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🏆 Top 10 in Kern County — UC Reach

Kern County · 2025 · ≥50 seniors
What is UC Reach? UC Reach = unique top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size — the share of a school's entire graduating class that reaches the six most selective UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Irvine, Davis). It's a better gauge of school-wide success than admit rate, which only reflects the handful of students who applied.
Why it beats admit rate: if 6 students apply to the top UCs and all get in, that's a 100% admit rate — but at a 1,000-senior school it's a UC Reach of just 0.6% (6 ÷ 1,000). By contrast, a school where 250 of 1,000 seniors land a top-UC admit has a 25% UC Reach — far stronger, even though its admit rate is lower.
Why some schools are over 100%? Out of every 100 seniors at these schools, the class is generating more than 100 admissions to the six most selective UCs — meaning the typical strong student is getting in at multiple top campuses (UCLA + UCSD, or Berkeley + UCSB + Irvine, for example). It's a rare achievement: fewer than 1% of California high schools clear 100% UC Reach.
1 Garces Memorial High School · Bakersfield 44.4% 2 Bakersfield Christian Hs · Bakersfield 34.1% 3 Stockdale High School · Bakersfield 25.4% 4 Golden Valley High School · Bakersfield 12.6% 5 Robert F Kennedy High School · Delano 12.5% 6 Cesar E Chavez High School · Delano 12.3% 7 Ridgeview High School · Bakersfield 12.3% 8 Arvin High School · Arvin 11.6% 9 South High School · Bakersfield 11.5% 10 Delano High School · Delano 11.1%

Leaderboards by type — Kern County (2025)

Top and bottom schools by UC Reach, split public/charter vs private (≥50 seniors). Scoped to Kern County — change the County filter above to rescope.

▲ Top 10 Public + Charter

Kern County

1
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 25.4%
2
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 12.6%
3
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 12.5%
4
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 12.3%
5
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 12.3%
6
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 11.6%
7
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 11.5%
8
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 11.1%
9
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 10.9%
10
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 10.6%

▲ Top 10 Private

Kern County

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 44.4%
2
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 34.1%

▼ Bottom 10 Public + Charter

Kern County

1
Del Oro High
· Public
 2.9%
2
Sherman E Burroughs Hs
Ridgecrest · Public
 4.6%
3
Foothill High School
Bakersfield · Public
 5.0%
4
Taft Union High School
Taft · Public
 5.3%
5
North High School
Bakersfield · Public
 5.4%
6
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 5.6%
7
Shafter High School
Shafter · Public
 6.8%
8
Independence High
· Public
 7.8%
9
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public
 7.9%
10
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 8.4%

▼ Bottom 10 Private

Kern County

1
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 34.1%
2
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 44.4%

Top 10 by individual UC campus — Kern County · 2025

Where each UC campus lands its admits, as a share of each high school's senior class. Same 50-senior floor.

Top 10 — UCB Reach

UC Berkeley

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 3.2%
2
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 1.9%
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 1.7%
4
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 1.4%
5
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 1.3%
6
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 1.2%
7
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 1.1%
8
West High School
Bakersfield · Public
 0.9%
9
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 0.9%
10
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 0.7%

Top 10 — UCLA Reach

UCLA

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 4.0%
2
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 3.0%
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 1.4%
4
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 1.2%
5
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 1.1%
6
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 0.9%
7
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 0.9%
8
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 0.8%
9
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 0.7%
10
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public
 0.6%

Top 10 — UCSD Reach

UC San Diego

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 7.3%
2
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 6.1%
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.6%
4
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 3.5%
5
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.0%
6
California City High School
California City · Public
 2.7%
7
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.5%
8
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 2.4%
9
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.3%
10
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 2.2%

Top 10 — UCSB Reach

UC Santa Barbara

1
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 8.5%
2
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 6.5%
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 5.2%
4
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.5%
5
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.4%
6
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.4%
7
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 3.2%
8
Shafter High School
Shafter · Public
 3.1%
9
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 2.9%
10
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.9%

Top 10 — UCI Reach

UC Irvine

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 12.1%
2
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 8.7%
3
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 7.3%
4
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.8%
5
California City High School
California City · Public
 3.4%
6
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.2%
7
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 2.8%
8
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 2.6%
9
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.5%
10
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 2.5%

Top 10 — UCD Reach

UC Davis

1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 11.3%
2
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 9.1%
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 4.7%
4
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 3.2%
5
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 3.2%
6
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 2.9%
7
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.8%
8
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.8%
9
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.7%
10
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 2.6%

Beyond UC Reach — three more lenses on Kern County

UC Reach measures who gets in. These lenses measure the upstream pipeline (A-G), the downstream outcome (UC graduation), the capacity that drives the pipeline (counselors), and reliability over time (consistency). Click any school for its full profile.

Top 10 — A-G Completion

% of graduates meeting UC/CSU course requirements · 2024-25 cohort

1
Wonderful College Prep Academy - Lost Hills
· Public
 100.0%
2
Wonderful College Prep Academy
Delano · Public
 85.3%
3
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 77.7%
4
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 67.8%
5
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 63.9%
6
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Public
 59.9%
7
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 57.6%
8
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 53.2%
9
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 52.9%
10
Mcfarland High School Early College
· Public
 51.8%

Top 10 — UC 6-Yr Grad Rate

% of UC entrants who finished in 6 years · cohort N ≥ 20

1
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 92.5%
2
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 90.9%
3
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Public
 90.0%
4
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 86.4%
5
Sherman E Burroughs Hs
Ridgecrest · Public
 85.0%
6
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 84.0%
7
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 82.6%
8
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 81.8%
9
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 78.3%
10
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public
 76.2%

Top 10 — Best Counselor Capacity

Lowest students-per-counselor (ASCA target 250:1) · public/charter, ≥500 students

1
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 237:1
2
Desert Junior-Senior High
· Public
 254:1
3
Mcfarland High School Early College
· Public
 254:1
4
Kern Valley High School
Lake Isabella · Public
 255:1
5
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 257:1
6
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Public
 270:1
7
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 280:1
8
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 281:1
9
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 312:1
10
Foothill High School
Bakersfield · Public
 321:1

Top 10 — Most Consistent

Lowest UC Reach std-dev across 5 years (above-CA-median mean)

1
Centennial High School
avg 9.5% · σ 1.18
 σ 1.18
2
Arvin High School
avg 11.2% · σ 1.66
 σ 1.66
3
Ridgeview High School
avg 9.8% · σ 1.86
 σ 1.86
4
Delano High School
avg 12.1% · σ 1.95
 σ 1.95
5
Robert F Kennedy High School
avg 10.4% · σ 2.38
 σ 2.38
6
Cesar E Chavez High School
avg 15.7% · σ 2.91
 σ 2.91
7
South High School
avg 10.5% · σ 3.16
 σ 3.16
8
Golden Valley High School
avg 10.1% · σ 3.85
 σ 3.85
9
Foothill High School
avg 10.1% · σ 4.1
 σ 4.1
10
Stockdale High School
avg 26.6% · σ 4.21
 σ 4.21

Top 10 — Private Net Assets

Wealthiest CA private high schools · IRS Form 990 · latest fiscal year

No private-school 990 data for this filter.

Reach momentum — biggest gains & declines over time ⓘ

≥50 seniors · earliest→latest year

Which schools are moving a growing — or shrinking — share of their graduating class into the six most selective UCs. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Biggest gains

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 12% '20 → 34% '25 +22.1pp
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 23% '20 → 44% '25 +20.9pp
Wonderful College Prep Academy
Delano · Public
 34% '19 → 48% '24 +14.4pp
California City High School
California City · Public
 3% '19 → 10% '25 +7.4pp
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 6% '18 → 12% '25 +6.6pp
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 4% '18 → 11% '25 +6.6pp
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public
 7% '18 → 12% '25 +5.0pp
Shafter High School
Shafter · Public
 2% '18 → 7% '25 +5.0pp
West High School
Bakersfield · Public
 4% '18 → 9% '25 +4.8pp
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Public
 5% '18 → 10% '25 +4.6pp

▼ Biggest declines

SchoolThen → NowΔ
Foothill High School
Bakersfield · Public
 20% '18 → 5% '25 -14.6pp
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Public
 10% '18 → 8% '25 -1.8pp
Sherman E Burroughs Hs
Ridgecrest · Public
 6% '18 → 5% '25 -1.2pp
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 26% '18 → 25% '25 -0.7pp
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Public
 8% '18 → 9% '25 0.9pp
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 10% '18 → 11% '25 0.9pp
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 12% '18 → 12% '25 0.9pp
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 11% '18 → 12% '25 1.0pp
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public
 7% '18 → 8% '25 1.1pp
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 10% '18 → 12% '25 1.1pp

Demand momentum — biggest gaps vs the county baseline ⓘ

grade-12 enrollment Δ vs. county · ≥80 students

The demographic tide is shrinking CA enrollment ~10% over 7 years statewide, so absolute decline alone is noise. The gap vs the county baseline is the actionable signal — schools losing share faster than their demographic floor are the ones to watch. Reflects the current county/type filter.

▲ Outperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Wonderful College Prep Academy
Delano · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +40.4% vs +12.7% +27.7pp
North High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Demand hides churn
 +35.7% vs +12.7% +23.0pp
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +31.2% vs +12.7% +18.5pp
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +30.3% vs +12.7% +17.7pp
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +26.2% vs +12.7% +13.5pp
Shafter High School
Shafter · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +23.7% vs +12.7% +11.0pp
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Demand hides churn
 +20.7% vs +12.7% +8.0pp
Independence High
· Kern · Public  Strong demand
 +18.3% vs +12.7% +5.6pp
Arvin High School
Arvin · Kern · Public  Best in class
 +18.0% vs +12.7% +5.4pp
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Weak at the gate
 +8.6% vs +12.7% -4.1pp

▼ Underperforming the county the most

SchoolSchool · CountyGap
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Kern · Public  Material decline
 -14.5% vs +12.7% -27.2pp
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Kern · Public  Sharp downturn
 -14.1% vs +12.7% -26.8pp
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Sharp downturn
 -12.5% vs +12.7% -25.2pp
Delano High School
Delano · Kern · Public  Sharp downturn
 -12.4% vs +12.7% -25.0pp
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Sharp downturn
 -3.0% vs +12.7% -15.7pp
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Demand problem
 +2.9% vs +12.7% -9.8pp
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Weak at the gate
 +3.7% vs +12.7% -9.0pp
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Both ends slipping
 +5.1% vs +12.7% -7.5pp
South High School
Bakersfield · Kern · Public  Both ends slipping
 +6.2% vs +12.7% -6.4pp
Sherman E Burroughs Hs
Ridgecrest · Kern · Public  Weak at the gate
 +7.1% vs +12.7% -5.5pp

GPA Performance — over/under their predicted UC admit rate ⓘ

24 schools eligible · 2025

Each dot is one school. The diagonal is the per-campus GPA expectation — points above it admit students at higher rates than their GPA mix predicts; points below admit at lower rates. Schools need ≥30 top-6 UC applications and data across ≥3 campuses to appear.

▲ Top 10 outperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public
 4.12 50.7% +27.5pp
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public
 3.96 50.0% +25.6pp
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.86 45.7% +20.0pp
Shafter High School
Shafter · Public
 3.66 45.8% +19.5pp
Delano High School
Delano · Public
 3.92 36.5% +16.2pp
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public
 3.81 34.1% +14.8pp
Independence High
· Public
 3.81 37.3% +14.7pp
California City High School
California City · Public
 3.86 38.5% +13.7pp
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.97 40.2% +12.2pp
Foothill High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.72 36.6% +10.5pp

▼ Top 10 underperformers

School GPA Actual Δ vs exp.
South High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.74 24.5% 0.8pp
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.94 21.9% 0.8pp
Del Oro High
· Public
 3.75 28.2% 2.5pp
North High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.58 32.9% 4.4pp
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.89 30.8% 4.8pp
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.87 26.2% 5.5pp
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.75 25.7% 5.6pp
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.75 25.8% 5.8pp
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.95 27.9% 6.6pp
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public
 3.75 29.5% 7.1pp

Full rankings — every Kern County high school by UC Reach

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28 schools · 2025 data · 4 hidden (under 50 seniors)
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# School County Seniors ⓘ Total Enroll ⓘ UC Reach ⓘ App Reach ⓘ Admit Rate ⓘ Yield ⓘ Selective Reach ⓘ Elite Reach ⓘ Raw Apps ⓘ Raw Admits ⓘ
1
Garces Memorial High School
Bakersfield · Private
 Kern 124 509 44.4% 118.5% 37.4% 12.7% 33.1 7.3 147 55
2
Bakersfield Christian Hs
Bakersfield · Private
 Kern 164 663 34.1% 100.6% 33.9% 5.4% 25.0 3.0 165 56
3
Stockdale High School
Bakersfield · Public  Weak at the gate
 Kern 576 2,398 25.4% 90.8% 27.9% 24.7% 20.7 3.1 523 146
4
Golden Valley High School
Bakersfield · Public  Sharp downturn
 Kern 542 2,228 12.6% 48.9% 25.7% 20.6% 10.0 1.7 265 68
5
Robert F Kennedy High School
Delano · Public  Best in class
 Kern 345 1,394 12.5% 36.5% 34.1% 13.9% 9.6 2.6 126 43
6
Cesar E Chavez High School
Delano · Public  Sharp downturn
 Kern 316 1,318 12.3% 31.6% 39.0% 15.4% 9.2 1.9 100 39
7
Ridgeview High School
Bakersfield · Public  Weak at the gate
 Kern 683 2,575 12.3% 46.9% 26.2% 22.6% 9.5 1.2 320 84
8
Arvin High School
Arvin · Public  Best in class
 Kern 627 2,653 11.6% 38.8% 30.0% 16.4% 8.4 1.6 243 73
9
South High School
Bakersfield · Public  Both ends slipping
 Kern 469 2,107 11.5% 60.1% 19.1% 22.2% 8.7 1.3 282 54
10
Delano High School
Delano · Public  Sharp downturn
 Kern 316 1,221 11.1% 37.7% 29.4% 11.4% 9.2 0.9 119 35
11
Tehachapi High School
Tehachapi · Public  Material decline
 Kern 321 1,260 10.9% 21.5% 50.7% 17.1% 8.7 1.9 69 35
12
Liberty High School
Bakersfield · Public  Best in class
 Kern 594 2,369 10.6% 48.5% 21.9% 20.6% 7.9 1.9 288 63
13
California City High School
California City · Public  Both ends slipping
 Kern 147 604 10.2% 35.4% 28.9% 26.7% 8.2 — 52 15
14
Mira Monte High School
Bakersfield · Public  Demand problem
 Kern 471 2,048 9.6% 32.7% 29.2% 15.6% 8.1 1.3 154 45
15
Centennial High School
Bakersfield · Public  Weak at the gate
 Kern 556 2,212 9.3% 43.5% 21.5% 34.6% 7.5 — 242 52
16
West High School
Bakersfield · Public  Both ends slipping
 Kern 466 2,159 9.2% 32.0% 28.9% — 7.7 1.5 149 43
17
Frontier High School
Bakersfield · Public  Sharp downturn
 Kern 529 2,098 8.5% 31.8% 26.8% 28.9% 6.0 — 168 45
18
East Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public  Both ends slipping
 Kern 598 2,331 8.4% 32.4% 25.8% 6.0% 6.9 1.5 194 50
19
Highland High School
Bakersfield · Public  Best in class
 Kern 656 2,530 7.9% 30.9% 25.6% 5.8% 6.1 0.6 203 52
20
Independence High
· Public  Strong demand
 Kern 525 2,324 7.8% 25.5% 30.6% 31.7% 6.3 0.6 134 41
21
Shafter High School
Shafter · Public  Best in class
 Kern 326 1,599 6.8% 26.7% 25.3% — 4.9 — 87 22
22
Bakersfield High School
Bakersfield · Public  Demand hides churn
 Kern 747 3,069 5.6% 19.4% 29.0% 9.5% 4.3 — 145 42
23
North High School
Bakersfield · Public  Demand hides churn
 Kern 498 2,135 5.4% 22.5% 24.1% — 4.4 — 112 27
24
Taft Union High School
Taft · Public  Tracking
 Kern 262 1,064 5.3% 17.9% 29.8% — 3.4 — 47 14
25
Foothill High School
Bakersfield · Public  Demand problem
 Kern 516 2,043 5.0% 20.7% 24.3% — 3.9 — 107 26
26
Sherman E Burroughs Hs
Ridgecrest · Public  Weak at the gate
 Kern 345 1,536 4.6% 23.2% 20.0% 31.2% 3.2 — 80 16
27
Del Oro High
· Public  Watch — engagement
 Kern 376 1,927 2.9% 22.1% 13.2% — 2.9 — 83 11
28
Mojave High School
Mojave · Public  Compounding decline
 Kern 153 277 — 3.9% — — — — 6 —
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class size. Where UCOP has not published unique-student totals, campus admits are summed — students admitted to more than one of the 6 campuses are counted at each, so values above 100% indicate strong students winning multiple competitive UC offers. Schools with fewer than 50 seniors are excluded from the leaderboard by default — a small cohort with one strong year can otherwise dominate. See methodology →