Addendum with evidence (8.2 MB) - Accreditation - Bakersfield ...

High Schools Supporting Bakersfield College and Average Headcounts
Approximate Annual Last 3 Yrs % Change
High School District Location Distance Average Average 1996 to 2010
Primary Source
Arvin High Kern Union High Arvin 16 mi 97.7 129.7 125.90%
Bakersfield High Kern Union High Bakersfield 5 mi 164.3 179.7 270.20%
Centennial High Kern Union High Bakersfield 8 mi 134.5 128.3 118.00%
Delano High Delano Joint Union Delano 30 mi 116.3 128.7 187.80%
East Bakersfield High Kern Union High Bakersfield 3 mi 104.4 121 113.40%
Foothill High Kern Union High Bakersfield 5 mi 107.7 129.3 267.40%
Frontier High Kern Union High Bakersfield 11 mi 94 94 1680.00%
Highland High Kern Union High Bakersfield 3 mi 122.8 113 51.80%
Liberty High Kern Union High Bakersfield 10 mi 130.9 125 -11.40%
North High Kern Union High Bakersfield 4 mi 92.3 103.7 67.60%
Ridgeview High Kern Union High Bakersfield 11 mi 98.7 128 15000.00%
Shafer High Kern Union High Shafter 18 mi 51.7 46.3 158.80%
South High Kern Union High Bakersfield 7 mi 89.5 85.3 60.70%
Stockdale High Kern Union High Bakersfield 11 mi 134.4 142.3 13.00%
Wasco High Wasco Union High Wasco 22 mi 51.9 66 116.70%
West High Kern Union High Bakersfield 7 mi 106.3 123.7 64.60%
Secondary Source
Cesar Chavez High Delano Joint Union Delano 29 mi 76.4 90.7 190.60%
Kern Valley High Kern Union High Lake Isabella 32 mi 12.9 12.7 -23.50%
McFarland High McFarland Unified McFarland 24 mi 42 46.3 113.60%
Tehachapi High Tehachapi Unified Tehachapi 37 mi 46.5 50.3 26.20%
Source: California Postsecondary Education Commission, Detailed Data, Freshman Pathways; analysis by Cambridge
West Partnership, LLC
Of the primary high schools shown in the table that provide the greatest numbers of students
to Bakersfield College, Stockdale High School is expected to grow the most. This school is projected
to increase enrollments by 13.7% (between 2010-11 and 2015-16). Headcounts at other high schools
listed on the table are anticipated to remain the same or decrease slightly over that same time frame.
Based on 2010-11 enrollments in grades nine through twelve, and the College admission yield rate, a
set of projections for possible future high school unduplicated headcounts at Bakersfield College has
been illustrated in the two graphics below.
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