Enrollment & Outcomes Scorecard
Shafter High School
Public · Shafter · Kern County · 1,670 students · Class of 2025
UC Reach · Class of 2025
7%
Higher than 6% of California high schools
-3.3 pp vs. peer median (10.0%)
· Ranked #8 of 9 similar schools
5-year UC Reach
2021 · 3.8%
2025 · 6.7%
+24%
Senior-class enrollment (2018–2026)
+11.0 pp
vs. Kern County baseline (+13%)
~1682
5-yr projected enrollment (+0.2%/yr)
- ▸On UC Reach, Shafter High School sits near the bottom of its similar-school group (ranked #8 of 9): 7% vs. a peer median of 10%.
- ▸Shafter High School's UC Reach has stepped down from a peak of 15% in 2024 to 7% in 2025 — a 8-point decline worth tracking.
- ▸Across the top-6 UC campuses, Shafter High School is admitting at roughly +20 percentage points above what its average applicant GPA (3.659) alone would predict (46% actual vs. 26% expected). That's a meaningful signal — it can reflect UC's track record with this school's graduates, students presenting strongly in UC's holistic review (essays, EC's, context), or institutional familiarity helping at the margin. The data can't distinguish which, but the pattern itself is real and worth understanding.
- ▸Senior-class enrollment is up 24% (346→428 from 2018 to 2026), outpacing the peer-group median of +17%.
- ▸Enrollment has been growing (+0.2%/yr); projects to ~1682 by 2029.
Most similar nearby schools
| School | Type | UC Reach | Enroll. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wasco High | Public | — | +3% |
| Frontier High School | Public | 8.5% | -12% |
| Centennial High School | Public | 9.4% | +4% |
| North High School | Public | 5.4% | +36% |
| Liberty High School | Public | 10.6% | +26% |
| Wonderful College Prep Academy | Public | 34.1% | +40% |
UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class. Sources: UCOP Admissions by Source School, CDE enrollment, IRS Form 990, NCES F-33. Reach — by Test Prep Gurus · Methodology
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