📍 8600 Palm Ave., Lamont, Kern County, 93241
Nueva Continuation High is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Lamont, Kern County. The school has 109 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rocio Cantu. It is part of the Kern High school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a small-town setting. The school employs 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
Nueva Continuation High enrolls 109 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 7.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 98% Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 107 | 98% |
| White | 2 | 1.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
107 of the school's 109 students (98%) 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.
Nueva Continuation 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.
Nueva Continuation 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 109 students, Nueva Continuation High is smaller than the district average of about 1,729 students per school.
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