📍 3340 Erskine Creek Rd., Lake Isabella, Kern County, 93240
Kern Valley High is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Lake Isabella, Kern County. The school has 466 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Gavin Bell. It is part of the Kern High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
Kern Valley High enrolls 466 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 21% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 320 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 99 | 21% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 5.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2.1% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.3% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
334 of the school's 466 students (72%) 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.
Kern Valley High is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Kern Valley 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 466 students, Kern Valley High is smaller than the district average of about 1,729 students per school.