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Sequoia Jr. High

· Kern County · Bakersfield City · Public

Public Kern County 🏛 Bakersfield City → CDS 1563321…
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📋 At a glance

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

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

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How Sequoia Jr. High compares for families

What families should know about Sequoia Jr. High.

  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Fred L. Thompson Junior High, Chipman Junior High, O. J. Actis Junior High 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.

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.

Chronic absent
22.8%
182 of 800 students

Absenteeism is up 5.9 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 worse 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
1,110 (2018)745 (2026)
-32.9%

If this trend holds (-4.9%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon Projected Total enrollment Change Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027) ~709 -36 $0
3 yr (2029) ~641 -104 $0
5 yr (2031) ~580 -165 $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.

Sequoia Jr. High — Enrollment & Outcomes Snapshot

Public · vs. 10 most similar nearby schools

  • At its recent rate (-4.9%/yr), enrollment projects to ~642 by 2029 — about 103 fewer students than today.

Enrollment projection

745 students (2026)
~642 projected (2029)
at -4.9%/yr

That's about 103 fewer students. At per-student funding of $ per student, that's roughly $0 in annual state funding at risk.

Default = California's LCFF base grant for grades 9–12 ($12,423 per ADA) — adjust to your district's actual per-pupil figure. Projection extrapolates the recent annual rate — not a forecast of intent.

Your school vs. its 10 most similar nearby schools

School Type Size UC Reach Enroll. trend
Sequoia Jr. High Public 745
Peer-group median
Fred L. Thompson Junior High Public 719
Chipman Junior High Public 744
O. J. Actis Junior High Public 648
Abraham Lincoln Jr. High Public 605
Tevis Junior High Public 801
Highland Elementary Public 782
Fairfax Jr. High Public 641
Fruitvale Junior High Public 647
Compton Junior High Public 580
Highgate Elementary Public 817

UC Reach = top-6 UC admits ÷ senior class (can exceed 100% when students are admitted to multiple campuses). Enrollment trend = first-to-latest grade-12 change on file. Similar schools matched on proximity, size, type. Methodology →

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.

Stability rate
82.7%
690 of 834 students

144 of 834 students who enrolled at Sequoia Jr. High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (17.3% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median
84.9% · school is in the 39th percentile of 70 HS
Statewide median
88.7% · in the 28th percentile of 2,648 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (814) 82.9%
Hispanic / Latino (719) 84.6%
English learners (270) 80.0%
Students w/ disabilities (116) 80.2%
Black / African Am. (72) 73.6%
White (28) 67.9%

Nearest peer high schools

Fred L. Thompson Junior High 85.1% Chipman Junior High 87.8% O. J. Actis Junior High 80.3% Abraham Lincoln Jr. High 76.4% Tevis Junior High 89.3%

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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