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Centennial High

Q: Is Centennial High a good high school?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 59 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (509 of 538); across California, 89%. The Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: What are Centennial High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 67% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 38% the math standard; 30% and 16% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 469 students were tested in English and 479 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

Q: How does Centennial High rank in California?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Solid, 2025). Centennial High ranks #597 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

Q: What do attendance and suspension records show for Centennial High?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 11.7% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 269 chronically absent of 2,306 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 5.6%; 132 unduplicated suspended students of 2,359 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 12.3%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 5.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

Q: How does Centennial High compare to other schools in Bakersfield?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 2,212 students. Use the schools in Bakersfield page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.

Q: What AP courses are offered at Centennial High?

Centennial High had own-school AP authorizations for 14 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Macroeconomics, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics. The audit records authorization, not whether a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

Q: How many students from Centennial High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 24 Centennial High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

Bakersfield · 9–12 · 2,212 students (2024–25)

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Scope Score

59 / 100

Weighted composite · 2025
Not a grade or a test result.

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In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (509 of 538); across California, 89%. Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students in the four-year graduation cohort: 538
Comparison: California: graduates divided by students in the four-year cohort across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

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Academic achievement

Beyond a single score: who exceeds, meets or is still approaching the standard.

Learning

How are students doing in English and math?

Exceeded standardMet standardBelow standard

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 30%
Met standard: 37%
Below standard: 33%

67% met or exceeded · 469 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Kern High
Exceeded	30%	27%	20%
Met	37%	30%	31%
Nearly met	22%	20%	23%
Not met	11%	23%	26%

Below standard combines nearly met and not met. The full track represents all students tested. Share of students tested. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2025. State comparison combines the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

Exceeded standard: 16%
Met standard: 22%
Below standard: 62%

38% met or exceeded · 479 tested

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Kern High
Exceeded	16%	14%	6%
Met	22%	16%	12%
Nearly met	26%	21%	19%
Not met	36%	49%	63%

What these tests tell you · what to ask

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, preparation and college destinations answer different questions below.

Ask: How do you help students strengthen their skills while keeping graduation and post-school plans on track?

Things worth knowing

Open a finding for the evidence

269 of 2,306 students missed 10% or more of school days: about two thirds of the rate at the average Kern High school.2024–25

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism file, 2024–25
Students: all students counted for chronic absence (CDE’s eligible enrollment): 2,306
Comparison: 269 of 2,306. District and California figures are averages of school rates (19 Kern High schools; 1,500 scored California high schools), our calculation.

5.6% of students (132 of 2,359) were suspended at least once in 2024–25, against 3.2% at the average California high school.2024–25

5.6%of students were suspended at least once, 2024–25

Ask: When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?

Source: CDE suspension file, 2024–25
Students: all students enrolled during the year (CDE’s cumulative enrollment): 2,359
Comparison: 132 of 2,359. District and California figures are averages of school rates (19 Kern High schools; 1,500 scored California high schools), our calculation.

Hispanic or Latino students here (230 tested in English, 235 in math, grade 11, spring 2025) met or exceeded the standard far more often than Hispanic or Latino students across California in the same grades (49% and 19%).grade 11 · spring 2025

65%English · met or exceeded37%Math · met or exceeded

Source: CDE CAASPP research file, spring 2025
Students: Hispanic or Latino students in grade 11: 230 in English, 235 in math
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s statewide rows combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation). Both gaps are more than twice the margin of error for 230 students in English and 235 in math.

Comparisons & progress

Put today’s results in context, then follow the longer view.

Same grades, same year

How does this school compare?

English

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school67%

California57%

Tested: 469 here · 432,651 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school67%

Kern High51%

Tested: 469 here · 10,088 in Kern High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 25 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Kern High
Exceeded	30%	27%	20%
Met	37%	30%	31%
Nearly met	22%	20%	23%
Not met	11%	23%	26%

Math

grade 11Spring 2025

All students tested

How it compares · met or exceeded

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school38%

California30%

Tested: 479 here · 431,903 in California.

Same grades · spring 2025 · 0–100%

This school38%

Kern High18%

Tested: 479 here · 10,075 in Kern High. District public schools combined, weighted by students tested · 25 schools.

Explore the results & sources

Level	Here	California	Kern High
Exceeded	16%	14%	6%
Met	22%	16%	12%
Nearly met	26%	21%	19%
Not met	36%	49%	63%

Progress over time

How have results changed?

English

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201974%458 tested

→

202567%469 tested

Centennial

California, same grades57% → 57%2019 → 2025 · 439,947 → 432,651 tested

Math

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · all students tested

201939%453 tested

→

202538%479 tested

Centennial

California, same grades32% → 30%2019 → 2025 · 438,107 → 431,903 tested

A comparison of two years, not individual student growth. Each year is a different group of students.

Explore every year, the trend charts & underlying data

English and math have been above California in every tested year since 2019.

English met or exceeded, grade 11

CentennialCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202567%57%

Math met or exceeded, grade 11

CentennialCalifornia

0%50%100%20192022202538%30%

Breaks in the lines mark years without comparable results.

English went from 74% in 2019 to 67% in 2025. Math went from 39% in 2019 to 38% in 2025. Each year is a different group of students.

Annual values & tested counts

English · met or exceeded · grade 11
Year	Centennial	California
2019	74% 458 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	67% 483 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	62% 509 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	69% 500 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	67% 469 tested	57% 432,651 tested

Math · met or exceeded · grade 11
Year	Centennial	California
2019	39% 453 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	33% 485 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	37% 519 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	29% 497 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	38% 479 tested	30% 431,903 tested

Ask: English is lower than in 2019 here (74% to 67%), while across California it was 57% in both years. How does the school check what’s working in English?

Life at school

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After graduation

Do students finish prepared, and where do they go?

Preparation · separate measures and cohorts

Graduated in four years

95%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 509 of 538 students in the four-year cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.

College / career Prepared

54%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · Students in the CDE College/Career Indicator cohort

Source and definition

California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator overall Prepared. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.

Completed UC/CSU courses

50%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · High-school graduates completing A–G

Source and definition

California Department of Education, A–G completion records. Course completion is separate from college enrollment.

Destinations · class of 2023

Where graduates went

59% enrolled in college within 12 months · 489 high-school completers

University of California11 · 2%
California State University62 · 13%
California community college175 · 36%
In-state private12 · 2%
Out-of-state, 4-year25 · 5%
Out-of-state, 2-year3 · 1%
Not enrolled201 · 41%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: count ÷ completers. A dash is unavailable, not zero. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

One destination in detail

University of California

UC fall 2025 entry · matched school records · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 70
Admitted: 55
Enrolled: 24

Source: UC admissions by source school. “Masked” gives no numeric bound; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable.

UC years and campus records

UC reports fall first-year applicants, admits and enrollees separately. These records do not establish the school’s effect on admission. “+” is a partial SchoolScope sum across linked codes; missing contributions may be zero. A reported zero remains zero. Never assume zero or a positive hidden value for missing or masked counts.

Fall 2025Applied 70 · Admitted 55 · Enrolled 24
Fall 2024Applied 65 · Admitted 46 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2023Applied 53 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 12
Fall 2022Applied 71 · Admitted 47 · Enrolled 21
Fall 2021Applied 67 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2020Applied 66 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled 19
Fall 2019Applied 54 · Admitted 31 · Enrolled 15
Fall 2018Applied 58 · Admitted 38 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2017Applied 50 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 26
Fall 2016Applied 49 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 24
Fall 2015Applied 50 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 25
Fall 2014Applied 50 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 23
Fall 2013Applied 50 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 14
Fall 2012Applied 36 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 16
Fall 2011Applied 44 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2010Applied 26 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 12
Fall 2009Applied 38 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 17
Fall 2008Applied 44 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2007Applied 38 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2006Applied 39 · Admitted 35 · Enrolled 15
Fall 2005Applied 38 · Admitted 32 · Enrolled 9
Fall 2004Applied 28 · Admitted 25 · Enrolled 12
Fall 2003Applied 37 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2002Applied 41 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled 25
Fall 2001Applied 45 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled 22
Fall 2000Applied 36 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 17
Fall 1999Applied 67 · Admitted 50 · Enrolled 27
Fall 1998Applied 48 · Admitted 45 · Enrolled 18
Fall 1997Applied 39 · Admitted 34 · Enrolled 18
Fall 1996Applied 30 · Admitted 26 · Enrolled 15

Campus records · fall 2025

BerkeleyApplied 31 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
DavisApplied 25 · Admitted 10 · Enrolled Masked
IrvineApplied 47 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled 13
Los AngelesApplied 42 · Admitted Masked · Enrolled Masked
MercedApplied 28 · Admitted 28 · Enrolled Masked
RiversideApplied 25 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled Masked
San DiegoApplied 52 · Admitted 7 · Enrolled Masked
Santa BarbaraApplied 45 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled 5
Santa CruzApplied 23 · Admitted 17 · Enrolled Masked

Do not add campus application or admission counts: a student may appear at multiple campuses.

Courses and opportunities

What could my child study here?

AP course authorizations

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025 - 2026. Authorization does not confirm this term’s schedule, access or enrollment.

Math & Computer Science 3

Calculus AB
Computer Science Principles
Statistics

Sciences 2

Biology
Environmental Science

English 1

English Language and Composition

History & Social Science 4

European History
Macroeconomics
Psychology
U.S. Government and Politics

World Languages & Cultures 1

Spanish Language and Culture

Arts 3

2-D Art and Design
3-D Art and Design
Drawing

Courses, access and preparation

AP course or exam pathway qualifiers: 83 of 288 Prepared students · 28.8%
2024–25
Source and what this counts
CDE CCI, all students · 538 eligible students. Cohort includes the current four-year graduation cohort and only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Qualifies through two AP exams scored 3+, two AP courses completed with C− or better, or a qualifying combination in different subjects. Share among Prepared students, not all exam takers or course authorizations.
Career pathway: CCI CTE+ qualifiers: 109 students
2024–25
Source and what this counts
CDE CCI: completed a CTE pathway with C− or better in its capstone plus an additional criterion. Not all CTE completers or a list of courses offered.
Dual enrollment (historical): 247 students · offered
2020-21
Source and what this counts
Federal Civil Rights Data Collection historical snapshot, not confirmation of current availability.

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What’s it like

Attendance and discipline

12 in 100students chronically absent, 2024–25

19in 100 at the average Kern High school22in 100 at the average California high school

269 of 2,306 students missed 10% or more of school days.

This school12 in 100

at the average Kern High school19 in 100

at the average California high school22 in 100

5.6%of students were suspended at least once (132 of 2,359), 2024–25

7.8%at the average Kern High school3.2%at the average California high school

Reviews & community voices

Parents’ experience · the school as a workplace

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Every learner

Who attends, and how outcomes differ across student groups.

Kids like mine

How each student group did

Met or exceeded · grade 11 · spring 2025. Compare each group with the same group in the same grades.

HereCaliforniaEach track: 0–100%

Low-income

210 English · 218 math tested

English63% / 49%

Math31% / 21%

Hispanic or Latino

230 English · 235 math tested

English65% / 49%

Math37% / 19%

White

191 English · 195 math tested

English65% / 68%

Math38% / 42%

Students with disabilities

47 tested per subject

English26% / 18%

Math4% / 6%

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Met or exceeded the standardgrade 11 · spring 2025

Group and subject	Here	vs Kern High	vs California
Low-income · 210 tested in English, 218 in math
English	63%	+1647%	+1449%
Math	31%	+1714%	+1021%
Hispanic or Latino · 230 tested in English, 235 in math
English	65%	+1748%	+1649%
Math	37%	+2314%	+1819%
White · 191 tested in English, 195 in math
English	65%	+560%	−368%
Math	38%	+1028%	−442%
Students with disabilities · 47 tested
English	26%	+1313%	+818%
Math	4%	+13%	−26%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Kern High, and across California. ■ Green: a group that is behind statewide does much better here, by 10 points or more and more than twice the margin of error.

Asian and Filipino students and English learners: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Black or African American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Pacific Islander, homeless and military-family students, students of two or more races and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Hispanic or Latino students here did far better than the same group statewide.

Read the student-group results as sentences

At Centennial High in Bakersfield, 63.3% of low-income students (CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged” group) met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025 for reported grade 11, compared to 47.2% district-wide for those same grades and 48.7% statewide for those same grades. Centennial High’s rate for low-income students exceeds its district average by 16.1 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: low-income students (31.2% met or exceeded the Math standard); Hispanic students (65.2% met or exceeded the ELA standard). The widest gap between a student group’s met-or-exceeded rate and the school-wide rate is 41.0 percentage points: students with disabilities in ELA. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 213 ELA grade test records.

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Students and staff

Student mix

2024–25 · eligible enrollment

Hispanic or Latino46%
White37%
Not reported5%
Asian3%
Black or African American3%
Filipino2%
Two or more races2%
American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
Pacific Islander<1%

Shares use eligible enrollment in the CDE chronic-absence file.

Full student mix, comparisons & sources

Eligible enrollment, 2024–25	Here
Hispanic or Latino	46%
White	37%
Not reported	5%
Asian	3%
Black or African American	3%
Filipino	2%
Two or more races	2%
American Indian or Alaska Native	<1%
Pacific Islander	<1%

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2024–25. Shares use eligible enrollment; unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

About 2 in 5 students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25 (44%, 984 of 2,212). California: 63%.

Teachers, 2024–25

Teachers179

Average experience13 years

First-year teachers3%

83% of teaching positions with proper credential and placement · 2021–22

CDE SARC report 2024–25. The published rate is 83.44%: 74.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 88.8 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

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Questions to ask

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When a student is suspended, what happens before and after, and who talks with the family?
English is lower than in 2019 here (74% to 67%), while across California it was 57% in both years. How does the school check what’s working in English?
Which courses and career pathways are running this year, and who can enroll?
How do counselors help students plan for college, training or work?

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Similar student populations

Same school level, matched by enrollment and eligibility for free or reduced-price meals. This describes two aspects of the student population, not overall school fit.

Similar high schools2025 statewide percentile

Arnold O. Beckman HighTustin Unified · 2,776 enrolled · 44.5% meal eligibility94thStrong
Mission Bay HighSan Diego Unified · 1,240 enrolled · 44.4% meal eligibility88thStrong
Silver Creek HighEast Side Union High · 2,139 enrolled · 44.6% meal eligibility74thSolid
Mission Hills HighSan Marcos Unified · 2,751 enrolled · 44.6% meal eligibility58thSolid
North HighTorrance Unified · 1,812 enrolled · 44.6% meal eligibility92ndStrong
Stockdale HighKern High · 2,398 enrolled · 44.3% meal eligibility73rdSolid

How these schools are matched

CDE meal-eligibility record, 2024–25. Matches use 36.5–52.5% meal eligibility and 1,106–4,424 enrolled students, at the same level and in the comprehensive public-school class. Ordered by population match, not academic results. They may be elsewhere in the state.

Common questions

Is Centennial High a good high school?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. Its Scope Score is 59 of 100: it places the school among them; it isn’t a grade. In 2024–25, 95% of the class graduated in four years (509 of 538); across California, 89%. The Scope Score combines 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate, exceeded standard, college/career readiness, met or exceeded the standard, chronic absenteeism, suspension rate, and ELPAC English Learner proficiency. See the current formula and weights. Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Centennial High's CAASPP test scores?

In spring 2025, 67% of students tested in grade 11 met or exceeded the English standard and 38% the math standard; 30% and 16% exceeded it. For the same grades, California's rate was 57% and 30% met or exceeded, 27% and 14% exceeded. 469 students were tested in English and 479 in math (CDE CAASPP 2024–25; California's rate combines CDE's statewide grade rows, weighted by students tested, our calculation).

How does Centennial High rank in California?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile of 1,500 California comprehensive high schools (Solid, 2025). Centennial High ranks #597 by Scope Score in that comparison pool. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.

What do attendance and suspension records show for Centennial High?

CDE chronic absence 2024–25: 11.7% of eligible students missed 10% or more of the days they were expected to attend; 269 chronically absent of 2,306 eligible students. CDE suspension 2024–25: 5.6%; 132 unduplicated suspended students of 2,359 cumulative enrollment. Separately, SchoolScope's adjusted chronic-absence scoring input is 12.3%. SchoolScope's adjusted suspension scoring input is 5.5%. These are model inputs, not CDE's reported rates. These figures cannot establish safety or everyday experience. How the Scope Score is built.

How does Centennial High compare to other schools in Bakersfield?

Centennial High is in the 60th percentile (Solid) of California’s regular public and charter high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same measures side by side: the share of students who met or exceeded the standard, the share who exceeded it, growth, chronic absence and suspensions. The school serves 2,212 students. Use the schools in Bakersfield page or the map view to compare nearby high schools.

What do reported student-group results show at Centennial High?

What AP courses are offered at Centennial High?

Centennial High had own-school AP authorizations for 14 of the 40 subjects in the College Board's 2025–26 AP program: 2-D Art and Design, 3-D Art and Design, Biology, Calculus AB, Computer Science Principles, Drawing, English Language and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Macroeconomics, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, Statistics, U.S. Government and Politics. The audit records authorization, not whether a section ran that year or how students performed on AP exams. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Centennial High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 24 Centennial High graduates enrolled at University of California campuses, universitywide. That figure can't be split into a per-campus sum — students apply to several UC campuses at once, so campus-level counts don't add up to the universitywide total. UC is one destination among many: this says nothing about graduates who chose a CSU, a private college, a community college, or work, and it is a count, not a rate or a ranking. Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle.

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Centennial High is ranked #597 statewide · #4 of 19 in Kern High.

Score factorsInspect source values, comparisons and score weights.Weighted composite · 2024–25

Score factors
Factor	School	State	Weight
Graduation rate	94.6%	92.9%	25%
Exceeded standard	23.0%	20.3%	22%
CCI overall Prepared	53.5%	51.7%	20%
Met or exceeded	52.3%	43.8%	18%
Chronic absenteeism	12.3%	22.7%	5%
Suspension rate	5.5%	3.3%	5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)	18.6%	17.8%	5%

Graduation rate: ↑ vs CA 92.9% · index 59 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard: ↑ vs CA 20.3% · index 58 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
CCI overall Prepared: ↑ vs CA 51.7% · index 56 on SchoolScope's high-school calibration scale; the state rate above is CDE's statewide student rate, not this school-model index
Met or exceeded: ↑ vs CA 43.8% · index 62 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism: ↑ vs CA 22.7% · index 65 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 1.5pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate: ↓ vs CA 3.3% · index 41 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▲ 0.4pp higher vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC): ↑ vs CA 17.8% · index 54 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint

Any absence or suspension percentage shown here is a SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring input, not a raw CDE-reported school rate. The State column averages these inputs across scored comprehensive California schools at this level.

By grade & subgroupLook beyond the school average, by grade and student group.CAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students

These 2024–25 results use Standard Met (Level 3) and Standard Exceeded (Level 4); “Met or exceeded” combines both. California's 2025–26 student reports rename those levels Proficient and Advanced. The later results are not included in this 2024–25 record. California's level descriptions.

ELA · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
ELA	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	469	30%	37%	23%	11%	67%	+18

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 ELA equal-school mean: 48.6%; n=2080 reporting schools

Math · 2024–25 results by grade

CDE CAASPP 2025
Math	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT	MET+	+/CA
Grade 11	479	16%	22%	26%	36%	38%	+14

California comparison: each reporting school contributes equally; schools with fewer than 15 tested in this grade and subject are excluded.

State grade 11 Math equal-school mean: 23.7%; n=2074 reporting schools

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met+
2024 · Grade 11 · ELA	500	69.0%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	497	28.6%
2023 · Grade 11 · ELA	509	61.9%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	519	37.4%
2022 · Grade 11 · ELA	483	67.5%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	485	33.0%
2019 · Grade 11 · ELA	458	73.6%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	453	39.3%

Current 2024–25 grade results appear above. These earlier school-level rows are stored CDE records; original historical files still need independent re-verification. “Students with scores” is the rate denominator for that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero or a matched cohort.

Science (CAST)	Tested	EXC	MET	NEAR	NOT
Schoolwide	423	5%	29%	57%	9%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Subgroup · ELA	Tested	MET+	vs district	vs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	213	63.3%	+16	+15
Hispanic/Latino	231	65.2%	+17	+16
White	195	65.5%	+5	−2

Nearest high schoolsInspect the nearby-school comparison and its enrollment context.Nearby schools · distance and enrollment context

nearest by distance

School	Dist	Scope · percentile · band	EXC	MET+	Susp
Centennial High ←	—	5960th percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	23.0%	52.3%	5.5%
Liberty High	3 mi	6062nd percentile · Solid · statewide · 2025	22.2%	50.9%	3.8%
California average	—	57School average · no percentile	20.3%	43.8%	3.3%
Vista West Continuation Highscored within its class, not statewide	1.4 mi	2136th percentile · Developing · within class · 2025	1.8%	7.7%	15.0%

Susp = SchoolScope model-adjusted suspension input, not the raw CDE-reported school rate.

More measuresRead additional measures and dated historical records.context · not all part of the Scope Score

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders1.2%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

District salary records

Teacher salary schedule$62,889 – $134,832

Average high school principal salary$173,913

Superintendent salary$255,200

CDE 2024–25 Form J-90, Table 1. These are district-wide reported amounts, not this school's staff salaries. Teacher figures are the district minimum and maximum schedule; principal figures are separate average annual salaries by school level, not career steps. Superintendent salary is the district's reported annual amount. Zero-valued source salary fields are treated as unavailable and omitted.

2025 Scope Score · CDE overall Prepared model · CCI 2025: 59/100. Earlier scores are shown under the legacy model. The score models differ, so their results do not form one trend.

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 53.5% · numerator 288 students classified Prepared · denominator 538 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) · overall Prepared rate 51.7% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · student group ALL (all students) ·AP pathway rate 28.8% · AP-pathway numerator 83 · denominator 288 (CCI Prepared students).This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is this version's 20% high-school college-readiness score factor. The school rate is 288 of 538 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model

Earlier assessment years · legacy Scope Score model
Assessment year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2019	58/100	62	#573	California comprehensive high schools · 1,512 schools
2022	56/100	62	#605	California comprehensive high schools · 1,599 schools
2023	56/100	62	#609	California comprehensive high schools · 1,633 schools
2024	55/100	58	#675	California comprehensive high schools · 1,641 schools

These are retrospective calculations using earlier test results and current school levels and comparison classes. Each year's rank and percentile use that year's measured school group. They do not form a trend across different score models.

The legacy high-school model uses 2024–25 graduation records. Its readiness input uses the 2025 AP pathway share among Prepared students when available; otherwise it uses 2024–25 A-G completion. A reported zero remains zero. These inputs do not describe graduation or readiness in the earlier assessment years. The newer 2025 model instead uses CDE's overall Prepared rate.

Historical ELPAC inputs are absent from these calculations. Missing factor weights are redistributed proportionally among available factors. Adjusted climate values are SchoolScope scoring inputs, distinct from the state’s reported rates.

CDE reported all-students (TA) school rates for 2024 and 2025; the change is 2025 minus 2024 in percentage points.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024 · 10.2% → 2025 · 11.7% · +1.5pp
Suspension rate2024 · 5.2% → 2025 · 5.6% · +0.4pp

ELA and Math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Exc	Met+
2025 · ELA	469	29.6%	66.5%
2025 · Math	479	16.3%	38.0%
2024 · ELA	500	30.0%	69.0%
2024 · Math	497	12.1%	28.6%
2023 · ELA	509	29.9%	61.9%
2023 · Math	519	16.0%	37.4%
2022 · ELA	483	34.4%	67.5%
2022 · Math	485	12.4%	33.0%
2019 · ELA	458	35.1%	73.6%
2019 · Math	453	17.9%	39.3%

Each year names its school year end (2025 = 2024–25). “Students with scores” is the subject-specific rate denominator; ELA and Math counts must not be added. Earlier years are stored SchoolScope CDE records whose original files still need independent re-verification; a dash is unavailable, not zero.

Graduation Rate

94.6%

AP pathway among Prepared

28.8%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students already Prepared, not course offerings

A-G Completion

49.7%

A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-Going Rate

58.9%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A-G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

Year	Exc	Met+	Absent	Susp
2019	26.5%	56.4%	8.4%	6.0%
2022	23.4%	50.2%	22.8%	5.4%
2023	22.9%	49.6%	15.9%	5.3%
2024	21.0%	48.8%	10.8%	5.2%
2025	23.0%	52.3%	12.3%	5.5%

The Absent and Susp columns are SchoolScope model-adjusted scoring inputs, rather than raw CDE-reported school rates.

NO 2020 OR 2021 RECORDS IN THIS SCHOOLSCOPE SERIES

Climate by student groupCompare attendance and discipline records by student group.chronic absenteeism · 2018–19 vs 2024–25 school years

Group	2018–19	2024–25	Δ
Female	10.0%	12.0%	+2.0pp
Male	5.7%	11.4%	+5.7pp
Asian	4.1%	4.1%	+0.0pp
Black/African American	11.7%	17.6%	+5.9pp
Filipino	1.7%	1.9%	+0.2pp
Hispanic/Latino	6.3%	10.4%	+4.1pp
American Indian/Alaska Native	9.5%	21.1%	+11.6pp
Two or More Races	10.0%	10.4%	+0.4pp
White	8.9%	14.0%	+5.1pp
Students with Disabilities	12.4%	15.0%	+2.6pp
English Learners	7.3%	10.5%	+3.2pp
Foster Youth	30.8%	22.2%	-8.6pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged	11.1%	14.3%	+3.2pp
All Students	7.8%	11.7%	+3.9pp
Pacific Islander	—	18.8%	—
Homeless	—	44.0%	—
Military-Connected	—	0.0%	—

Separate dots mark the reported school years; no line or intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

UC admissions, universitywideFollow separately reported UC application, admission and enrollment counts.2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	70	55	24	3.84	3.93	4.10
2024	65	46	22	3.94	4.05	4.09
2023	53	31	12	3.76	3.97	4.08
2022	71	47	21	4.03	4.18	4.18
2021	67	40	22	3.85	4.04	4.15
2020	66	44	19	3.84	3.96	4.02
2019	54	31	15	3.87	4.11	4.16
2018	58	38	20	3.96	4.09	4.17
2017	50	33	26	3.96	4.07	4.08
2016	49	41	24	3.99	4.01	4.08
2015	50	34	25	3.94	4.10	4.09
2014	50	34	23	3.96	4.14	4.19

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2014.

UC admissions by campusInspect campus records without adding overlapping populations.latest falls on file

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	31	masked	masked
Berkeley	2024	26	5	3
Berkeley	2023	24	4	masked
Berkeley	2022	34	5	masked
Berkeley	2021	23	3	masked
Davis	2025	25	10	masked
Davis	2024	29	19	masked
Davis	2023	25	11	3
Davis	2022	37	10	masked
Davis	2021	27	15	5
Irvine	2025	47	21	13
Irvine	2024	45	8	masked
Irvine	2023	28	5	masked
Irvine	2022	46	6	masked
Irvine	2021	33	5	5
Los Angeles	2025	42	masked	masked
Los Angeles	2024	37	4	masked
Los Angeles	2023	29	3	3
Los Angeles	2022	50	5	masked
Los Angeles	2021	39	4	3
Merced	2025	28	28	masked
Merced	2024	12	12	3
Merced	2023	14	12	masked
Merced	2022	13	13	masked
Merced	2021	12	9	masked
Riverside	2025	25	24	masked
Riverside	2024	15	14	masked
Riverside	2023	16	7	masked
Riverside	2022	21	14	4
Riverside	2021	17	13	masked
San Diego	2025	52	7	masked
San Diego	2024	40	8	masked
San Diego	2023	24	3	masked
San Diego	2022	35	10	3
San Diego	2021	35	11	masked
Santa Barbara	2025	45	14	5
Santa Barbara	2024	42	17	5
Santa Barbara	2023	37	14	3
Santa Barbara	2022	45	15	4
Santa Barbara	2021	47	15	4
Santa Cruz	2025	23	17	masked
Santa Cruz	2024	25	21	masked
Santa Cruz	2023	23	15	masked
Santa Cruz	2022	24	13	masked
Santa Cruz	2021	15	11	masked
Universitywide	2025	70	55	24
Universitywide	2024	65	46	22
Universitywide	2023	53	31	12
Universitywide	2022	71	47	21
Universitywide	2021	67	40	22

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. Masked means no numeric bound; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. For missing or masked counts, never assume zero or a positive hidden value. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalogCheck course authorizations and distinguish outside providers.2025 - 2026

Subject	Authorization recorded for
2-D Art and Design	this school
3-D Art and Design	this school
Biology	this school
Calculus AB	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
Drawing	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
European History	this school
Macroeconomics	this school
Psychology	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Statistics	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotInspect the dated federal advanced-coursework snapshot.dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	12
AP enrollment	521
IB participation	not offered
Dual enrollment	offered · 247 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	2
Physics sections	4
Chemistry sections	12
Total enrollment (CRDC)	2,235

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

College destinationsRead the completion cohort and its reported college destinations.class of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	11	2.3%
California State University	62	12.7%
California community college	175	35.8%
In-state private	12	2.5%
Out-of-state, 4-year	25	5.1%
Out-of-state, 2-year	3	0.6%
Not enrolled	201	41.1%

489 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 59% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows in tables 06-07 above.

Funding source detailFollow funding records at their school or district source grain.CDE ESSA school · CDE SACS district · NCES F-33 district; each row labels its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$13,940 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 42,370 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$823 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,212

Central federal expenditures attributed here$504 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,212

District current expense · FY 2024–25$20,278 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

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SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 48%Instruction support 16%Student services 15%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 13%Other 2%

SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

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NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$13,940 per pupil

2020$13,737 per pupil

2019$14,008 per pupil

2018$12,847 per pupil

2017$12,132 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

12ZIP-area community recordACS 2020–2024 · ZCTA 93312

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP Code Tabulation Area 93312
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$114,195
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	33.96%
ZCTA population	58,384
Median age	34.9 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP/ZCTA context does not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded the standard · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,500 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2024 · UC fall first-year source records — masked = no numeric bound; + = partial observed count; Universitywide separately reported · AP Course Ledger 2025 - 2026 (November refresh; authorization not enrollment) · CRDC 2020-21 historical snapshot · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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