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Frontier High: Most kids here clear the bar, year after year. The question is what happens after that.

Frontier posts 51% meeting the standard, and 24.7% going well past it. Most kids here keep up. Fewer get pushed further. Ask the school what it does for a child who already finds the work easy.

6401 Allen Road, 93314 (opens in new tab)·Kern High·Bakersfield·Grades 9-12·2,098 students·36% low-income·2024–25 CAASPP·(661) 829-1107·Website
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
This schoolCA avg
Scope5947
% Exceeded25%16%
% Met+51%36%
Grad rate98.1%86.6%
College readiness45.3%33.9%
Absence13.2%30.2%
Suspension4.2%3.6%
Scope Score
59
🌱 Building Momentum · Solid
ranked #510 statewide · #2 of 25 in Kern High

Frontier High scores 59 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 76th percentile of 2,160 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

Measures test performance, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How we score →

🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.

CDE CAASPP 2025

Most rating sites would stop at “51% proficient” and call it done. Frontier deserves a closer read. The school sits in Bakersfield, where one in three students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Frontier's low-income kids hit 66.9% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.

The seven-year arc

Percentile among 2,160 high schools statewide

Has stayed near the 76th percentile since 2019.

CA Dashboard
ELAGreen(Maintained)MathYellow(Maintained)

Proficiency here is back to its pre-pandemic level — 51% meet the standard, about where the school stood in 2019.

ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1165%57%71%71%69%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 1139%27%30%34%33%

The story this school is actually telling

Proficient by 11th grade
51%
State 36%
Graduate
98%
State 87%
Pass an AP exam
45%
State 34%

Of 100 students here: 51 are proficient by 11th grade → 98 graduate → 45 pass an AP exam. The gaps between those bars are the questions to ask.

66.9%
Low-income · ELA · met standard

Frontier's most underrated number

66.9% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.

Frontier low-income: 66.9%State low-income: 38.2%

The 7 things our score weighs

Graduation rate
98.1%
State 86.6%
11.5pp above state avg
Exceeded standard
24.7%
State 15.8%
8.8pp above state avg
College readiness
45.3%
State 33.9%
AP course or exam readiness above state avg
Met or exceeded
51.4%
State 35.7%
15.7pp above state avg
Chronic absenteeism
13.2%
State 30.2%
17.0pp below state avg
Suspension rate
4.2%
State 3.6%
0.6pp above state avg
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
10.0%
State 18.0%
8.0pp below state avg
Worth a school visit

Ask how the school challenges kids who clear the standard early. The gap between meeting and exceeding is where pacing shows.

  • Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.

How every group of students does here

At Frontier High in Bakersfield, 66.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Frontier High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 19.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (29.7% Math proficient); White students (69.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 48.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 166 students tested.

All students at this school: 51% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 51%, district —, state 36%51%
MaleMale: this school 49%, district 32%, state 42%49% · −3 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 54%, district 37%, state 44%54% · +3 vs school
WhiteWhite: this school 51%, district 44%, state 56%51% · −1 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 49%, district 31%, state 32%49% · −2 vs school
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 48%, district 30%, state 32%48% · −3 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: this school 11%, district 8%, state 15%11% · −41 vs school
FilipinoFilipino: this school 75%, district 67%, state 65%75% · +24 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 39%, district 24%, state 26%39% · −13 vs school
AsianAsian: this school 68%, district 60%, state 72%68% · +16 vs school

6 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.

this school district, same group California, same group
AP access · 2020-21 federal civil rights snapshot (structural, dated — newest published; biennial)
Shown, never scored
Hispanic32.4% AP · 36.2% enroll.
American Indian/Alaska Native0.8% AP · 0.8% enroll.
Asian15.1% AP · 6.9% enroll.
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1.7% AP · 1.6% enroll.
Black1.5% AP · 2.8% enroll.
White46.9% AP · 50.5% enroll.
Two or more races1.7% AP · 1.2% enroll.
English learners0.6% AP · 2.0% enroll.
Students with disabilities0.4% AP · 8.2% enroll.

● share of AP enrollment vs share of total enrollment, this school only · not part of the Scope Score

Data source: U.S. Dept. of Education Office for Civil Rights, Civil Rights Data Collection, 2020-21 (biennial; newest published)

Showing up, and staying in class

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 13.2%, district 18.7%, state 30.2%13.2% · −17.0pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 4.2%, district —, state 3.6%4.2% · +0.6pp vs state
Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1212.6%

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score
57%
College-going rate, class of 2023

Where they went after graduation

Of Frontier's class of 2023, 57% enrolled in college somewhere within a year — a CSU, a community college, a UC, or out of state.

College destination mix, class of 2023

Class of 2023: 478 completers, 57% enrolled somewhere within a year

University of California 13 (3%)California State University 67 (14%)California community college 153 (32%)In-state private 7 (1%)Out-of-state, 4-year 25 (5%)Out-of-state, 2-year 5 (1%)Not enrolled 208 (44%)

Percentages are computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers) from CDE-reported counts, not a CDE-native rate.

Data source: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort — the newest published; National Student Clearinghouse match.

UC application funnel — one destination of six, tracked in detail because UC is the only source with 30 years of history

In fall 2025, 18 of Frontier's 506 graduates enrolled in the University of California system — Irvine the most common landing, with 5 enrollees.

Applied62fall 2025, universitywide
Admitted44
Enrolled18
Where they landed (fall 2025)

6 of 9 campuses are masked below UC's privacy floor — a protection, not a verdict.

campuses never sum to the universitywide figure — students apply to several

UC enrollees, universitywide, 2014–2025

Peak: 26 enrolled, 2016

UC publishes this trend back to 1994 — no other destination has a comparable multi-year record

UC is one road of many — the full destination mix for the class of 2023 is below. And who applied isn't who the school taught: the ratio between the two reflects the self-selected pool of students who chose to apply, not what happened in the classroom. By the state's 2023 count, 57% of this class's predecessors enrolled in college somewhere within a year. More of the class of 2023 enrolled at community colleges (153) than at UC (13).

Data source: University of California Office of the President (UC Information Center), fall 2025 admissions cycle · college-going rate: California Department of Education, 2023 cohort.

The people teaching here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Student : teacherStudent to teacher ratio: this school 26:1, district 25:126:1
Teaching staff162 teachers
Avg. experience13.1 years
Fully credentialed83%
First-year teachers4%
Intern / emergency permit0.2%
Salary Schedule
Teacher salary schedule$62,889 – $134,832
Principal salaryUp to $173,913
Superintendent salary$255,200

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course Breadth
AP exam qualifiers158 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
CTE pathway completers157 students
Advanced Coursework

Frontier's teachers are authorized to teach 11 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers — including Calculus AB, Environmental Science, and Spanish Language and Culture.

AP subjects taught11
Math & Computer Science (1)Calculus AB
Sciences (1)Environmental Science
English (2)English Language and Composition · English Literature and Composition
History & Social Science (6)European History · Macroeconomics · Psychology · U.S. Government and Politics · United States History · World History: Modern
World Languages & Cultures (1)Spanish Language and Culture

Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, 2025 - 2026 audit year (authorization, not enrollment) · IB World Schools directory, name-matched · structural depth: 2020-21 federal snapshot, table 09

What gets spent here

Context — never part of the Scope Score
Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $16,651, CA average $14,491$16,651 · spent at this school

These measure different things: this figure is spending attributed to this campus, while district-wide figures also include central administration, districtwide programs, and the state's pension contributions made on the district's behalf — costs that never get assigned to a single school. The district number runs higher at nearly every school, not just this one.

Federal share$543 per student

$543 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.

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

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction48%
Instruction support16%
Student services15%
Administration6%
Buildings & maintenance13%
Other2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$13,940 per pupil
2019$13,737 per pupil
2018$14,008 per pupil
2017$12,847 per pupil
2016$12,132 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood it serves

Context — never part of the Scope Score
White42.2%
District 14.2% · CA 19.9%
Hispanic39.9%
District 71.9% · CA 56.1%
Other12.4%
District 6.3% · CA 9.0%
Black2.9%
District 5.0% · CA 4.8%
Asian2.6%
District 2.5% · CA 10.2%
Low IncomeFree/reduced lunch eligible 35.8% (28pp below CA avg)
Neighborhood — American Community Survey
Median income$126K · CA $85K
Median home value$544K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+38% · CA 35%
ZIP population35,407
Median age35 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Worth Knowing

On the state's science test (CAST), 36% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Frequently asked questions

Is Frontier High a good high school?

Frontier High has a Scope Score of 59 out of 100, placing it in the 76th percentile of California high schools and ranked #510 statewide. 24.7% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 8.8 percentage points above the California average of 15.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.

What are Frontier High's CAASPP test scores?

On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 51.4% of students at Frontier High met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 24.7% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 26.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 24.7% pushed past it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it reveals whether a school's curriculum challenges students beyond minimum proficiency or paces toward it. 981 student-subject combinations were assessed.

How does Frontier High rank in California?

Frontier High ranks #510 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 76th percentile. 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 is the attendance and school culture like at Frontier High?

13.2% of students at Frontier High are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), which is better than the California average of 30.2%. The suspension rate is 4.2%. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.

How does Frontier High compare to other schools in Bakersfield?

Frontier High scores 59/100 (76th percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 2,098 students. Use the schools in Bakersfield page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.

How does Frontier High serve low-income and underrepresented students?

At Frontier High in Bakersfield, 66.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 47.2% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Frontier High outperforms its district average for low-income students by 19.7 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (29.7% Math proficient); White students (69.4% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 48.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 166 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

What AP courses are offered at Frontier High?

Frontier High's teachers are authorized to teach 11 of the 40 AP subjects the College Board offers, per the 2025 - 2026 AP Course Audit: Calculus AB, English Language and Composition, English Literature and Composition, Environmental Science, European History, Macroeconomics, Psychology, Spanish Language and Culture, U.S. Government and Politics, United States History, World History: Modern. Authorization means the school may teach a course, not that a section is running this year, and it's separate from AP exam pass rates. Data source: College Board AP Course Audit, analyzed by SchoolScope.

How many students from Frontier High go to UC?

In fall 2025, 18 Frontier 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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For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Graduation rate · 25%
98.1%
↑ vs CA 86.6% · 62th pctile
Exceeded standard · 22%
24.7%
↑ vs CA 15.8% · 60th pctile
College readiness · 20%
45.3%
↑ vs CA 33.9% · 57th pctile
Met or exceeded · 18%
51.4%
↑ vs CA 35.7% · 61th pctile
Chronic absenteeism · 5%
13.2%
↑ vs CA 30.2% · 64th pctile
▲ 2.5pp higher vs 2024
Suspension rate · 5%
4.2%
↓ vs CA 3.6% · 48th pctile
▼ 1.4pp lower vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC) · 5%
10.0%
↓ vs CA 18.0% · 40th pctile
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1149134%35%18%13%69%+21
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 1149015%19%23%43%33%+10

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

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide4848%28%54%10%

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 · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged16666.9%+20+29
White22969.4%+9+8
Hispanic/Latino20067.0%+19+28
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score · Grade gap = grade 3 vs grade 5, this year, different students; Cohort growth = the same students tracked across grades, in scale-score points — that's the measurement the Scope Score weights
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Grade gapCohort growthSusp
Frontier High ←—5924.7%51.4%——4.2%
California average—4715.8%35.7%——3.6%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
Graduation Rate
98.1%
AP Exam Prepared
45.3%
A-G Completion
59.9%
A-G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility
College-Going Rate
56.5%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSuspGrade gap
20196176#48223.8%51.9%8.1%6.9%—
20225570#63616.1%42.0%22.3%6.6%—
20236179#45323.9%50.5%16.4%6.9%—
20246281#41624.7%52.7%10.6%5.6%—
20255976#51024.7%51.4%13.2%4.2%—
Grade gap = this year's grade 3 vs grade 5 result, two different sets of students, not a trend for any one child — it is not the measurement the Scope Score's growth dimension uses. See §01 above and /methodology#verdicts for the school's actual scored (cohort) growth.
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
Group20192025Δ
Female7.5%13.6%+6.1pp
Male7.8%11.5%+3.7pp
Asian14.7%1.9%-12.8pp
Black/African American13.8%17.2%+3.4pp
Filipino0.0%11.4%+11.4pp
White2.9%3.1%+0.2pp
Hispanic/Latino6.3%13.6%+7.3pp
American Indian/Alaska Native10.0%21.4%+11.4pp
Pacific Islander0.0%26.7%+26.7pp
Two or More Races12.2%9.4%-2.8pp
Students with Disabilities14.3%15.0%+0.7pp
English Learners0.0%15.5%+15.5pp
Foster Youth20.0%16.7%-3.3pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged11.0%15.5%+4.5pp
All Students7.6%12.6%+5.0pp
Homeless—40.0%—
06UC admissions, universitywide2014–2025 · summed across CEEB codes at query time
YearAppliedAdmittedEnrolledGPA (applied)GPA (admitted)GPA (enrolled)
20256244183.943.994.09
20245634163.994.124.09
20234632163.904.003.97
20225735154.124.214.16
20216644224.034.184.17
20205641213.954.094.20
20195532204.004.054.16
20187147164.004.144.21
20175328153.834.114.17
20164536263.944.054.08
20155135203.843.984.01
20144730173.864.074.05

‹n = UC masks counts below n · a missing year means zero or masked — never assume zero · GPA cells blank for years with more than one contributing CEEB code (a summed GPA would be fabricated math) · GPAs live here and nowhere else on this page · Applied/Admitted/Enrolled reflect who applied, not what the school taught — no admit rate is computed or implied by this table. Series shown from 2014; full record to 1994 at the UC Infocenter.

07UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file
CampusYearAppliedAdmittedEnrolled
Berkeley202527‹3‹3
Berkeley202417‹3‹3
Berkeley202318‹3‹3
Berkeley202217‹3‹3
Berkeley2021243‹3
Davis202528134
Davis202425153
Davis202311‹3‹3
Davis2022276‹3
Davis202126123
Irvine202533135
Irvine2024305‹3
Irvine2023213‹3
Irvine2022353‹3
Irvine20213413‹3
Los Angeles202529‹3‹3
Los Angeles202438‹3‹3
Los Angeles2023273‹3
Los Angeles20223843
Los Angeles20213876
Merced20251717‹3
Merced202477‹3
Merced202288‹3
Merced202177‹3
Riverside20251919‹3
Riverside202465‹3
Riverside202310103
Riverside20221383
Riverside20211710‹3
San Diego2025265‹3
San Diego20243063
San Diego2023227‹3
San Diego2022336‹3
San Diego20212612‹3
Santa Barbara202525144
Santa Barbara202429143
Santa Barbara202325157
Santa Barbara202237185
Santa Barbara20213016‹3
Santa Cruz2025179‹3
Santa Cruz20241816‹3
Santa Cruz20231710‹3
Santa Cruz20222215‹3
Santa Cruz202120137
Universitywide2025624418
Universitywide2024563416
Universitywide2023463216
Universitywide2022573515
Universitywide2021664422

Σ campuses ≠ universitywide — students apply to several campuses; the Universitywide row (muted) is its own independent count, never a sum of the rows above it.

08AP course catalog2025 - 2026
SubjectTaught by
Calculus ABthis school
English Language and Compositionthis school
English Literature and Compositionthis school
Environmental Sciencethis school
European Historythis school
Macroeconomicsthis school
Psychologythis school
Spanish Language and Culturethis school
U.S. Government and Politicsthis school
United States Historythis school
World History: Modernthis school

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

09Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
MeasureThis school
AP offeredoffered
AP course count9
AP enrollment482
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentoffered · 538 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections1
Physics sections6
Chemistry sections11
Total enrollment (CRDC)2,110

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.

10College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California132.7%
California State University6714.0%
California community college15332.0%
In-state private71.5%
Out-of-state, 4-year255.2%
Out-of-state, 2-year51.1%
Not enrolled20843.5%

478 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 57% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · 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.

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