Rare Earth High (Continuation)

Rare Earth High (Continuation), a minimally staffed secondary school in Rosamond, California, one of the schools within Southern Kern Unified, serves 49 students, covering grades 10 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Rare Earth High (Continuation) sits 94% below that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Southern Kern Unified (3,636 students total), Rare Earth High (Continuation) accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Rare Earth High (Continuation) logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%; the rest is composed of 20% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Rare Earth High (Continuation) has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kern County (around 76%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kern County) shows that median household income runs about $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Rare Earth High (Continuation) is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Abraham Lincoln Alternative, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Rare Earth High (Continuation)'s enrollment has edged down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 52 (now 49). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 21% to 6% over that span.

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