Earl Warren Junior High is a 7-8 school.

It serves grades 7-8 (California Department of Education school directory), so it has no graduating class and there is nothing to measure for UC admissions. Its enrollment, student body and state test results are below.

Earl Warren Junior High

Bakersfield · Kern County · Panama-Buena Vista Union · Public

Public Kern County Panama-Buena Vista Union → CDS 1563362…
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Top 6 ELA proficiency in Kern Top 4 Math proficiency in Kern

At a glance

Programs & features
  • Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

How Earl Warren Junior High compares for families

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  • Locally📘 Top 6 in Kern County on ELA proficiency — plus 1 more top-rank.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Stonecreek Junior High, Tevis Junior High, Highgate Elementary and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

These come from the state and federal files, not from UC — so they are here whether or not Earl Warren Junior High has a UC admissions record.

Student-Counselor Ratio
Each counselor juggles about 473 students — above the level experts recommend. Ask how junior-year college advising is handled.
473:1
2.0 FTE counselors · 946 students
In context: CA median 337:1 · 136 more students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

Chronic absenteeism — 2024-25

Share of students missing 10% or more of expected attendance — the leading indicator that often precedes the demand decline shown above. Families disengaging tend to raise absenteeism first, then formally leave. Basis: total enrollment.

16% of students are chronically absent — near the state norm of about 21%.
Chronic absent
16.4%
164 of 997 students

Absenteeism is up 9.7 pp since 2016-17. A rising absenteeism trend often precedes formal departure — worth investigating which subgroups are driving it.

Kern County median
19.2% · school is better than 61% of 70 HS
Statewide median
20.9%
Chronic absenteeism by year (raw %)

Source: California Department of Education, Chronic Absenteeism 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 eligible students. CDE didn't publish a usable 2019-20 file (COVID).

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment
891 (2018)946 (2026)
+6.2%

If this trend holds (+1.0%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~956 +10 $0
3 yr (2029) ~975 +29 $0
5 yr (2031) ~995 +49 $0

Straight-line extrapolation of the recent annual rate — a what-if, not a forecast of intent. Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423/ADA). Edit the figure to match your school.

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Your similar-school group includes

Stonecreek Junior High · Tevis Junior High · Highgate Elementary · Fred L. Thompson Junior High · O. J. Actis Junior High · Sequoia Jr. High · +4 more

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Enrollment stability & demand — 2024-25

Two complementary signals: retention (do students stay once enrolled?) and demand (are families choosing the school?). Read against the Kern County baseline — the demographic tide is moving every CA HS, so a school's gap vs. county is the actionable signal.

93% of students who start the year here finish it here.
Stability rate
93.0%
940 of 1,011 students

71 of 1,011 students who enrolled at Earl Warren Junior High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (7.0% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 99th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 75th percentile of 2,689 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (610) 92.0%
Hispanic / Latino (484) 92.4%
White (214) 94.4%
Asian (166) 96.4%
Students w/ disabilities (86) 87.2%
Black / African Am. (76) 88.2%

Nearest peer high schools

Stonecreek Junior High 90.3% Tevis Junior High 89.3% Highgate Elementary 91.8% Fred L. Thompson Junior High 85.1% O. J. Actis Junior High 80.3%

Source: California Department of Education, Stability Rate 2024-25. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥100 cumulative enrollees so by-design-high-churn continuation schools don't dominate the bottom of the distribution. Cumulative enrollment counts every student on the rolls during the year, so it can exceed peak-day enrollment.

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