Frontier High School
- Public
- Bakersfield
- 529 seniors
- 2,098 students
UC admit rate
71%
44 of 62 applicants, fall 2025
Seniors admitted to a UC
8%
44 of 529 seniors
Seniors who applied to UC
12%
62 of 529 seniors
UC Los Angeles admit rate
—
— of 29 applicants, fall 2025
UC Berkeley 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)
too few applicants to report29 applied
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
| Destination | Graduates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| UC | 13 | 3% |
| CSU | 67 | 14% |
| CA private college | 7 | 1% |
| Out of state | 30 | 6% |
| Community college | 153 | 32% |
| Not enrolled | 208 | 44% |
| Enrolled in college | 270 | 56% |
| Total | 478 | 100% |
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
Academic context
State test (CAASPP), juniors tested in 2025, 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 69%County median 55%
- Juniors meeting the math standard 33%County median 19%
- Juniors exceeding the English standard 34%County median 21%
- Juniors exceeding the math standard 15%County median 5%
- Low-income students 39%County median 85%
- Graduates completing courses 46%County median 33%
Across California
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Campus-by-campus detail for 14 campuses
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