Summary:
North High is a public high school located in Bakersfield, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,214 students. It is part of the Kern High School District, which is ranked 895 out of 1,568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
North High has consistently been ranked in the lower half of California high schools, ranking between 1,155 and 1,385 out of around 2,000-2,300 high schools in the state over the past several years. It has maintained a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of the past decade, with a brief period of a 3-star rating from 2014-2016. The school has seen a decline in its 4-year graduation rate, dropping from 87.5% in 2019-2020 to 79.8% in 2022-2023, and an increase in its dropout rate, rising from 7.2% in 2018-2019 to 13.4% in 2022-2023. Additionally, North High has experienced a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 20.4% in 2018-2019 to 50.2% in 2021-2022, which is much higher than the state and district averages.
Academically, North High students consistently perform below the state and district averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, as well as in the California Science Test (CAST). The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with lower rankings and performance for female, African American, Hispanic, and English Language Learner students. When compared to other high schools in the Bakersfield area, such as Centennial High and Highland High, North High generally performs worse across a range of metrics, including graduation rates, test scores, and subgroup performance.
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Detail:
Public 9-12
District:
Kern High
SchoolDigger Rank:
1218th of 2,323 California High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,358
Feeder schools for North High:
Student/teacher ratio: 23.5
Number of students: 2,148
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
49.3%
White:
41.5%
African American:
5.6%
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Two or more races:
1.4%
American Indian:
1.0%
Asian:
0.9%
Pacific Islander:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 87.6%
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