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The public high schools with the most Black students in Kern County, California

44 public high schools in Kern County, California appear in this ranking of the public high schools with the most Black students, ranked by the total number of Black or African American students enrolled. Bakersfield High leads the list at 335, against a median of 31 across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Kern County, California

Top Black students

335

Median Black students

MOST BLACK (COUNT) · KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA

#	School	City	District	Students	% Black	Black students
1	Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	3,069	10.9%	335
2	West High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,159	10.2%	220
3	Independence High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,324	8.1%	187
4	South High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,107	8.0%	169
5	California City High	California City, CA	Mojave Unified	604	27.6%	167
6	Stockdale High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,398	5.4%	129
7	Highland High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,530	5.0%	126
8	Ridgeview High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,575	4.7%	122
9	Burroughs High	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	1,536	7.8%	120
10	North High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,135	5.4%	115
11	East Bakersfield High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,331	4.5%	106
12	Rosamond High Early College Campus	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	927	11.1%	103
13	Golden Valley High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,228	4.4%	99
14	Del Oro High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	1,927	5.0%	97
15	Mojave Jr./Sr. High	Mojave, CA	Mojave Unified	400	23.3%	93
16	Liberty High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,369	3.0%	72
17	Mira Monte High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,048	3.4%	69
18	Frontier High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,098	2.9%	61
19	Centennial High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,212	2.7%	59
20	Foothill High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	2,043	2.5%	50
21	Vista West Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	375	9.1%	34
22	Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	491	6.5%	32
23	Wasco High	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union High	1,672	1.7%	29
24	Boron Junior-Senior High	Boron, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	253	11.1%	28
25	Desert Junior-Senior High	Edwards, CA	Muroc Joint Unified	497	5.4%	27
26	Tierra Del Sol Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	241	9.5%	23
27	Vista Continuation High	Bakersfield, CA	Kern High	221	9.1%	20
28	Tehachapi High	Tehachapi, CA	Tehachapi Unified	1,260	1.5%	19
29	Arvin High	Arvin, CA	Kern High	2,653	0.4%	10
30	Robert F. Kennedy High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	1,394	0.6%	8
31	Shafter High	Shafter, CA	Kern High	1,599	0.4%	7
32	Cesar E. Chavez High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	1,318	0.5%	6
33	McFarland High School Early College	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	1,027	0.6%	6
34	Mesquite Continuation High	Ridgecrest, CA	Sierra Sands Unified	95	6.3%	6
35	EPIC de Cesar Chavez	Tehachapi, CA	EPIC de Cesar Chavez District	614	0.8%	5
36	Kern Valley High	Lake Isabella, CA	Kern High	516	0.8%	4
37	Rare Earth High (Continuation)	Rosamond, CA	Southern Kern Unified	49	6.1%	3
38	Taft Union High	Taft, CA	Taft Union High	1,064	0.3%	3
39	Wasco Independence High	Wasco, CA	Wasco Union High	109	2.8%	3
40	Delano High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	1,221	0.2%	2
41	Frazier Mountain High	Lebec, CA	El Tejon Unified	244	0.4%	1
42	Valley High	Delano, CA	Delano Joint Union High	71	1.4%	1
43	San Joaquin High (Continuation)	McFarland, CA	McFarland Unified	43	2.3%	1
44	Buena Vista High (Continuation)	Taft, CA	Taft Union High	85	1.2%	1

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