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Frontier High

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Frontier High ranks 552 nd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

552^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 74% of California high schools

Summary

Frontier High is a public high school located in Bakersfield, California, serving 2,030 students in grades 9-12. As part of the Kern High District, Frontier High consistently ranks in the top 25% of California high schools, with strong academic performance that exceeds both district and state averages.

Frontier High's students excel on standardized tests, with 69.25% of 11th-graders proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy, compared to 50.9% for the district and 56.96% for the state. In mathematics, 33.47% of 11th-graders at Frontier High were proficient or better, outpacing the district's 17.98% and the state's 30.5%. The school also boasts high graduation rates, ranging from 84.7% to 97.2% over the past few years, and a relatively low dropout rate of 1.8% to 10.6%.

While Frontier High outperforms many nearby schools in the Kern High District, including Bakersfield High, North High, and West High, it faces some areas for improvement, such as addressing its relatively high chronic absenteeism rate and enhancing the academic achievement of certain student subgroups. Nevertheless, Frontier High's success is a testament to the quality of education and support provided to its diverse student population.

2,098

Students ?

26.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$16,046

Per pupil spending ?

35.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

6401 Allen Rd.
Bakersfield, CA 93314-9250

(661) 829-1107

District: Kern High

Feeder schools for Frontier High:

Elementary:	Norris Elementary
	Patriot Elementary
Middle:	Freedom Middle

Racial breakdown:

White:

42.2%

Hispanic:

39.8%

Two or more races:

8.0%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 87th percentile in 2013 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the California average (46% vs 41% meeting standards)

✓98% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (88%)

✓Among the top-ranked schools in Kern High

Worth a look

!Ranking has slipped — down 13 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 26 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school46%

District avg31%

California avg41%

552^nd of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Top 26%▼ down 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

3^rd of 25High Schools in the Kern High

984^th of 1,543Kern High among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	72.5	552 of 2162	74.5%	★★★★☆
2024	78.6	429 of 2159	80.1%	★★★★☆
2023	74.7	496 of 2170	77.1%	★★★★☆
2022	65.7	613 of 2123	71.1%	★★★★☆
2019	58.8	769 of 2133	63.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	76.2	467 of 2017	76.8%	★★★★☆
2017	75.4	498 of 2021	75.4%	★★★★☆
2016	75.4	457 of 2039	77.6%	★★★★☆
2015	73.8	474 of 1994	76.2%	★★★★☆
2013	68.8	325 of 2426	86.6%	★★★★☆
2012	68.3	341 of 2354	85.5%	★★★★☆
2011	65.0	394 of 2367	83.4%	★★★★☆
2010	62.3	462 of 2281	79.7%	★★★★☆
2009	60.7	457 of 2238	79.6%	★★★★☆
2008	55.0	568 of 2117	73.2%	★★★★☆
2007	60.4	444 of 2063	78.5%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	67.6	134 of 523	74.4%	★★★★☆
2024	78.8	83 of 517	83.9%	★★★★☆
2023	57.7	179 of 521	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.1	216 of 522	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	65.2	151 of 592	74.5%	★★★★☆
2018	75.5	129 of 582	77.8%	★★★★☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	57.5	297 of 585	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.6	364 of 591	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	71.4	182 of 581	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.2	354 of 582	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	52.2	322 of 581	44.6%	★★☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	51.3	376 of 1161	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.7	524 of 1117	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	37.6	574 of 1052	45.4%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	50.8	335 of 1085	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	54.1	285 of 1064	73.2%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	74.6	452 of 1906	76.3%	★★★★☆
2024	75.0	430 of 1915	77.5%	★★★★☆
2023	71.2	488 of 1915	74.5%	★★★★☆
2022	61.0	600 of 1858	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	46.1	937 of 1833	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	76.1	418 of 1760	76.3%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	80.9	282 of 1900	85.2%	★★★★☆
2024	82.6	254 of 1902	86.6%	★★★★☆
2023	79.4	321 of 1917	83.3%	★★★★☆
2022	70.4	422 of 1861	77.3%	★★★★☆
2019	62.3	587 of 1814	67.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.4	506 of 1742	71.0%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	75.5	424 of 2013	78.9%	★★★★☆
2024	70.7	486 of 2026	76.0%	★★★★☆
2023	61.5	666 of 2030	67.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	55.6	735 of 1943	62.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	59.2	697 of 1937	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.3	718 of 1862	61.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	66.6	574 of 1942	70.4%	★★★★☆
2024	78.6	390 of 1948	80.0%	★★★★☆
2023	74.7	446 of 1963	77.3%	★★★★☆
2022	65.5	554 of 1916	71.1%	★★★★☆
2019	57.9	699 of 1880	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.5	502 of 1834	72.6%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	67.7	132 of 422	68.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	43.0	222 of 366	39.3%	★★☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	99.3	1 of 19	94.7%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.8	717 of 1252	42.7%	★★☆☆☆
2024	58.0	362 of 1216	70.2%	★★★★☆
2023	36.1	687 of 1197	42.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	46.7	651 of 1155	43.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.0	464 of 1173	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	56.2	530 of 1193	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	40.8	708 of 1204	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.0	796 of 1222	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	59.9	535 of 1173	54.4%	★★★☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Pacific Islander (2023)95th percentile+18 vs school

Hispanic (2025)85th percentile+11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)79th percentile+4 vs school

Female (2025)76th percentile~ school

African American (2025)74th percentile~ school

Male (2025)70th percentile-4 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)69th percentile-11 vs school

Multi-racial (2019)69th percentile+5 vs school

Disabled (2022)68th percentile-4 vs school

Asian (2025)49th percentile-25 vs school

White (2025)44th percentile-31 vs school

Special Education (2025)43rd percentile-32 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy69%+20 vs state

Science36%+4 vs state

Mathematics33%-4 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Very racially diversed, students their who are racist recieve very little disapline. There have been more than enough racist students who have made news at Frontier High, not including the many racist comments and racial problems that students have made to my family. I have consulted with other familys that attends Frontier and they have expeirenced the same problems as mine. Problems that are brought to the Deans Office are also created into something more due to staff mixing stories on both ends, which leads to the two parties who are having problems with eachother to have more conflict. Close Quote

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Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CSA Spanish Overall 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Overall All Grades	CSA Spanish Listening 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Listening All Grades	CSA Spanish Writing 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Writing All Grades	CSA Spanish Reading 11th Grade	CSA Spanish Reading All Grades	CSA Spanish Speaking 11th Grade	CAST Science 10th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Frontier High	Public	9-12	6401 Allen Rd.	Bakersfield	93314	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 829-1107	2,098	80	26.0	35.8%	886 (42.2%)	61 (2.9%)	836 (39.8%)	117 (5.6%)	14 (0.7%)	15 (0.7%)	168 (8.0%)	72.5	552^nd of 2162 public high schools	74.5%		78.6	429^th of 2159 public high schools	80.1%	123											36.4		36.4	69.3	69.3	33.5	33.5	$16,046	$1,294	$14,752
Centennial High	Public	9-12	8601 Hageman Rd.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 588-8601	2,212	88	25.1	44.5%	799 (36.1%)	59 (2.7%)	1,008 (45.6%)	120 (5.4%)	19 (0.9%)	15 (0.7%)	190 (8.6%)	72.7	547^th of 2162 public high schools	74.7%		72.6	527^th of 2159 public high schools	75.6%	20	0.0	0.0	15.8	15.8	5.6	5.6	0.0	0.0	42.1		34.6	7.7	33.8	66.5	66.5	38.0	38.0	$16,244	$1,421	$14,823
Liberty High	Public	9-12	925 Jewetta Ave.	Bakersfield	93312	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 587-0925	2,369	89	26.7	43.1%	855 (36.1%)	72 (3.0%)	1,057 (44.6%)	127 (5.4%)	11 (0.5%)	3 (0.1%)	242 (10.2%)	68.7	623^rd of 2162 public high schools	71.2%		68.9	581^st of 2159 public high schools	73.1%	42											30.0		30.0	63.3	63.3	38.5	38.5	$16,746	$1,358	$15,388
Vista West Continuation High	Public	9-12	7115 Rosedale Hwy.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 589-4242	375	26	14.2	89.3%	135 (36.0%)	34 (9.1%)	187 (49.9%)	5 (1.3%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	6 (1.6%)	11.5	1942^nd of 2162 public high schools	10.2%		10.9	2009^th of 2159 public high schools	6.9%	67											5.7		5.2	11.8	11.8	3.5	3.5	$25,696	$2,586	$23,110
Stockdale High	Public	9-12	2800 Buena Vista Rd.	Bakersfield	93311	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 665-2800	2,398	87	27.5	44.3%	477 (19.9%)	129 (5.4%)	1,110 (46.3%)	417 (17.4%)	7 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	256 (10.7%)	83.9	335^th of 2162 public high schools	84.5%		77.1	455^th of 2159 public high schools	78.9%	120											47.7		47.7	74.6	74.6	40.3	40.3	$15,299	$1,254	$14,045
North High	Public	9-12	300 Galaxy Ave.	Bakersfield	93308	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 399-3351	2,135	84	25.3	87.4%	626 (29.3%)	115 (5.4%)	1,122 (52.6%)	18 (0.8%)	18 (0.8%)	7 (0.3%)	228 (10.7%)	40.1	1254^th of 2162 public high schools	42.0%		39.4	1252^nd of 2159 public high schools	42.0%	2											22.4		22.4	53.1	53.1	9.2	9.2	$17,637	$2,100	$15,537
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	Public, Charter	9-12	5801 Sundale Ave.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Kern High	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 827-3158	491	54	9.0	89.0%	22 (4.5%)	32 (6.5%)	429 (87.4%)	3 (0.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	10	2020^th of 2162 public high schools	6.6%		11.3	1983^rd of 2159 public high schools	8.2%	37											3.9	11.1	5.2	9.1	9.1	0.4	0.4	$17,872	$1,012	$16,860
West High	Public	9-12	1200 New Stine Rd.	Bakersfield	93309	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 832-2822	2,159	79	27.4	91.1%	147 (6.8%)	220 (10.2%)	1,627 (75.4%)	29 (1.3%)	15 (0.7%)	3 (0.1%)	115 (5.3%)	41.1	1236^th of 2162 public high schools	42.8%		33.2	1421^st of 2159 public high schools	34.2%	185										18.5			18.4	53.6	53.6	12.9	12.9	$18,039	$2,144	$15,895
Bakersfield High	Public	9-12	1241 G St.	Bakersfield	93301	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 324-9841	3,069	120	25.6	81.5%	349 (11.4%)	335 (10.9%)	2,216 (72.2%)	39 (1.3%)	24 (0.8%)	7 (0.2%)	97 (3.2%)	39.4	1276^th of 2162 public high schools	41.0%		33.6	1405^th of 2159 public high schools	34.9%	129											23.5		23.5	42.4	42.4	16.9	16.9	$17,416	$2,050	$15,366
Vista Continuation High	Public	9-12	200 P St.	Bakersfield	93304	Kern County	Kern High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(661) 327-8561	221	15	14.6	93.7%	11 (5.0%)	20 (9.0%)	183 (82.8%)	4 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	9.6	2038^th of 2162 public high schools	5.7%		12.5	1914^th of 2159 public high schools	11.3%	124											1.1		1.1	13.2	13.2	0.9	0.9	$30,241	$2,065	$28,176

Frequently Asked Questions about Frontier High

Is Frontier High a good school?

Frontier High ranks 552^nd of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Frontier High?

Frontier High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Norris Elementary
Elementary : Patriot Elementary
Middle : Freedom Middle

How many students attend Frontier High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,098 students attended Frontier High.

What district is Frontier High in?

Kern High

What is the racial makeup of Frontier High?

Students at Frontier High are 42% White, 40% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 3% African American.

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