Summary:
Zip code 93301 has one high school, Bakersfield High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 3,069 students. With no other local high school in this data, the clearest comparison is with California: in 2025–2026, the school’s proficiency was below the state rate in ELA, math and science. The most important gap is in math, where 18% of students were proficient, compared with 38% statewide—a 20-point shortfall.
Bakersfield High is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in this one-school list, so there are no local peers to distinguish. ELA was closest to the state rate, at 40% versus 49%, a 9-point gap; science was 20% versus 36%, a 16-point gap. The school’s 2025–2026 graduation rate was 85%, below California’s 88%, while its 12% dropout rate was above the state’s 8%. Chronic absenteeism was about the same as the state rate: 18.0% at the school and 18.3% statewide. The district figures show a similar mixed picture: graduation was 90% and dropout was 8% in Kern High.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA fell 2 points, math rose 1 point and science fell 3 points, while state science proficiency rose 3 points. The school’s average gap across the three subjects grew from 12 to 15 points. SchoolDigger rates the school 2 stars and places it in the 35th percentile for 2025–2026; its percentile rose to 41 in 2024–2025 before returning to 35. Context figures include a student-teacher ratio of 25.6 and 82% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. Since the area has only one listed school, these figures cannot show how the school compares with local peers.
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