Kern County high schools by UC admissions, fall 2025

Year

Ranked by the share of each school's seniors (12th graders) admitted to at least one UC campus: admits and seniors from the same year, so large and small schools compare fairly.

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Include schools with under 50 seniors

Showing 1–40 of 40 schools


Wonderful College Prep Academy Delano · Public	135	44%	93%	41%	89%
Garces Memorial High School Private	124	34%	88%	30%	—
Bakersfield Christian High School Private	164	30%	70%	21%	—
South High School Bakersfield · Public	469	22%	89%	19%	32%
Stockdale High School Bakersfield · Public	576	22%	81%	18%	59%
McFarland High School Early College McFarland · Public	218	17%	84%	15%	40%
Desert Junior-Senior High School Edwards · Public	63	19%	67%	13%	30%
Wasco High School Wasco · Public	386	14%	82%	12%	33%
Golden Valley High School Bakersfield · Public	542	14%	79%	11%	39%
Ridgeview High School Bakersfield · Public	683	15%	74%	11%	37%
California City High School California City · Public	147	13%	84%	11%	18%
Arvin High School Arvin · Public	627	13%	85%	11%	28%
Delano High School Delano · Public	316	12%	87%	10%	74%
Centennial High School Bakersfield · Public	556	13%	79%	10%	46%
Mira Monte High School Bakersfield · Public	471	12%	82%	10%	34%
Liberty High School Bakersfield · Public	594	14%	69%	9%	52%
Shafter High School Shafter · Public	326	10%	88%	9%	28%
Chavez Collegiate High School Delano · Public	316	10%	87%	9%	58%
Frontier High School Bakersfield · Public	529	12%	71%	8%	46%
Robert F. Kennedy High School Delano · Public	345	12%	70%	8%	63%
West High School Bakersfield · Public	466	11%	68%	8%	33%
East Bakersfield High School Bakersfield · Public	598	10%	71%	7%	34%
Independence High School Bakersfield · Public	525	9%	79%	7%	35%
Highland High School Bakersfield · Public	656	10%	68%	7%	44%
North High School Bakersfield · Public	498	8%	76%	6%	34%
Tehachapi High School Tehachapi · Public	321	7%	87%	6%	25%
Sherman E. Burroughs High School Ridgecrest · Public	345	7%	84%	6%	29%
Blue Ridge Academy Maricopa · Public	213	8%	67%	6%	31%
Foothill High School Bakersfield · Public	516	7%	78%	6%	24%
Bakersfield High School Bakersfield · Public	747	6%	83%	5%	31%
Del Oro High School Bakersfield · Public	376	8%	66%	5%	—
Taft Union High School Taft · Public	262	5%	71%	4%	27%
California Virtual Academy at Maricopa Simi Valley · Public	67	—	—	—	20%
Frazier Mountain High School Lebec · Public	62	—	too few	—	18%
Heartland Charter Maricopa · Public	159	3%	too few	—	25%
Immanuel Christian School Private	—	—	too few	—	—
Insight School of California Simi Valley · Public	233	—	—	—	—
Kern Valley High School Lake Isabella · Public	128	—	too few	—	11%
Tierra Del Sol Continuation High School Bakersfield · Public	176	—	—	—	—
Valley Oaks Charter Bakersfield · Public	71	—	too few	—	47%

Fall 2025. Seniors are 12th graders enrolled that October. Ticks mark the county median. "Too few" means under 10 applicants or counts the source hides. A–G complete is the share of graduates who finished the UC/CSU required courses (public schools, latest published class).

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