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Which teacher or staff member at Golden Valley High deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,228
High
DISTRICT 1,713 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KERN HIGH·NCES 061954011297
Golden Valley High
801 Hosking Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93307 · (661) 827-0800 · Kern County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,228 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of California public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.9:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
2,024 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 577 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 554 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 555 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 542 | 24% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
56.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +8.0pp since 2014
Math
21.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 23.3% | 32.8% | 23.1% | 20.9% |
| Math | 5.5% | 15.6% | 24.8% | 54.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 21.1% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 18.9% |
| 2022-23 | 56.9% | 14.4% |
| 2021-22 | 54.6% | 12.1% |
| 2020-21 | 74.7% | N/A |
| 2018-19 | 50.1% | 15.2% |
| 2017-18 | 51.0% | 13.4% |
| 2016-17 | 53.1% | 17.6% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 48.0% | 18.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Golden Valley High
Golden Valley High's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Valley High this school | 2,228 | 90.8% | 39.7% |
| East Bakersfield High Bakersfield | 2,331 | 90.2% | 32.6% |
| Mira Monte High Bakersfield | 2,048 | 94.7% | 18.9% |
| Citrus Hill High Perris | 1,630 | 91.6% | 32.7% |
| Foothill High Bakersfield | 2,043 | 87.8% | 27.9% |
| Norte Vista High Riverside | 1,804 | 92.0% | 30.2% |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Golden Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #536 of 1,052 | #12 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #637 of 1,056 ▲ 5 | #12 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #553 of 1,056 ▼ 174 | #13 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.2pp | #338 of 1,044 | #12 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,228 | #179 of 2,093 | #9 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #1,024 of 1,352 | #22 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.5% | #1,076 of 1,351 | #27 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #266 of 1,575 | #10 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #510 of 802 | #8 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,228
-523 (-19%) vs 2020
-14% since 2010-11, when it was 2,598
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 25.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,228 | 95.7 | 23.3:1 | 91% (2,024) |
| 2023-24 | 2,365 | 98 | 24.1:1 | 92% (2,179) |
| 2022-23 | 2,533 | 105.8 | 23.9:1 | 91% (2,310) |
| 2020-21 | 2,751 | 107 | 25.7:1 | 88% (2,422) |
| 2017-18 | 2,434 | 96 | 25.4:1 | 83% (2,031) |
| 2015-16 | 2,402 | 86 | 27.9:1 | 82% (1,969) |
| 2010-11 | 2,598 | N/A | N/A | 71% (1,839) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Golden Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (2,434 to 2,228); teachers unchanged (96 to 95.7).
About Golden Valley High
Golden Valley High is a large high school found in Bakersfield, California. A federal count lists 2,228 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in California) has about 838 students.
Golden Valley High is one school in a 25-school district, Kern High, which enrolls 42,814 students.
Hispanic students make up 88% of enrollment at Golden Valley High. Smaller groups are 4% Black, 3% White, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Kern County is roughly 57% Hispanic. Golden Valley High's diversity index is 21%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 23.3:1 comes from the school's 95.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 5.1 students per teacher above the 18.2:1 average for high schools in California. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 91% in 2024-25. That is 15 points above the 76% average for public schools in Kern County.
The allk12 Grade for Golden Valley High is B+. Compared with California public high schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Golden Valley High sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 39.7% and a predicted 26.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Kern County, the median household income is $70,210, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kern County has 279 public schools and roughly 197,431 students.
Of nearby public schools, Horizon Elementary is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. Golden Valley High has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.3% proficiency; Golden Valley High posts 39.7%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 19% from 2020-21, when Golden Valley High had 2,751 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,228. Students per teacher fell from 25.7 in 2020-21 to 23.3 in 2024-25.
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Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kern High
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
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- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Other Golden Valley High schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Golden Valley High. Golden Valley High is the largest of the 3.
- Golden Valley HighSanta Clarita, CA · 1,980 students
- Golden Valley HighMerced, CA · 1,917 students
Nearby schools
- Horizon Elementary0.3 mi · 845
- McKee Middle0.5 mi · 869
- Leon H. Ollivier Middle0.6 mi · 1,152
- Valle Verde Elementary0.7 mi · 768
- Dolores S. Whitley TK-81.5 mi · 1,151
- Crescent Elementary1.6 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Golden Valley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Golden Valley High?
Golden Valley High enrolls approximately 2,228 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Golden Valley High serve?
Golden Valley High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Golden Valley High?
Approximately 23.3:1 students per teacher at Golden Valley High.
How diverse is Golden Valley High?
Golden Valley High reports a student body of 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Golden Valley High in?
Golden Valley High is part of Kern High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.