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Frontier High School

6401 Allen Road, Bakersfield, CA 93314View on map

  • Public
  • Bakersfield
  • 529 seniors
  • 2,098 students

Frontier High School is a public high school in Bakersfield (Kern High) with 529 seniors. In fall 2025, 71% of its 62 University of California applicants were admitted, compared with a county median of 79%. Its students applied most often to UC Irvine (UCI), UC Los Angeles (UCLA), and UC Davis (UCD). 46% of the class of 2023 completed the A–G courses UC requires.

Year

UC admit rate

71%

44 of 62 applicants, fall 2025

County median 79%

Seniors admitted to a UC

8%

44 of 529 seniors

County median 9%

Seniors who applied to UC

12%

62 of 529 seniors

County median 12%

UC Los Angeles (UCLA) admit rate

—

— of 29 applicants, fall 2025

UC Berkeley (Cal) admit rate

—

— of 27 applicants, fall 2025

Campus by campus, fall 2025

The share of this school's applicants each campus admitted, beside the campus's rate for everyone else. Hardest campus first.

University of California

Frontier High School applicants did better than all California applicants at 5 of 7 campuses, worse at 2.

  • Irvine17 pts higher

    39%

    13 of 33 admitted

    This school39%All CA22%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.16 (all applicants 4.02)

  • San Diego6 pts lower

    19%

    5 of 26 admitted

    This school19%All CA25%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.28 (all applicants 3.90)

  • Santa Barbara24 pts higher

    56%

    14 of 25 admitted

    This school56%All CA32%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.20 (all applicants 3.91)

  • Davis9 pts higher

    46%

    13 of 28 admitted

    This school46%All CA37%

    Admitted students' average GPA 4.18 (all applicants 4.05)

  • Santa Cruz18 pts lower

    53%

    9 of 17 admitted

    This school53%All CA71%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.97 (all applicants 3.67)

  • Riverside13 pts higher

    100%

    19 of 19 admitted

    This school100%All CA87%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.95 (all applicants 3.95)

  • Merced4 pts higher

    100%

    17 of 17 admitted

    This school100%All CA96%

    Admitted students' average GPA 3.78 (all applicants 3.78)

  • Los Angeles

    too few applicants to report29 applied

  • Berkeley

    too few applicants to report27 applied

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. All CA is the campus’s admit rate that fall for applicants from every California high school. Within 3 points counts as about the same. GPA is the UC-calculated GPA (weighted, capped).

California State University

Frontier High School applicants did better than the campus overall at 4 of 5 campuses, worse at 1.

  • San Luis Obispo13 pts lower

    17%

    10 of 58 admitted

    This school17%Overall30%

  • Pomona4 pts higher

    77%

    17 of 22 admitted

    This school77%Overall74%

  • Fullerton6 pts higher

    92%

    36 of 39 admitted

    This school92%Overall87%

  • Bakersfield11 pts higher

    99%

    110 of 111 admitted

    This school99%Overall88%

  • Fresno4 pts higher

    100%

    35 of 35 admitted

    This school100%Overall96%

Fall 2025. A student admitted to several campuses counts once at each one. Overall is the campus’s admit rate for all its applicants, from federal IPEDS data (fall 2023, the latest published). Within 3 points counts as about the same.

Where graduates go

Class of 2023 (478 graduates), the latest published by fall 2025, within 12 months of graduating.

Any college

56%

270 of 478 graduates

UC or CSU

17%

80 graduates

Community college

32%

153 graduates

DestinationGraduatesShare
UC133%
CSU6714%
CA private college71%
Out of state306%
Community college15332%
Not enrolled20844%
Enrolled in college27056%
Total478100%

How each student group compares

Compare college-going across student groups

  • Gender: Female, Male
  • Race & ethnicity: White, Hispanic or Latino, Filipino, Black or African American, Asian
  • Student need: Low-income, Students with disabilities
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Advanced Placement

10

AP courses offered

2023–24 school year · US Dept. of Education Civil Rights Data Collection

20

AP class sections

Counts every section taught, so it is larger than the number of different AP courses.

21% of students are in AP courses

2024–25 school year · California School Accountability Report Card

28%

of graduating seniors passed at least two AP exams or courses

147 of 517 graduates

A score of 3 or higher on exams or a C- or better in courses. Not comparable with the exam-only share.

2025–26 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

9%

of graduating seniors scored 3 or higher on at least two AP exams

45 of 494 graduates

2023–24 school year · California Department of Education (College/Career Indicator)

Subject areas

  • English: 9 classes
  • Foreign language: 2 classes
  • Mathematics: 1 class
  • Science: 2 classes
  • Social science: 6 classes

Academic context

State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2026, and the share of low-income students. A–G is the class of 2023. The tick is the county median.

  • Juniors meeting the English standard 68%County median 53%
  • Juniors meeting the math standard 32%County median 18%
  • Juniors exceeding the English standard 32%County median 21%
  • Juniors exceeding the math standard 12%County median 6%
  • Low-income students 39%County median 85%
  • Graduates completing courses 46%County median 33%

Across California

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