# Kern Workforce 2000 Academy

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Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield

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## Core identification
- **NCES School ID**: `061954004529`
- **School name**: Kern Workforce 2000 Academy
- **Location**: Bakersfield, CA 93309
- **Address**: 5801 Sundale Ave.
- **District**: Kern High (LEAID `0619540`)
- **Sector**: Public
- **School type**: Regular
- **School level**: High
- **Grade range**: 9–12
- **Charter school**: Yes
- **Coordinates**: 35.34243, -119.06516
- **Phone**: (661)827-3158
- **Website**: http://workforce.kernhigh.org

## Enrollment (2024)
- **Students**: 491
- **Teachers (FTE)**: 54
- **Student-teacher ratio**: 9.1:1
- **Free/reduced lunch**: 89.0%

## State accountability rating
- **System**: CA Dashboard
- **Year**: 2024
- **Overall rating**: Red
- **Indicators**:
  - elpi: Red
  - math: Red
  - college_career: Red
  - ela: Red
  - graduation: Red

## Academic performance (state assessments)
### 2024
- **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 8.1% proficient — 175 tested
- **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient
- **Math (CA SBAC)**: 20.0% proficient

## Graduation rates
- **2024**: 67.0% (cohort of 333)
- **2021**: 56.0% (cohort of 296)

## Attendance
- **2020**: chronic absence 42.1% (207 students) [source: crdc_2020]
- **2020**: chronic absence 0.5% (3 students) [source: crdc]
- **2017**: chronic absence 1.6% (9 students) [source: crdc]

## Discipline (latest CRDC year)
- **Year**: 2020
- **In-school suspensions**: 0
- **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0
- **Expulsions**: 0

## Demographics (2023)
- **White**: 0.7%
- **Hispanic/Latino**: 79.6%
- **Black/African American**: 0.7%
- **Asian**: 8.7%
- **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 8.6%
- **Pacific Islander**: 0.6%
- **Two or more races**: 1.1%
- **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 92.3%

## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020)
- **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 6.8% — 39 students
- **English Learners**: 16.2% — 93 students

## Programs & enrichment
- Career & Technical Education / Dual Enrollment

## Finance
### School-level (ESSA 2023-24)
- **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $17,872
- **Federal share**: $1,012
- **State + local share**: $16,860
- **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 574
### District F-33 (2022)
- **District per-pupil revenue**: $19,038,145
- **Federal share**: 11.6%
- **State share**: 63.4%
- **Local share**: 24.9%
- **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,976,157

## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023)
- **Median household income**: $37,500
- **Poverty rate**: 22.3%
- **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 25.5%
- **Unemployment**: 12.8%
- **Median gross rent**: $1,400
- **Foreign-born residents**: 8.4%
- **Single-parent households**: 2.4%

## Environmental context
- **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 16.8 miles (BROWN BRYANT INC ARVIN PLANT)
- **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0
- **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 24
- **Nearest brownfield**: 3.41 miles (624 4TH STREET)

### Water safety
- **Public water system**: BAKERSFIELD, CITY OF
- **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0
- **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0

### Air quality
- **PM2.5 annual average**: 12.9442 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9)
- **Nearest monitor**: 1.0 miles

## Nearby schools performing better

### chronic absence
- **Stockdale High** — 3.6 mi away, 0% (this school: 0.52%)
- **Liberty High** — 4.0 mi away, 0.08% (this school: 0.52%)
- **Centennial High** — 4.3 mi away, 0.09% (this school: 0.52%)
- **Ridgeview High** — 4.5 mi away, 0.08% (this school: 0.52%)
- **Independence High** — 4.9 mi away, 0.09% (this school: 0.52%)

### ela proficiency
- **West High** — 0.3 mi away, 54.1% (this school: 14.05%)
- **O. J. Actis Junior High** — 0.6 mi away, 38.95% (this school: 14.05%)
- **Charles H. Castle Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 35.75% (this school: 14.05%)
- **Stine Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 36.9% (this school: 14.05%)
- **Wayne Van Horn Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 45.45% (this school: 14.05%)

### graduation rate
- **West High** — 0.3 mi away, 83.1% (this school: 67%)
- **Vista West Continuation High** — 3.0 mi away, 77.8% (this school: 67%)
- **Bakersfield High** — 3.0 mi away, 81.6% (this school: 67%)
- **South High** — 3.1 mi away, 90.3% (this school: 67%)
- **Vista Continuation High** — 3.3 mi away, 72.9% (this school: 67%)

### math proficiency
- **West High** — 0.3 mi away, 52% (this school: 20%)
- **Charles H. Castle Elementary** — 0.9 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Stine Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Wayne Van Horn Elementary** — 1.0 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)
- **Munsey Elementary** — 1.2 mi away, 38% (this school: 20%)

## Related data feeds
- **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield
- **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/performance
- **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/finance
- **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/demographics
- **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/inclusion
- **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/context
- **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/attendance
- **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/discipline
- **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/outcomes
- **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/kern-workforce-2000-academy-bakersfield/workforce

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*Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). Aggregated by WhatSchool.ai.*

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