% |
| Olive Drive Elementary School | 763 | 785 | 2.9% |
| College Heights Elementary | 776 | 784 | 1% |
| Walter Stiern Middle School | 659 | 783 | 18.8% |
| Sing Lum Elementary School | 773 | 771 | -0.3% |
| Rosedale Middle School | 745 | 768 | 3.1% |
| North Beardsley Elementary School | 752 | 767 | 2% |
| Longfellow Elementary School | 746 | 764 | 2.4% |
| Fred L. Thompson Junior High School | 728 | 762 | 4.7% |
| Lincoln Junior High School | 795 | 752 | -5.4% |
| Bear Mountain Elementary School | 745 | 749 | 0.5% |
| Roy W. Loudon Elementary School | 694 | 749 | 7.9% |
| Sierra Middle School | 738 | 746 | 1.1% |
| Sequoia Middle School | 771 | 744 | -3.5% |
| Highland Elementary School | 729 | 738 | 1.2% |
| American Elementary School | 719 | 737 | 2.5% |
| Donald E. Suburu | 821 | 735 | -10.5% |
| Freedom Middle School | 698 | 731 | 4.7% |
| Leo G. Pauly Elementary School | 689 | 729 | 5.8% |
| Ramon Garza Elementary School | 745 | 728 | -2.3% |
| Wingland Elementary School | 751 | 726 | -3.3% |
| W. A. Kendrick Elementary School | 679 | 725 | 6.8% |
| Discovery Elementary School | 726 | 722 | -0.6% |
| Buena Vista Elementary School | 718 | 720 | 0.3% |
| Chipman Junior High School | 727 | 719 | -1.1% |
| Independence Elementary School | 722 | 717 | -0.7% |
| Endeavour Elementary School | 713 | 716 | 0.4% |
| Fremont Elementary School | 742 | 714 | -3.8% |
| Golden Oak Elementary School | 729 | 713 | -2.2% |
| Leo B. Hart Elementary School | 675 | 713 | 5.6% |
| Granite Pointe Elementary School | 906 | 712 | -21.4% |
| Fruitvale Junior High School | 652 | 708 | 8.6% |
| Kern Avenue Elementary School | 711 | 706 | -0.7% |
| Nueva Vista Language Academy | 617 | 706 | 14.4% |
| O. J. Actis Junior High School | 680 | 700 | 2.9% |
| Frank West Elementary School | 695 | 696 | 0.1% |
| Sierra Vista Elementary School | 729 | 690 | -5.3% |
| Evergreen Elementary School | 670 | 689 | 2.8% |
| Murray Middle School | 690 | 686 | -0.6% |
| Golden Hills Elementary School | 660 | 677 | 2.6% |
| Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School | 703 | 676 | -3.8% |
| Wayside Elementary School | 683 | 675 | -1.2% |
| Virginia Avenue Elementary School | 685 | 670 | -2.2% |
| Haven Drive Middle School | 639 | 665 | 4.1% |
| Almondale Elementary School | 634 | 660 | 4.1% |
| Tompkins Elementary School | 642 | 658 | 2.5% |
| Mt. Vernon Elementary School | 678 | 657 | -3.1% |
| Washington Middle School | 660 | 657 | -0.5% |
| Amy B. Seibert Elementary School | 641 | 654 | 2% |
| Orangewood Elementary School | 634 | 654 | 3.2% |
| Paul L. Cato Middle School | 629 | 654 | 4% |
| Stella I. Hills Elementary School | 665 | 654 | -1.7% |
| Highgate Elementary School | 544 | 646 | 18.8% |
| Munsey Elementary School | 621 | 641 | 3.2% |
| Shirley Lane Elementary School | 624 | 638 | 2.2% |
| California City High School | 655 | 637 | -2.7% |
| Redwood Elementary School | 672 | 637 | -5.2% |
| Palm Avenue Middle School | 601 | 632 | 5.2% |
| Hort Elementary School | 641 | 629 | -1.9% |
| McKinley Elementary School | 666 | 619 | -7.1% |
| John L. Prueitt Elementary School | 642 | 617 | -3.9% |
| Mountain View Middle School | 613 | 615 | 0.3% |
| Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy | 604 | 609 | 0.8% |
| Del Rio Elementary School | 585 | 609 | 4.1% |
| Planz Elementary School | 694 | 609 | -12.2% |
| Stine Elementary School | 607 | 607 | 0% |
| Louise Sandrini Elementary School | 597 | 603 | 1% |
| Lamont Elementary School | 609 | 602 | -1.1% |
| Wayne Van Horn Elementary School | 604 | 597 | -1.2% |
| Columbia Elementary School | 607 | 594 | -2.1% |
| Rio Bravo Elementary School | 596 | 594 | -0.3% |
| Fairfax Junior High School | 612 | 589 | -3.8% |
| Stockdale Elementary School | 600 | 589 | -1.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson Middle School | 532 | 589 | 10.7% |
| Sequoia Elementary School | 585 | 588 | 0.5% |
| Caroline Harris Elementary School | 573 | 586 | 2.3% |
| Richland Junior High School | 589 | 585 | -0.7% |
| Pioneer Drive Elementary School | 646 | 583 | -9.8% |
| James A. Forrest Elementary School | 571 | 578 | 1.2% |
| Compton Junior High School | 563 | 575 | 2.1% |
| Kern Workforce 2000 Academy | 571 | 574 | 0.5% |
| Fairview Elementary School | 573 | 570 | -0.5% |
| Plantation Elementary School | 633 | 569 | -10.1% |
| Standard Elementary School | 575 | 569 | -1% |
| Las Flores Elementary School | 526 | 550 | 4.6% |
| Centennial Elementary School | 541 | 546 | 0.9% |
| Harding Elementary School | 567 | 546 | -3.7% |
| Cummings Valley Elementary School | 586 | 545 | -7% |
| James Monroe Middle School | 548 | 542 | -1.1% |
| Horizon Elementary School | 555 | 535 | -3.6% |
| Henry Eissler Elementary School | 566 | 532 | -6% |
| Laurelglen Elementary School | 565 | 529 | -6.4% |
| Teresa Burke Elementary School | 521 | 529 | 1.5% |
| Karl F. Clemens Elementary School | 546 | 527 | -3.5% |
| Rosedale-North Elementary School | 491 | 527 | 7.3% |
| Almond Tree Middle School | 550 | 526 | -4.4% |
| Del Vista Math and Science Academy | 497 | 524 | 5.4% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 475 | 523 | 10.1% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary School | 600 | 522 | -13% |
| La Vina Middle School | 533 | 522 | -2.1% |
| McFarland Junior High School | 542 | 521 | -3.9% |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary School | 509 | 507 | -0.4% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 533 | 506 | -5.1% |
| Faller Elementary School | 538 | 504 | -6.3% |
| William B. Bimat Elementary School | 515 | 502 | -2.5% |
| Bessie E. Owens Intermediate School | 620 | 498 | -19.7% |
| Robert P. Ulrich Elementary School | 515 | 496 | -3.7% |
| Williams Elementary School | 523 | 495 | -5.4% |
| Morningside | 504 | 493 | -2.2% |
| Browning Road STEAM Academy | 512 | 490 | -4.3% |
| Kern Valley High School | 466 | 484 | 3.9% |
| Hacienda Elementary School | 528 | 483 | -8.5% |
| California City Middle School | 501 | 476 | -5% |
| Edison Middle School | 458 | 459 | 0.2% |
| Desert Junior-Senior High School | 442 | 458 | 3.6% |
| Franklin Elementary School | 451 | 457 | 1.3% |
| Fremont Elementary School | 448 | 457 | 2% |
| Myrtle Avenue Elementary School | 484 | 443 | -8.5% |
| Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary School | 414 | 441 | 6.5% |
| Casa Loma Elementary School | 435 | 428 | -1.6% |
| Kern County Special Education | 410 | 412 | 0.5% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School | 426 | 412 | -3.3% |
| Woodrow W. Wallace Elementary School | 418 | 405 | -3.1% |
| Beardsley Elementary School | 421 | 404 | -4% |
| Irving L. Branch Elementary School | 383 | 401 | 4.7% |
| Terrace Elementary School | 442 | 401 | -9.3% |
| San Lauren Elementary School | 368 | 394 | 7.1% |
| William A. Bailey | 373 | 387 | 3.8% |
| Mojave Elementary School | 414 | 386 | -6.8% |
| Beardsley Junior High School | 400 | 380 | -5% |
| Richmond Elementary School | 380 | 377 | -0.8% |
| Gateway Elementary School | 348 | 371 | 6.6% |
| Kern County Community | 298 | 368 | 23.5% |
| Harvest Elementary School | 398 | 367 | -7.8% |
| Mojave Junior-Senior High School | 396 | 364 | -8.1% |
| Princeton Street Elementary School | 365 | 347 | -4.9% |
| Vineland Elementary School | 351 | 346 | -1.4% |
| South Fork Elementary School | 344 | 340 | -1.2% |
| Quailwood Elementary School | 333 | 338 | 1.5% |
| Vista West Continuation High School | 312 | 330 | 5.8% |
| Downtown Elementary School | 323 | 319 | -1.2% |
| Pierce Elementary School | 315 | 318 | 1% |
| Parkview Elementary School | 330 | 317 | -3.9% |
| Sunset | 325 | 311 | -4.3% |
| Albany Park Elementary School | 306 | 306 | 0% |
| West Boron Elementary School | 290 | 304 | 4.8% |
| Conley Elementary School | 312 | 298 | -4.5% |
| Buttonwillow Elementary School | 313 | 287 | -8.3% |
| Maple Elementary School | 294 | 285 | -3.1% |
| Woodrow Wallace Middle School | 273 | 274 | 0.4% |
| Tierra Del Sol Continuation High School | 273 | 258 | -5.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary School | 243 | 255 | 4.9% |
| William Penn Elementary School | 284 | 255 | -10.2% |
| Frazier Park Elementary School | 244 | 252 | 3.3% |
| Boron Junior-Senior High School | 250 | 244 | -2.4% |
| Frazier Mountain High School | 253 | 242 | -4.3% |
| Taft Primary School | 247 | 238 | -3.6% |
| Kern County Juvenile Court | 238 | 226 | -5% |
| Di Giorgio Elementary School | 229 | 223 | -2.6% |
| El Tejon Elementary School | 189 | 218 | 15.3% |
| Vista Continuation High School | 242 | 210 | -13.2% |
| Lost Hills Elementary School | 180 | 193 | 7.2% |
| General Shafter Elementary School | 179 | 184 | 2.8% |
| Pond Elementary School | 184 | 169 | -8.2% |
| Elk Hills Elementary School | 163 | 167 | 2.5% |
| Inyokern Elementary School | 161 | 153 | -5% |
| Maricopa Elementary School | 157 | 145 | -7.6% |
| Semitropic Elementary School | 151 | 142 | -6% |
| Valley High School | 108 | 113 | 4.6% |
| Wasco Independence High School | 120 | 113 | -5.8% |
| Nueva Continuation High School | 109 | 109 | 0% |
| Mesquite Continuation High School | 102 | 103 | 1% |
| Kernville Elementary School | 123 | 100 | -18.7% |
| Abraham Lincoln Alternative | 100 | 95 | -5% |
| Central Valley High (Continuation) | 89 | 95 | 6.7% |
| Buena Vista High (Continuation) | 84 | 93 | 10.7% |
| Maricopa High School | 84 | 83 | -1.2% |
| A. M. Thomas Middle School | 82 | 78 | -4.9% |
| Maricopa Middle School | 77 | 78 | 1.3% |
| McKittrick Elementary School | 79 | 69 | -12.7% |
| Midway Elementary School | 85 | 67 | -21.2% |
| Piute Mountain Elementary School | 74 | 52 | -29.7% |
| San Joaquin High (Continuation) | 53 | 52 | -1.9% |
| Rafer Johnson | 32 | 43 | 34.4% |
| Rare Earth High (Continuation) | 50 | 43 | -14% |
| Monroe High (Continuation) | 41 | 38 | -7.3% |
| Blake Elementary School | 16 | 19 | 18.8% |
| Linns Valley-Poso Flat Elementary School | 18 | 19 | 5.6% |
| McFarland Independent | 14 | 14 | 0% |
| Greenfield Community | 18 | 12 | -33.3% |
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