📍 900 Varsity Rd., Arvin, Kern County, 93203
Arvin High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Arvin, Kern County. The school has 2,786 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gabriel Ramirez. It is part of the Kern High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 108.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
Arvin High enrolls 2,786 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 108.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino, 1.7% White and <1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 2,718 | 98% |
| White | 46 | 1.7% |
| Black or African American | 13 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
2,637 of the school's 2,786 students (95%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Arvin High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Arvin High is one of 25 schools in Kern High, based in Bakersfield, California. The district serves 43,237 students district-wide and employs 1,803 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 2,786 students, Arvin High is larger than the district average of about 1,729 students per school.