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Kern High School District
District details
School board members: 5
Students: 43,020 (2022-2023)
Schools: 25 (2022-2023)
Website: Link

Kern High School District is a school district in California (Kern County). During the 2023 school year, 43,020 students attended one of the district's 25 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Steven Rodrigue defeated Manuel Ramirez, Otilia Curiel, and Ronnie Cruz in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steven Rodrigue (Nonpartisan)	35.3	8,211
		Manuel Ramirez (Nonpartisan)	26.1	6,084
	Submit photo	Otilia Curiel (Nonpartisan)	25.0	5,811
	Submit photo	Ronnie Cruz (Nonpartisan)	13.7	3,180

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,286
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

Incumbent David Manriquez defeated Penny Lepisto in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Manriquez (Nonpartisan)	50.4	15,023
	Submit photo	Penny Lepisto (Nonpartisan)	49.6	14,775

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,798
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

Derek Tisinger defeated incumbent Cynthia Brakeman in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Derek Tisinger (Nonpartisan)	70.5	24,799
	Submit photo	Cynthia Brakeman (Nonpartisan)	29.5	10,356

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,155
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

Kathy Scrivner defeated incumbent Janice Graves, Lillian Lopez, and Martin Higuera in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathy Scrivner (Nonpartisan)	49.8	17,351
	Submit photo	Janice Graves (Nonpartisan)	26.7	9,292
	Submit photo	Lillian Lopez (Nonpartisan)	17.4	6,069
	Submit photo	Martin Higuera (Nonpartisan)	6.1	2,112

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,824
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Bryan Batey defeated Michelle Shaw in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bryan Batey (Nonpartisan)	51.3	11,725
	Submit photo	Michelle Shaw (Nonpartisan)	48.7	11,134

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,859
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Jeff Flores defeated M. Dayle Record in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeff Flores (Nonpartisan)	66.6	16,692
		M. Dayle Record (Nonpartisan)	33.4	8,379

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 25,071
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

David Manriquez defeated incumbent Joey O'Connell in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Manriquez (Nonpartisan)	55.6	16,970
	Submit photo	Joey O'Connell (Nonpartisan)	44.4	13,563

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,533
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

Cynthia Brakeman defeated incumbent Mike Williams in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cynthia Brakeman (Nonpartisan)	54.6	20,747
		Mike Williams (Nonpartisan)	45.4	17,233

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 37,980
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

Janice Graves defeated Jenifer Pitcher and Bryan Colebrook in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Janice Graves (Nonpartisan)	48.5	17,131
	Submit photo	Jenifer Pitcher (Nonpartisan)	26.6	9,387
	Submit photo	Bryan Colebrook (Nonpartisan)	24.9	8,803

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,321
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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5

General election

The general election was canceled. Bryan Batey (Nonpartisan) won without appearing on the ballot.

Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2

Incumbent Jeff Flores won election in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 2 on November 8, 2016.

		Candidate
✔		Jeff Flores (Nonpartisan)

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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3

Incumbent Joey O'Connell won election in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 3 on November 8, 2016.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Joey O'Connell (Nonpartisan)

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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1

Incumbent Mike Williams won election in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 1 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Mike Williams (Nonpartisan)

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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4

Incumbent Phillip Peters won election in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 4 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Phillip Peters (Nonpartisan)

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Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5

General election

General election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5

Incumbent Bryan Batey won election in the general election for Kern High Board of Trustees Trustee Area 5 on November 4, 2014.

		Candidate
✔		Bryan Batey (Nonpartisan)

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About the district

School board

The Kern High School District consists of five members serving four-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Seat	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Steven Rodrigue	Trustee Area 2	2023	2028
David Manriquez	Trustee Area 3	2020	2028
Kathy Scrivner	Trustee Area 4	2022	2026
Derek Tisinger	Trustee Area 1	2022	2026
Bryan Batey	Trustee Area 5	2006	2026

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Overlapping state house districts

Kern High School District

Office Name	Current Officeholder	Party	% School District Covered	% Other District Covered
California State Assembly District 32	Stan Ellis	Republican Party	82%	29%
California State Assembly District 35	Jasmeet Bains	Democratic Party	17%	28%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2020-2021

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$93,759,000	$2,213	13%
Local:	$187,409,000	$4,423	25%
State:	$459,406,000	$10,843	62%
Total:	$740,574,000	$17,479

Expenditures, 2020-2021

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$707,668,000	$16,702
Total Current Expenditures:	$590,648,000	$13,940
Instructional Expenditures:	$282,206,000	$6,660	40%
Student and Staff Support:	$113,921,000	$2,688	16%
Administration:	$88,821,000	$2,096	13%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$105,700,000	$2,494	15%
Total Capital Outlay:	$83,117,000	$1,961
Construction:	$77,448,000	$1,827
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$13,830,000	$326
Interest on Debt:	$15,189,000	$358

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	15-19	PS	<50	15-19	PS	<50	21-39
2018-2019	21	50	11	17	11-19	25-29	32
2017-2018	21	50	12	16	25-29	30-34	33
2016-2017	21	45	11	17	20-29	30-34	31
2015-2016	23	59	15	17	20-29	30-34	33
2014-2015	24	52	14	19	11-19	25-29	36
2013-2014	58	81	45	54	40-49	65-69	68
2012-2013	57	79	44	51	60-69	65-69	69
2011-2012	54	81	44	48	50-59	60-64	65
2010-2011	52	70-74	37	47	60-64	55-59	64

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	89	>=80	>=50	86	PS	PS	>=95
2018-2019	51	73	37	47	40-49	60-64	62
2017-2018	49	74	33	45	55-59	55-59	59
2016-2017	51	72	36	47	50-59	65-69	60
2015-2016	51	79	39	46	60-69	55-59	62
2014-2015	51	71	38	46	40-49	60-64	63
2013-2014	53	70	44	47	40-44	65-69	67
2012-2013	55	70	44	49	60-69	65-69	71
2011-2012	52	75	39	44	50-59	70-74	66
2010-2011	57	70-74	45	51	55-59	60-64	72

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	88	94	81	88	70-79	85-89	90
2018-2019	89	95	85	89	80-84	85-89	91
2017-2018	89	95	86	89	70-79	90	88
2016-2017	89	95	86	89	80-89	90-94	90
2015-2016	87	94	84	87	75-79	80-84	88
2014-2015	87	93	86	86	80-89	85-89	89
2013-2014	84	91	80	83	80-84	80-84	88
2012-2013	80	89	74	78	85-89	75-79	83
2011-2012	81	88	78	78	85-89	70-79	86
2010-2011	82	90	79	79	80-84	60-69	86

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2022-2023	43,020	0.4
2021-2022	42,863	1.2
2020-2021	42,370	2.2
2019-2020	41,451	2.7
2018-2019	40,340	2.0
2017-2018	39,520	2.1
2016-2017	38,705	1.6
2015-2016	38,070	2.0
2014-2015	37,318	0.6
2013-2014	37,100	0.1
2012-2013	37,070	-1.2
2011-2012	37,505	0.1
2010-2011	37,452	-1.3
2009-2010	37,928	0.4
2008-2009	37,783	1.2
2007-2008	37,341	3.4
2006-2007	36,086	1.9
2005-2006	35,394	4.6
2004-2005	33,776	4.2
2003-2004	32,357	4.3
2002-2003	30,953	3.8
2001-2002	29,788	1.5
2000-2001	29,333	3.0
1999-2000	28,452	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2022-2023

RACE	Kern High School District (%)	California K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.5	0.0
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	3.8	0.0
Black	5.5	0.0
Hispanic	70.9	0.0
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.3	0.0
Two or More Races	1.9	0.0
White	17.0	0.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2022-2023 school year, Kern High School District had 1,803.79 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 23.85.

Teachers, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	0.00
Kindergarten:	0.00
Elementary:	0.00
Secondary:	1,803.79
Total:	1,803.79

Kern High School District employed 92.30 district administrators and 56.55 school administrators as of the 2022-2023 school year.

Administrators, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	92.30
District Administrative Support:	174.00
School Administrators:	56.55
School Administrative Support:	329.20

Other staff, 2022-2023 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	293.95
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	5.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	127.49
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	127.49
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.59
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	65.00
Other Support Services:	738.01

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Kern High School District operates 25 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Arvin High	2,786	9-12
Bakersfield High	3,004	9-12
Centennial High	2,175	9-12
Central Valley High (Continuation)	89	9-12
Del Oro High	873	9-12
East Bakersfield High	2,421	9-12
Foothill High	2,045	9-12
Frontier High	2,072	9-12
Golden Valley High	2,533	9-12
Highland High	2,599	9-12
Independence High	2,394	9-12
Kern Valley High	466	9-12
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy	571	9-12
Liberty High	2,358	9-12
Mira Monte High	2,293	9-12
North High	2,214	9-12
Nueva Continuation High	109	9-12
Ridgeview High	2,688	9-12
Shafter High	1,651	9-12
South High	2,176	9-12
Stockdale High	2,298	9-12
Tierra Del Sol Continuation High	273	9-12
Vista Continuation High	242	9-12
Vista West Continuation High	312	9-12
West High	2,025	9-12

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