Highgate Elementary is a K-6 school.
It serves grades K-6 (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.
Highgate Elementary
Bakersfield · Kern County · Panama-Buena Vista Union · Public
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Tevis Junior High → Earl Warren Junior High → Fred L. Thompson Junior High → Fruitvale Junior High → Sequoia Jr. High → Compare all similar →How Highgate Elementary compares for families
What families should know about Highgate Elementary.
- ▸ Locally📘 #1 in Kern County on ELA proficiency — plus 3 more top-ranks.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Tevis Junior High, Earl Warren Junior High, Fred L. Thompson Junior High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
Absenteeism is down 14.7 pp since 2021-22. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.
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
How does Highgate Elementary really compare on getting kids to college?
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Your similar-school group includes
Tevis Junior High · Earl Warren Junior High · Fred L. Thompson Junior High · Fruitvale Junior High · Sequoia Jr. High · O. J. Actis Junior High · +4 more
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.
63 of 765 students who enrolled at Highgate Elementary this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (8.2% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.
Stability by student group
Nearest peer high schools
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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