Schools in Zip Code 93560

ZIP code 93560 has five schools in Southern Kern Unified—one elementary, one middle, two high schools and one alternative school—serving students from elementary through high-school grades in the Southern Kern area. Enrollment ranges from 49 at Rare Earth High (Continuation) to 927 at Rosamond High Early College Campus. The clearest area-wide concern is math: all five schools are below the 2025–2026 state result, with an unweighted school average of 13% versus 38% statewide, a 26-point gap.

Rosamond High Early College Campus is the academic standout, leading the reported all-grades results in every subject: 57% in ELA, 23% in math and 29% in science. Its ELA result was 7 points above the state’s 49%, but its math and science results were 15 and 7 points below their respective state results. At the lower end, Rosamond Elementary had the lowest reported ELA result, 22%—27 points below the state—and the lowest reported science result, 10%, 26 points below. Abraham Lincoln Alternative had the lowest math result at 4.6%, narrowly below Rare Earth’s 4.8%. Completion and attendance also vary: the Early College Campus had 98% graduation and 2% dropout, while Abraham Lincoln had 71% graduation and 27% dropout. Chronic absenteeism was 80% at Rare Earth and 38% at Abraham Lincoln, compared with 18% statewide.

Results improved overall from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but not at every school. The school averages rose 3 points in ELA and 6 in math; among the four schools with science results in both years, the average rose 6 points. The Early College Campus had the biggest ELA gain, up 24 points, while Abraham Lincoln’s ELA result fell 11 points and Rare Earth’s fell 2. SchoolDigger rankings also moved up recently: the Early College Campus rose from the 40th to the 54th percentile, and Tropico Middle from the 13th to the 22nd. Student-teacher ratios range from 12.2 at Rare Earth to 18.6 at the Early College Campus. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 66% at Abraham Lincoln to 88% at Rosamond Elementary; the Early College Campus was at 80%. These are observations about the schools, not explanations for their results.