Abraham Lincoln Jr. High

· Kern County · Bakersfield City
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Compton Junior High → Fairfax Jr. High → O. J. Actis Junior High → Sequoia Jr. High → Fruitvale Junior High → Compare all similar →

No UC admissions data on file for Abraham Lincoln Jr. High.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
634 (2018)605 (2026)
-4.6%

If this trend holds (-0.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~601 -4 $0
3 yr (2029) ~594 -11 $0
5 yr (2031) ~588 -17 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Kern County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

Stability rate
76.4%
460 of 602 students

142 of 602 students who enrolled at Abraham Lincoln Jr. High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (23.6% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 24th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 19th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (597) 76.7%
Hispanic / Latino (515) 79.0%
English learners (247) 79.8%
Students w/ disabilities (92) 78.3%
Black / African Am. (57) 63.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Compton Junior High 82.7% Fairfax Jr. High 87.9% O. J. Actis Junior High 80.3% Sequoia Jr. High 82.7% Fruitvale Junior High 91.7%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

Chronic absent
22.4%
129 of 576 students

Absenteeism is up 7.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Kern County median
19.2% · school is worse than 57% of 70 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Abraham Lincoln Jr. High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-0.6%/yr), enrollment projects to ~594 by 2029 — about 11 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

605 students (2026)
~594 projected (2029)
at -0.6%/yr

That's about 11 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Public 605
Peer-group median +35%
Compton Junior High Public 580
Fairfax Jr. High Public 641
O. J. Actis Junior High Public 648
Sequoia Jr. High Public 745
Fruitvale Junior High Public 647
Chipman Junior High Public 744
Fred L. Thompson Junior High Public 719
Kern Workforce 2000 Academy Public 483 +23%
Highland Elementary Public 782
Vista West Continuation High Public 428 +47%

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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