East Bakersfield High

East Bakersfield High operates as a substantial 9-12 campus in Bakersfield, California, overseen by Kern High. Current enrollment sits at 2,331 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 178% above the state mean of about 838.

East Bakersfield High is one of 25 schools operated by Kern High, a district that works with 42,814 students overall.

On the student-mix side, East Bakersfield High logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Other groups include 5% Black, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting East Bakersfield High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Kern County's rate of about 76%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, East Bakersfield High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.7%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of +7.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Kern County's 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), East Bakersfield High is one campus in the mix.

Horace Mann Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around East Bakersfield High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts East Bakersfield High at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 17.0%.

East Bakersfield High operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. East Bakersfield High's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 2,346 (now 2,331). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 86% to 90% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 28.0:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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