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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in Kern County, California

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in reading in Kern County, California, drawn from 34 qualifying public high schools. Stockdale High leads the list at 74.6%, against a median of 53.3% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Top % Proficient (Reading)

74.6%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

53.3%

BEST IN READING · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	Stockdale High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,398	74.6%
2	Frontier High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,098	69.3%
3	Cesar E. Chavez High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,318	69.1%
4	Burroughs High	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	High	1,536	68.8%
5	Centennial High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,212	66.5%
6	Independence High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,324	66.4%
7	McFarland High School Early College	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	High	1,027	66.4%
8	Liberty High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,369	63.3%
9	Delano High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,221	62.8%
10	Robert F. Kennedy High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	High	1,394	62.0%
11	Wasco High	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union High	High	1,672	58.0%
12	Frazier Mountain High	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	High	244	57.4%
13	Golden Valley High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,228	56.0%
14	Arvin High	Arvin, CA	Kern High	High	2,653	55.2%
15	Highland High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,530	54.9%
16	West High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,159	53.6%
17	South High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,107	53.6%
18	North High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,135	53.1%
19	Ridgeview High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,575	53.0%
20	East Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,331	52.8%
21	Taft Union High	Taft, CA	Taft Union High	High	1,064	51.7%
22	Shafter High	Shafter, CA	Kern High	High	1,599	49.4%
23	Tehachapi High	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	High	1,260	45.2%
24	Desert Junior-Senior High	Edwards, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	High	497	44.8%
25	Foothill High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,043	44.5%
26	Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	3,069	42.4%
27	Del Oro High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	1,927	38.3%
28	Rosamond High Early College Campus	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	High	927	33.0%
29	Mira Monte High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	2,048	32.8%
30	Kern Valley High	Lake Isabella, CA	Kern High	High	516	29.6%
31	California City High	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	High	604	29.5%
32	Boron Junior-Senior High	Boron, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	High	253	25.0%
33	Mojave Jr./Sr. High	Mojave, CA	Mojave Unified	High	400	11.9%
34	Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	High	491	9.1%

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