Liberty High

Summary:

Liberty High is a public high school in Bakersfield, California, serving 2,358 students in grades 9-12. As part of the Kern High School District, Liberty High has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking among the top 221 to 594 high schools in California.

Liberty High's performance is particularly strong, with high graduation rates ranging from 95.0% to 97.0% over the past five years, significantly higher than the district and state averages. The school also has low dropout rates, ranging from 1.0% to 3.2%, much lower than the surrounding area. Liberty High students consistently outperform their peers in the Kern High School District and the state of California in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, as well as the California Science Test (CAST). The school's exceptional performance extends to specific student subgroups, such as African American students, English Language Learners, and students with low socioeconomic status.

While Liberty High is a standout performer, the surrounding schools in the Kern High School District show more varied results. For example, Vista Continuation High and Kern Workforce 2000 Academy have significantly lower test scores, graduation rates, and higher dropout and chronic absenteeism rates compared to Liberty High. This suggests that Liberty High may be benefiting from factors that are not present at these other district schools.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 925 Jewetta Ave.
       Bakersfield, CA  93312-4683


(661) 587-0925

District: Kern High

SchoolDigger Rank:
577th of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $7,059 Help


Feeder schools for Liberty High:

Elementary:    American Elementary
    Centennial Elementary
    Columbia Elementary
    Del Rio Elementary
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Middle:    Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary
    Rosedale Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  27.3 Help
Number of students:  2,358

Racial breakdown:

White:
43.8%
Hispanic:
41.1%
Asian:
6.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  35.2% Help


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Compare Details Liberty High ranks better than 75.2% of high schools in California. It also ranks 4th among 24 ranked high schools in the Kern High School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.03. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Liberty High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (43.8%), Hispanic (41.1%), Asian (6.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 35.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Liberty High is 27.3. 22 high schools in the Kern High School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Liberty High is $7,059, which is the lowest among 24 high schools in the Kern High School District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Liberty High:

SchoolDigger ranks Liberty High 577th of 2323 California public high schools. (See Liberty High in the ranking list.)

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Kern High:

SchoolDigger ranks Kern High 895th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Liberty High

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Rank History for all students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 43.43 624th 1653 62.3%
2005 42.20 749th 1901 60.6%
2006 48.11 668th 1968 66.1%
2007 54.44 553rd 2063 73.2%
2008 53.90 586th 2117 72.3%
2009 62.15 405th 2238 81.9%
2010 56.84 578th 2281 74.7%
2011 62.37 460th 2367 80.6%
2012 63.15 460th 2354 80.5%
2013 67.89 344th 2426 85.8%
2015 83.90 289th 1994 85.5%
2016 76.40 438th 2039 78.5%
2017 76.31 474th 2021 76.5%
2018 89.28 221st 2017 89.0%
2019 67.37 594th 2133 72.2%
2022 72.87 482nd 2123 77.3%
2023 72.59 440th 2348 81.3%
2024 63.03 577th 2323 75.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 36.10 291st 422 31.0%
2022 32.75 363rd 515 29.5%
2023 41.84 401st 786 49.0%
2024 46.87 359th 804 55.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2024 52.96 206th 1350 84.7%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 32.12 915th 1547 40.9%
2024 54.93 409th 1534 73.3%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.64 327th 1862 82.4%
2019 66.85 522nd 1937 73.1%
2022 66.15 523rd 1943 73.1%
2023 67.38 470th 2247 79.1%
2024 58.34 633rd 2235 71.7%
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Rank History for Female students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.27 171st 1760 90.3%
2019 75.71 385th 1833 79.0%
2022 70.51 455th 1858 75.5%
2023 70.58 442nd 2118 79.1%
2024 60.45 593rd 2098 71.7%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.51 543rd 1052 48.4%
2019 25.87 859th 1117 23.1%
2022 30.47 811th 1161 30.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.06 264th 1834 85.6%
2019 76.10 391st 1880 79.2%
2022 71.68 459th 1916 76.0%
2023 71.16 444th 2207 79.9%
2024 62.34 558th 2172 74.3%
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Rank History for Asian students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.75 254th 581 56.3%
2019 63.41 238th 582 59.1%
2022 25.76 458th 581 21.2%
2023 50.81 397th 731 45.7%
2024 44.42 427th 712 40.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.45 24th 582 95.9%
2019 67.69 138th 592 76.7%
2022 82.85 64th 522 87.7%
2023 95.14 25th 720 96.5%
2024 67.79 180th 721 75.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.78 130th 1742 92.5%
2019 75.97 329th 1814 81.9%
2022 77.41 306th 1861 83.6%
2023 69.11 436th 2142 79.6%
2024 60.29 593rd 2125 72.1%
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Rank History for White students at Liberty High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.86 210th 1173 82.1%
2019 66.42 398th 1222 67.4%
2022 58.24 487th 1204 59.6%
2023 58.07 476th 1434 66.8%
2024 45.32 671st 1406 52.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Liberty High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2000 817 26 21 120 4 n/a n/a 0 988
2001 1295 44 50 209 8 n/a n/a 0 1606
2002 1969 59 61 324 16 n/a n/a 0 2429
2003 1969 59 61 324 16 n/a n/a 0 2429
2004 2024 49 57 388 13 n/a n/a 0 2531
2005 2098 53 71 437 12 n/a n/a 0 2671
2006 2081 88 97 521 14 n/a n/a 0 2801
2007 1676 84 102 498 10 n/a n/a 22 2392
2008 1461 88 106 483 8 n/a n/a 0 2146
2009 1262 83 87 466 9 7 24 0 1938
2010 1185 73 91 479 11 4 13 0 1856
2011 1137 78 103 468 13 2 23 0 1824
2012 1094 68 98 462 15 1 63 0 1801
2013 1115 66 99 450 17 2 56 0 1805
2014 1135 62 95 498 14 3 57 0 1864
2015 1139 57 78 571 12 2 67 0 1926
2016 1138 55 91 685 15 2 57 0 2043
2017 1069 53 90 743 14 6 67 0 2042
2018 1013 60 96 813 18 6 76 0 2082
2019 1045 69 107 795 26 8 64 0 2114
2020 1039 68 136 792 19 10 83 0 2147
2021 1067 78 145 853 22 8 84 1 2258
2022 1059 79 158 892 16 2 77 1 2284
2023 1033 92 148 970 12 4 97 2 2358

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Liberty High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 988 38.6 25.6 7.5
2001 1606 68.0 23.6 8.1
2002 2429 97.6 24.9 8.6
2003 2429 97.6 24.9 8.6
2004 2531 101.4 25.0 8.8
2005 2671 111.7 23.9 9.6
2006 2801 110.8 25.3 9.1
2007 2392 97.4 24.6 9.3
2008 2146 103.2 20.8 10.3
2009 1938 74.4 22.9 15.2
2010 1856 63.8 29.0 18.1
2011 1824 n/a n/a 19.1
2012 1801 69.4 25.9 n/a
2013 1805 67.0 26.9 17.7
2014 1864 67.0 27.8 15.9
2015 1926 63.0 30.5 17.4
2016 2043 65.0 31.4 20.1
2017 2042 72.5 28.1 20.9
2018 2082 76.3 27.2 27.3
2019 2114 79.9 26.4 28.2
2020 2147 n/a n/a 26.9
2021 2258 80.7 27.9 28.8
2022 2284 83.5 27.3 26.3
2023 2358 86.1 27.3 35.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Liberty High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2000 988 38.6 25.6 7.5
2001 1606 68.0 23.6 8.1
2002 2429 97.6 24.9 8.6
2003 2429 97.6 24.9 8.6
2004 2531 101.4 25.0 8.8
2005 2671 111.7 23.9 9.6
2006 2801 110.8 25.3 9.1
2007 2392 97.4 24.6 9.3
2008 2146 103.2 20.8 10.3
2009 1938 74.4 22.9 15.2
2010 1856 63.8 29.0 18.1
2011 1824 n/a n/a 19.1
2012 1801 69.4 25.9 n/a
2013 1805 67.0 26.9 17.7
2014 1864 67.0 27.8 15.9
2015 1926 63.0 30.5 17.4
2016 2043 65.0 31.4 20.1
2017 2042 72.5 28.1 20.9
2018 2082 76.3 27.2 27.3
2019 2114 79.9 26.4 28.2
2020 2147 n/a n/a 26.9
2021 2258 80.7 27.9 28.8
2022 2284 83.5 27.3 26.3
2023 2358 86.1 27.3 35.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Liberty High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $7,059

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Liberty High

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 594th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 440th of 2348 High schools
 9.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Liberty High)71.968.9
 2.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Kern High)51.151
 0.2%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Liberty High)43.735.6
 8%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Kern High)2117
 4%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
12th Grade Science (Liberty High)13.329.2
 15.9%
   12th Grade Science (Kern High)13.118.8
 5.7%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21142358
 11.5%
African American6992
 33.3%
American Indian2612
 53.8%
Asian107148
 38.3%
Hispanic795970
 22%
Pacific Islander84
 50%
White10451033
 1.1%
Two or More Races6497
 51.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients28.2%35.2%
 6.9%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Liberty High

Students at Liberty High are 44% White, 41% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more races, 4% African American.

Liberty High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : American Elementary
Elementary : Centennial Elementary
Elementary : Columbia Elementary
Elementary : Del Rio Elementary
Elementary : Independence Elementary
Elementary : Rio Bravo Elementary
Middle : Rio Bravo-Greeley Elementary
Middle : Rosedale Middle

Liberty High ranks 577th of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,358 students attended Liberty High.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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