School district · California

Kern High

Kern High in California: 25 public schools with 42,814 students and 23.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $19,060 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 25; 1 charter
Students: 42,814
Students per teacher: 23.6; CA 21.6 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $19,060; CA $20.7K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 1,811
Counselors (FTE): 136
Students per counselor: 315; CA 407 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 32.0; Librarians (FTE): 1.7

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$10.5K15

$11.3K16

$12.1K17

$12.5K18

$14.0K19

$13.7K20

$13.9K21

$15.8K22

$17.4K23

$19.1K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 12% · $125.1M
State: 63% · $645M
Local: 24% · $247.4M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $9,253
Support services: $9,089
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $101.7M
Long-term debt: $322.9M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

High schools: 25

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Arvin HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,653	25.9	Arvin
Bakersfield HighFree meals for all	9–12	3,069	25.6	Bakersfield
Centennial HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,212	25.1	Bakersfield
Central Valley High (Continuation)Alternative	9–12	86	13.0	Shafter
Del Oro HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,927	25.1	Bakersfield
East Bakersfield HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,331	24.4	Bakersfield
Foothill HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,043	24.0	Bakersfield
Frontier HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,098	26.1	Bakersfield
Golden Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,228	23.3	Bakersfield
Highland HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,530	23.9	Bakersfield
Independence HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,324	26.0	Bakersfield
Kern Valley HighFree meals for all	9–12	516	17.2	Lake Isabella
Kern Workforce 2000 AcademyCharter	9–12	491	9.0	Bakersfield
Liberty HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,369	26.7	Bakersfield
Mira Monte HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,048	24.2	Bakersfield
North HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,135	25.3	Bakersfield
Nueva Continuation HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	79	10.0	Lamont
Ridgeview HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,575	26.9	Bakersfield
Shafter HighFree meals for all	9–12	1,599	21.7	Shafter
South HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,107	24.3	Bakersfield
Stockdale HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,398	27.5	Bakersfield
Tierra Del Sol Continuation HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	241	14.5	Bakersfield
Vista Continuation HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	221	14.7	Bakersfield
Vista West Continuation HighAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	375	14.3	Bakersfield
West HighFree meals for all	9–12	2,159	27.5	Bakersfield

Sources

Address: 5801 Sundale Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93309
Phone: (661)827-3100

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).