{"a_g_completion_pct":49.2,"at_a_glance":["Highland High School is a public high school in Bakersfield, Kern County, California with 656 seniors in the Class of 2025.","Its UC Reach Score is 8 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 52 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 656, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 11% of California high schools.","In 2025 its students filed 203 UC applications and received 52 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.6% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.","More of its graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 4.","49% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","54% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","Of its graduates who enrolled at a UC, 76% earned a degree within six years (cohort entering 2016).","It has about 343 students per school counselor.","Enrollment was 2,505 students in 2026, up 18% since 2018.","Sources: University of California Office of the President (admissions), California Department of Education (enrollment, A-G, college-going), and the school's own published documents where named."],"caveats":["UC admits and applications are counted at each campus: a student admitted to three UCs counts three times. The UC Reach Score is those admits divided by the senior class, times 100, so a strong school scores above 100.","A published college list is the school's own document, copied as printed; counts are the school's, never ours, and an unnumbered list carries no counts.","Enrollment is NCES CCD for national pages and CDE for California pages; graduation and readiness measures are the state's or EDFacts' own definitions, named in each sentence.","Every figure here is also rendered on the HTML page it describes."],"city":"Bakersfield","college_going_rate_12mo_pct":54.5,"county":"Kern","enrollment":{"since_total":2128,"since_year":2018,"total":2505,"year":2026},"faq":[{"a":"Highland High School's UC Reach Score is 8 (Below the CA median, below the state median): 52 UC admits (counted at each UC) from a senior class of 656, so a student admitted to several campuses counts at each. That is higher than 11% of California high schools.","q":"What is Highland High School's UC Reach Score?"},{"a":"In 2025 its students filed 203 UC applications and received 52 offers, a UC admit rate of 25.6% (counted at each campus); 3 enrolled.","q":"How many students from Highland High School got into a UC?"},{"a":"More of Highland High School's graduates enrolled at UC Santa Barbara than at any other UC campus (3 in 2025); UC Berkeley and UCLA together admitted 4.","q":"Which UC campus do Highland High School graduates attend most?"},{"a":"49% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).","q":"What percentage of Highland High School graduates complete the A-G requirements?"},{"a":"54% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).","q":"What percentage of Highland High School graduates go to college?"},{"a":"Enrollment was 2,505 students in 2026, up 18% since 2018.","q":"How many students attend Highland High School?"}],"feeder_standing":null,"name":"Highland High School","ok":true,"published_college_list":null,"school_facts":[],"school_type":"Public","slug":"highland-high-school","state":"CA","students_per_counselor":343,"uc":{"admit_rate":"25.6%","admits":52,"applications":203,"ca_percentile":11,"counting":"admits and applications counted at each UC campus","enrollees":3,"seniors":656,"seniors_estimated":false,"uc_reach_band":"Below the CA median","uc_reach_score":8,"year":2025},"uc_six_year_graduation_pct":76.2,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/schools/highland-high-school"}