Frontier High

Frontier High operates as a large four-year high school in Bakersfield, California, one of the schools within Kern High. Current enrollment sits at 2,098 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 150% above typical.

Frontier High is one of 25 schools operated by Kern High, a district that teaches 42,814 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Frontier High reports that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 26.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Kern County's rate of about 76%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Frontier High sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.2%; this one delivers 52.7%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Kern County shows median household earnings sit near $70,210, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Kern County runs 279 public schools (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students), of which Frontier High is one.

The closest other public school is Veterans Elementary, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Frontier High comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Frontier High has contracted 9%, going from 2,310 students in 2018 to 2,098 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 52% to 42%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 28.4:1 in 2018 to 26.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Frontier High typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.