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The highest-poverty public high schools in Kern County, California

Across Kern County, California, 39 public high schools are ranked here, ranked by share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Tierra Del Sol Continuation High leads the list at 98.3%, against a median of 86.2% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Top % FRL

98.3%

Median % FRL

86.2%

HIGHEST POVERTY · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% FRL
1	Tierra Del Sol Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	241	98.3%
2	South High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,107	96.8%
3	Arvin High	Arvin, CA	Kern High	High	2,653	96.5%
4	Wasco Independence High	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union High	High	109	96.3%
5	Del Oro High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	1,927	96.3%
6	Mira Monte High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,048	94.7%
7	Vista Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	221	93.7%
8	Delano High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,221	92.8%
9	West High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,159	91.1%
10	Golden Valley High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,228	90.8%
11	East Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,331	90.2%
12	Vista West Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	375	89.3%
13	Robert F. Kennedy High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,394	89.3%
14	Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	491	89.0%
15	Foothill High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,043	87.8%
16	Wasco High	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union High	High	1,672	87.5%
17	Shafter High	Shafter, CA	Kern High	High	1,599	87.5%
18	North High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,135	87.4%
19	Highland High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,530	87.4%
20	Cesar E. Chavez High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,318	86.2%
21	Mojave Jr./Sr. High	Mojave, CA	Mojave Unified	High	400	84.5%
22	McFarland High School Early College	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	High	1,027	82.2%
23	Taft Union High	Taft, CA	Taft Union High	High	1,064	81.9%
24	Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	3,069	81.5%
25	Rosamond High Early College Campus	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	High	927	79.8%
26	California City High	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	High	604	79.8%
27	Kern Valley High	Lake Isabella, CA	Kern High	High	516	76.9%
28	Independence High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,324	74.7%
29	Frazier Mountain High	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	High	244	74.6%
30	Ridgeview High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,575	71.8%
31	Boron Junior-Senior High	Boron, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	High	253	60.1%
32	Burroughs High	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	High	1,536	52.9%
33	Centennial High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,212	44.5%
34	Stockdale High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,398	44.3%
35	Liberty High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,369	43.1%
36	Tehachapi High	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	High	1,260	40.0%
37	Frontier High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,098	35.8%
38	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	Tehachapi, CA	EPIC de Cesar Chavez District	High	614	33.4%
39	Desert Junior-Senior High	Edwards, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	High	497	13.3%

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