No UC admissions data on file for Vista Continuation High.

This school doesn't appear in UCOP's source-school records (it may send few or no applicants to UC). Its enrollment trend and similar-school comparison are still below.

Vista Continuation High

Bakersfield · Kern County · Kern High · Public

Public Kern County Kern High → CDS 1563529…

Shareable scorecard →

Data Year

Compare with peers

Most similar nearby schools

Tierra Del Sol Continuation High → Valley Oaks Charter School → Vista West Continuation High → Kern Workforce 2000 Academy → Nueva Continuation High → Compare all similar →

Top 6 Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism) in Kern

At a glance

Programs & features

Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
4-yr grad rate: 32% in 2019 (Bottom 7% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

Keep this page current

Work at Vista Continuation High? If this page is missing your newest school profile, matriculation list, or college acceptances, send us the links. We read the document, copy the figures exactly as published, and cite it on this page.

Send us links

Links only, please. We can't take file uploads, and we never publish a number without the document it came from.

How Vista Continuation High compares for families

What families should know about Vista Continuation High.

▸ Locally🎯 Top 6 in Kern County on Attendance (lowest chronic absenteeism).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Tierra Del Sol Continuation High, Valley Oaks Charter School, Vista West Continuation High and 2 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

You've seen Vista Continuation High. What are your child's real college odds? Check any college in 10 seconds — no email needed — then get the free Family Decision Report: Reach / Competitive / Match / Likely + the real cost range for every college on their list. Check odds →

For Parents

Get alerts when Vista Continuation High's numbers change

New admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores — a few alerts a year, no spam. Your email also saves your list across devices.

Objective, government-grade data — no school pays us for placement.

California College-Going Rate

21.2% of the 2022-23 graduating class enrolled in college within a year.

The share of 2022-23 graduates who enrolled at a college anywhere in the U.S. within 12 months, per the National Student Clearinghouse match the California Department of Education publishes.

Within 12 months

21.2%

of 113 graduates

Give the same class four more months and 25.7% had enrolled — CDE publishes a 16-month window alongside the 12-month one, 29 students.

Up 1.5 points from the 2021-22 class (19.7%).

Where the 2022-23 class enrolled

In California — 22 students (19.5%)

University of California 0.0% 0

California State University 0.0% 0

California Community College 16.8% 19

California private college 2.7% 3

Out of state — 2 students (1.8%)

Out-of-state 4-year 0.0% 0

Out-of-state 2-year 1.8% 2

CDE puts each graduate in one bucket only — whichever kind of college they were enrolled in longest — so these add up to the rate above. That is a different count from the UC Reach Score on this page, which counts a student at every UC campus that admitted them.

Source: California Department of Education, College-Going Rate (DataQuest) ↗, cohort 2022-23, posted 17-Sep-2025. Data file: cgr12mo23.txt ↗ (and the 16-month file ↗). CDE builds the rate by matching California high school completers to National Student Clearinghouse enrollment records; we publish CDE’s aggregates and hold no student-level data.

SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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.

4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 7% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

4-year graduation rate

32%

Range: 30–34%

4-year cohort size

136

Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years

Compared against

17,988

US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.

Federal Title I context

High-poverty school

Title I Schoolwide eligible

93.7%

FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).

0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

College readiness

Getting ready for college

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

Student-Counselor Ratio ⓘ

Counseling here is unusually well-staffed — about 106 students per counselor, near what experts recommend.

106:1

2.0 FTE counselors · 211 students

In context: CA median 337:1 · 231 fewer students per counselor · ASCA target 250:1.

A-G Completion ⓘ

Fewer than 1 in 10 graduates finish the courses UC and CSU require — below the state norm. Worth asking how course access and planning work here.

2024-25 cohort

In context: CA median 55.9% · -55.9 pp vs. median · Kern Co. 39.4%.

SBAC academic outcomes — grade 11, 2025

Share of grade-11 students meeting or exceeding the California standard on Smarter Balanced ELA and Math. This is the academic-readiness signal that pairs with UC Reach (post-grad outcomes), stability (retention), and absenteeism (engagement). Note: statewide median Math is only ~20% — a school at 20% isn't an outlier; one at 45%+ genuinely is.

About 1 in 10 students read and write at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

Fewer than 1 in 10 students do math at grade level — below the state norm — worth asking what extra support looks like.

ELA — met or exceeded

n = 114

13.2%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-38.5 pts vs. Kern County median (51.7%) · CA median 54.5% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 79.4%

Math — met or exceeded

n = 110

0.9%

incl. 0.0% exceeded

-12.0 pts vs. Kern County median (12.9%) · CA median 21.4% · Top 10% statewide ≥ 53.6%

Source: California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) Smarter Balanced research files. Benchmarks limited to non-virtual public & charter HS with ≥30 tested students.

Student composition — 2025-26

HS grades 9–12 racial/ethnic composition and program subgroups, from CDE Census Day Enrollment. Two-year shift shown when ≥1 pt — surfaces how the community served has changed since 2023-24.

Race / ethnicity

Hispanic / Latino 78% -2.8

Black / African Am. 16% +4.6

White 4% -2.9

American Indian 1%

Not reported 1%

Asian 0%

Program subgroups

Socioeconomically disadv. 99% +2.4

English learners 12% +6.1

Students w/ disabilities 8% -1.9

Source: California Department of Education, Census Day Enrollment 2025-26 (HS grades 9–12). Δ shown when shift is ≥1 pt since 2023-24. Categories below 0.5% omitted.

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: grades 9–12.

Kids show up: 12% are chronically absent versus about 23% statewide — engagement most schools would envy.

Chronic absent

11.6%

40 of 344 students

Absenteeism is down 54.1 pp since 2016-17. Engagement improving — a positive trajectory worth understanding and reinforcing.

Kern County median

19.6% · school is better than 89% of 47 HS

Statewide median

22.8%

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 (9–12)

285 (2018) → 211 (2026)

-26.0%

Grade 12 (graduating class)

182 (2018) → 145 (2026)

-20.3%

If this trend holds (-2.6%/yr, Total enrollment)

At per-pupil funding of $ / student:

Horizon	Projected Total enrollment	Change	Funding impact / yr
1 yr (2027)	~205	-6	$0
3 yr (2029)	~195	-16	$0
5 yr (2031)	~185	-26	$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.

How does Vista Continuation High really compare on getting kids to college?

Unlock a head-to-head snapshot of Vista Continuation High against its 10 most similar nearby schools — matched on size, location, type. See exactly where it stands on the college pipeline.

The full head-to-head table — every peer school's UC Reach, side by side.

Enrollment trend + 3-year projection — is this school growing or quietly shrinking?

The plain-English read on what it all means for your family.

Your similar-school group includes

Tierra Del Sol Continuation High · Valley Oaks Charter School · Vista West Continuation High · Kern Workforce 2000 Academy · Nueva Continuation High · Wasco Independence 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.

36% of students who start the year finish it here — more churn than most CA schools. Ask what's behind the turnover.

Critical

Compounding decline on both vectors.

Enrollment -20.3% vs. county +12.7% AND stability (36.1%) below the county median. Recruitment and retention both under pressure — likely a foundational rather than tactical problem.

-20.3% senior class, grade 12 (2018–2026)

+12.7% Kern County baseline

-33.0pp gap vs. county

36.1% retention (county median 84.4%)

Senior class (grade 12) — indexed to 100 at 2018

Stability rate by year (raw %)

Stability rate

36.1%

130 of 360 students

230 of 360 students who enrolled at Vista Continuation High this year didn't maintain continuous enrollment (63.9% non-stability). Mid-year transfers, dropouts, and other exits are all counted.

Kern County median

84.4% · school is in the 17th percentile of 47 HS

Statewide median

87.3% · in the 10th percentile of 1,734 HS

Stability by student group

Socio. disadvantaged (341) 35.8%

Hispanic / Latino (282) 38.3%

English learners (57) 33.3%

Black / African Am. (40) 32.5%

Students w/ disabilities (32) 50.0%

White (21) 28.6%

Nearest peer high schools

Tierra Del Sol Continuation High 37.4% Valley Oaks Charter School 87.3% Vista West Continuation High 36.9% Kern Workforce 2000 Academy 35.6% Nueva Continuation High 30.3%

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.

District financial profile — Kern High (FY2020)

From 4 years of NCES F-33 filings (the federally-mandated district finance survey). Public schools don't have their own books — the district does. These figures show the financial scale, revenue dependence, instruction-vs-overhead mix, and long-term debt that shape what a school can sustain.

Total revenue

$740.6M

+25.7% since FY2017

Per-pupil revenue

$17,478

42,370 students enrolled

Revenue mix

State: 62.0%
Local: 25.3%
Federal: 12.7%

Instruction share

45.5%

of current spending · $6,660/pupil

Long-term debt

$376.0M

-11.0% since FY2017

Total revenue by year ($M)

Total expenditure by year ($M)

Source: NCES F-33 Annual Survey of School System Finances (Urban Institute Education Data API). Latest year currently published: FY2020. F-33 is a district-level federal filing — it reflects the Kern High as a whole, not this individual school's books. Revenue mix shows where the district's dollars come from (state aid dominates in CA via LCFF). Instruction share is current expenditure on instruction ÷ total current expenditure (national benchmark ~60%). Long-term debt is end-of-year outstanding (mostly facilities bonds).

For School Admins

The full Reach Report for Vista Continuation High

A board- and LCAP-ready intelligence brief: your enrollment retention and college outcomes, benchmarked against your closest competitors, with a 5-year forecast, concrete steps to act on, and the rigor + outcomes story you can share with your families. Built from primary public data — prepared for you, not auto-generated.

✓Your 5-year enrollment forecast (currently -2.6%/yr) with the revenue at stake
✓Student-retention benchmarking vs your county median — and the LCAP evidence to back your goals

See a sample report →

At a glance

JSON · Using this page with an AI assistant

Vista Continuation High is a public high school in Bakersfield, Kern County, California.

0% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

21% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

It has about 106 students per school counselor.

Enrollment was 211 students in 2026, down 26% 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.

Questions families ask

What percentage of Vista Continuation High graduates complete the A-G requirements? 0% of its graduates completed the A-G courses required for UC and CSU eligibility (California median 56%).

What percentage of Vista Continuation High graduates go to college? 21% of its 2022-23 graduates enrolled in college within 12 months (California Department of Education College-Going Rate).

How many students attend Vista Continuation High? Enrollment was 211 students in 2026, down 26% since 2018.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.