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Enrollment
1,394
High
DISTRICT 1,001 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELANO JOINT UNION HIGH·NCES 061086012157
Robert F. Kennedy High
1401 Hiett Ave., Delano, CA 93215 · (661) 720-5117 · Kern County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,394 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% 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.
- A+Beats 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
22.5:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.4:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
1,245 students
DISTRICT 90% · 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 | 353 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 348 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 348 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 345 | 25% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
62.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.0pp since 2014
Math
31.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.0% | 28.9% | 23.9% | 14.2% |
| Math | 11.3% | 20.1% | 30.1% | 38.6% |
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 | 62.0% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 69.1% | 30.6% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 20.8% |
| 2021-22 | 62.7% | 25.3% |
| 2020-21 | 56.4% | 17.8% |
| 2018-19 | 65.6% | 36.3% |
| 2017-18 | 63.0% | 31.7% |
| 2016-17 | 68.6% | 32.1% |
| 2015-16 | 73.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 62.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 27% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in California's top 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 Robert F. Kennedy High
Robert F. Kennedy High's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert F. Kennedy High this school | 1,394 | 89.3% | 48.3% |
| Baldwin Park High Baldwin Park | 1,260 | 86.9% | 37.7% |
| Azusa High Azusa | 1,609 | 89.3% | 36.3% |
| Century High Santa Ana | 1,519 | 89.6% | 20.8% |
| Selma High Selma | 1,721 | 90.1% | 41.4% |
| Benjamin Franklin Senior High Los Angeles | 1,284 | 87.4% | 24.2% |
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 Robert F. Kennedy High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #353 of 1,052 | #6 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #409 of 1,056 ▼ 45 | #7 of 34 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #425 of 1,056 ▼ 172 | #10 of 34 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #485 of 1,044 | #15 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,394 | #608 of 2,093 | #21 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #930 of 1,352 | #17 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.7% | #1,174 of 1,351 | #33 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #323 of 1,575 | #13 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.4% | #94 of 327 | #7 of 22 |
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
1,394
+49 (+4%) vs 2020
+29% since 2010-11, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 1,394 | 62 | 22.5:1 | 89% (1,245) |
| 2023-24 | 1,365 | 60.9 | 22.4:1 | 91% (1,248) |
| 2022-23 | 1,367 | 58.1 | 23.5:1 | 92% (1,256) |
| 2020-21 | 1,345 | 53 | 25.4:1 | 93% (1,245) |
| 2017-18 | 1,240 | 54.4 | 22.8:1 | 95% (1,180) |
| 2015-16 | 1,122 | 51 | 22.0:1 | 92% (1,034) |
| 2010-11 | 1,083 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Robert F. Kennedy High.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (1,240 to 1,394); teachers up 14% (54.4 to 62).
About Robert F. Kennedy High
At 1401 Hiett Ave. in Delano, California, Robert F. Kennedy High operates as a large high school. Enrollment totals 1,394 students across grades 9 through 12. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 66% bigger than that mark.
A total of 4 schools make up Delano Joint Union High, with 4,004 students enrolled.
The share of students at Robert F. Kennedy High who are Hispanic is 92%. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% Asian. Among people living in Kern County, the Hispanic share is about 57%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
With 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 22.5:1. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Robert F. Kennedy High, 89% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 76% average among public schools in Kern County.
Robert F. Kennedy High earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 83% of California public high schools.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results for Robert F. Kennedy High is 27.2%. It actually posts 48.3%, which is 21.0 points higher and in the top 10% of California schools.
In Kern County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $70,210 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Kern County number 279, with about 197,431 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, Pioneer, is the closest to Robert F. Kennedy High. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Robert F. Kennedy High is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 4%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 25.4:1 to 22.5:1 over the same years.
Robert F. Kennedy High has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Delano Joint Union High
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- Delano HighHigh · 1,221 students
- Valley HighHigh · 71 students
Other schools in Delano
- Wonderful College Prep AcademyCombined · 1,845 students
- Cesar E. Chavez HighHigh · 1,318 students
- Delano HighHigh · 1,221 students
- PioneerElementary · 1,043 students
- Nueva Vista Language AcademyElementary · 684 students
- Cecil Avenue Math and Science AcademyMiddle · 585 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer0.3 mi · 1,043
- Almond Tree Middle0.4 mi · 554
- Fremont Elementary0.7 mi · 440
- Albany Park Elementary0.9 mi · 319
- Nueva Vista Language Academy1.0 mi · 684
- Delano High1.6 mi · 1,221
Frequently asked questions
About Robert F. Kennedy HighHow large is Robert F. Kennedy High?
Robert F. Kennedy High enrolls approximately 1,394 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Robert F. Kennedy High serve?
Robert F. Kennedy High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Robert F. Kennedy High have?
Robert F. Kennedy High employs 62 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Robert F. Kennedy High?
Student demographics at Robert F. Kennedy High are roughly 1% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Robert F. Kennedy High in?
Robert F. Kennedy High is part of Delano Joint Union High.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.