Ridgeview High
Public · Grades 9–12 · 2,575 students
Independence High
8001 Old River Rd., Bakersfield, CA 93311
Grades
9–12
High
Students
2,324
Enrolled 2024–25
Students per teacher
26 : 1
Full-time teachers
District
Kern High
Kern County
Schola Grade B · Above average
Letter grade (A–F) · compared with 1,321 California high schools · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other California high schools; the line marks the middle. Data: test scores 2021–22, graduation and absenteeism 2022–23 (U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts); coursework 2023–24 (Civil Rights Data Collection); staffing 2024–25 (NCES).
About Independence High
Independence High is a public high school in Bakersfield, California, serving grades 9–12. It is part of Kern High. The school is located in a rural area near a town in Kern County.
In the 2024–25 school year, 2,324 students were enrolled, with about 26 students for every full-time teacher. That ratio is larger than the typical California high school (18.5 students per teacher). Its Schola Grade is B (above average), compared with 1,321 California high schools.
Grades & enrollment
Students per grade, 2024–25Grades 9–12
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Public School · What this means
- Level
- High
- Grades offered
- 9–12
- Enrollment (2024–25)
- 2,324 students
- Students per teacher
- 26 to 1
- AP courses offered
- 12
- Charter school
- No
- Magnet school
- No
- Locale
- Rural — Fringe
- School district
- Kern High
- County
- Kern County
- NCES school ID
- 061954012132
Schools near Independence High
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School data comes from the U.S. Department of Education: the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDGE school locations (2024–25) and Private School Survey (2023–24), the Civil Rights Data Collection (2023–24), and EDFacts (test results 2021–22; graduation and chronic absenteeism 2022–23), plus other public sources. Please contact the school to confirm enrollment, programs, and other details. How we source data.