Regular local school district · Kern County
Kern High School District, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Kern High School District runs 25 public schools with 43,237 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.9 students per teacher is 2.0 higher than the California figure of 21.9.Listed in NCES data as "Kern High".
At a glance
- Schools
- 25
- Students
- 43,237
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,811
- Students per teacher
- 23.9
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5801 Sundale Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93309
- Phone
- (661)827-3100
- County
- Kern County
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0619540
- State district ID
- CA-1563529
- Total staff (FTE)
- 7,009
- School counselors (FTE)
- 136.0About 318 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 52.0
- Charter schools
- 1
Students per teacher compared
This district23.9
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (42,370), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $740.6 million
- Federal revenue
- $93.8 million
- State revenue
- $459.4 million
- Local revenue
- $187.4 million
- Total spending
- $707.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,702
- Salaries
- $326.3 million46.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $376.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 12.7%
- State: 62.0%
- Local: 25.3%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,702
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Kern High School District
By level: 25 high. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Arvin HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,653 | 26.0 |
| Bakersfield HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 3,069 | 25.8 |
| Centennial HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,212 | 25.4 |
| Central Valley High (Continuation) | High | 9 to 12 | 86 | 14.3 |
| Del Oro HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,927 | 25.4 |
| East Bakersfield HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,331 | 24.5 |
| Foothill HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,043 | 24.0 |
| Frontier HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,098 | 26.2 |
| Golden Valley HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,228 | 23.5 |
| Highland HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,530 | 24.1 |
| Independence HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,324 | 26.1 |
| Kern Valley HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 516 | 17.8 |
| Kern Workforce 2000 AcademyCharter | High | 9 to 12 | 491 | 9.1 |
| Liberty HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,369 | 26.9 |
| Mira Monte HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,048 | 24.4 |
| North HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,135 | 25.4 |
| Nueva Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 79 | 11.3 |
| Ridgeview HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,575 | 27.1 |
| Shafter HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,599 | 21.9 |
| South HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,107 | 24.5 |
| Stockdale HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,398 | 27.6 |
| Tierra Del Sol Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 241 | 15.1 |
| Vista Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 221 | 14.7 |
| Vista West Continuation HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 375 | 14.4 |
| West HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,159 | 27.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Kern County
- Bakersfield City School District 28,365 students
- Panama-Buena Vista Union 19,366 students
- Greenfield Union 8,860 students
- Blue Ridge Academy District 7,657 students
- Rosedale Union Elementary 6,203 students
- Delano Union Elementary 6,185 students
- Heartland Charter District 5,970 students
- Sierra Sands Unified 4,974 students
- Tehachapi Unified 4,156 students
- Norris Elementary School District 4,153 students
- Delano Joint Union High 4,004 students
- Southern Kern Unified 3,636 students
- Wasco Union Elementary 3,474 students
- McFarland Unified 3,282 students
- Standard Elementary School District 3,193 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.