West High School
Bakersfield, CA 93309-3534
Phone: (661) 832-2822
Fax: (661) 831-5606
District: Kern Union High School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9-12 • 2159 students
Bakersfield's West High School serves grades 9-12 in the Kern Union High School District. It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 5 out of 10, based on its performance on state standardized tests.
West High School is a public school located in Bakersfield, CA. 2159 students attend West High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Test Scores | 5/10 | The Test Score Rating examines how students at this school performed on standardized tests compared with other schools in the state. The Test Rating was created using 2025 California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 California Science Test data from California Department of Education. |
| College Readiness | 3/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using 2019 SAT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using 2019 Average ACT score data from California Department of Education, using 2019 ACT percent college ready data from California Department of Education, using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from California Department of Education, using 2025 Percent of students who meet UC/CSU entrance requirements data from California Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from California Department of Education. |
Posted: October 25, 2024
I hope this school had more better consular they never hive at paper and case of emergency
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Posted: August 10, 2023
If your child is disabled or mentally ill, I would advise against sending them here. The staff care more about controlling and harassing students than providing support, and accommodations for students who's struggle comes from something they cannot control. As for safety, there's fights constantly... Nothing has been done about any of the issues going on.
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Posted: January 16, 2022
As a former student of West High, I must caution any parent wishing to send their children here especially if your child has special needs of any kind.
the staff is lazy and cares more about browbeating students and keeping them under their thumb than they do about actually teaching or fostering a creative educational environment. the school til this day has daily fights and violence and at least two students died in my four years attending west. one from gang violence and another from a staff infection brought on from the schools lack of cleanliness. Bullying is rampant and nothing is done about it. any complaints from parents are met with a dismissive attitude. if you want your student to succeed you will find yourself spending a lot of time in the office and talking to staff cause they do not do their jobs and are at times very cruel and uncaring of children and what may be going on in their home life.
I once heard a P.E teacher tell a young woman who was having severe mental cramps that he did care if she was bleeding from every orifice in her body, she was gonna run the mile. she did and then promptly passed out from pain and had to be taken to the hospital and this was only ONE incident with a teacher. the special education staff is mostly undertrained and a lot of them are borderline antagonistic towards their students. I implore any parent considering High Schools in Bakersfield to look elsewhere, even if you must do a cross-district transfer. West high is not the school for your children.
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Posted: June 17, 2021
My experience and my child experience was the worst. She never could get in contact with her counselor, Maria Riveria, because she was always busy. My daughter had to be her own counselor which is sad. I recommend future parents and students to do your research before enrolling your life at this school. The staff is very unorganized while you are standing there asking for assistance. I have more children and rather home school them or intradistrict transfer them before I let them step a foot on their premises. It was the most horrible experience that we both had to go through and I do not wish this on my worst enemies. If you care about your child education, state of mind or safety, I am a live witness to say that this is not the school for you. RESEARCH!!! I WISH I HAD DID IT!!!
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Posted: January 25, 2017
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Posted: January 25, 2017
There are fights daily and it seems they do nothing about it.
Posted: January 25, 2017
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Posted: January 25, 2017
My child got jumped by a group of students of a different ethnicity on his first day of school. I never felt my child was safe st West High School. Every time I entered the deans office there was other students that were there for fighting. It seems bullying is very common and no one does anything about it. I'm glad I moved from the area.
Posted: October 20, 2013
With the first quarter closing I still feel West High is a great school. My grandchild loves it telling me she loves it because of the great teachers, the diversity of students and the overall feeling of success.
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