County / FIPS 06029
Kern County
California
Kern County runs 273 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 10 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 7 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
273
Hospitals
10
With a star rating
7
Land area
8,135
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Kern County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$5.9B
Per resident
$6,500
Change since FY2021
−2%
Fiscal years covered
5
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| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $6B |
| 2022 | $4B |
| 2023 | $5B |
| 2024 | $5B |
| 2025 | $6B |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Kern County ranks 112th of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Kern County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Adventist Health Bakersfield | Bakersfield | |
| Adventist Health Delano | Delano | |
| Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley | Tehachapi | |
| Bakersfield Memorial Hospital | Bakersfield | |
| Kern Medical Center | Bakersfield | |
| Mercy Hospital | Bakersfield | |
| Kern Valley Healthcare District | Lake Isabella | |
| Good Samaritan Hospital, Lp | Bakersfield | Not rated |
| Ridgecrest Regional Hospital | Ridgecrest | Not rated |
| Bakersfield Behavioral Healthcare Hospital, Llc | Bakersfield | Not rated |
Public schools in Kern County
The 40 most complete records of 273. Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. M. Thomas Middle | Lost Hills Union Elementary | Lost Hills | 82 |
| Abraham Lincoln Alternative | Southern Kern Unified | Rosamond | 100 |
| Abraham Lincoln Jr. High | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 620 |
| Albany Park Elementary | Delano Union Elementary | Delano | 306 |
| Alicante Avenue Elementary | Lamont Elementary | Lamont | 990 |
| Almond Tree Middle | Delano Union Elementary | Delano | 550 |
| Almondale Elementary | Rosedale Union Elementary | Bakersfield | 634 |
| American Elementary | Rosedale Union Elementary | Bakersfield | 719 |
| Amy B. Seibert Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 641 |
| Arvin High | Kern High | Arvin | 2,786 |
| Bakersfield High | Kern High | Bakersfield | 3,004 |
| Bear Mountain Elementary | Arvin Union | Arvin | 745 |
| Beardsley Elementary | Beardsley Elementary | Bakersfield | 421 |
| Beardsley Junior High | Beardsley Elementary | Bakersfield | 400 |
| Berkshire Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 926 |
| Bessie E. Owens Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 889 |
| Bill L. Williams Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 990 |
| Blue Ridge Academy | Blue Ridge Academy District | San Dimas | 6,751 |
| Boron Junior-Senior High | Muroc Joint Unified | Boron | 250 |
| Browning Road Steam Academy | Mcfarland Unified | Mcfarland | 512 |
| Buena Vista Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 718 |
| Buena Vista High (Continuation) | Taft Union High | Taft | 84 |
| Burroughs High | Sierra Sands Unified | Ridgecrest | 1,479 |
| Buttonwillow Elementary | Buttonwillow Union Elementary | Buttonwillow | 313 |
| California City High | Mojave Unified | California City | 655 |
| California City Middle | Mojave Unified | California City | 501 |
| Caroline Harris Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 573 |
| Casa Loma Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 435 |
| Cecil Avenue Math and Science Academy | Delano Union Elementary | Delano | 604 |
| Centennial Elementary | Rosedale Union Elementary | Bakersfield | 541 |
| Centennial High | Kern High | Bakersfield | 2,175 |
| Central Valley High (Continuation) | Kern High | Shafter | 89 |
| Cesar E. Chavez Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 509 |
| Cesar E. Chavez High | Delano Joint Union High | Delano | 1,377 |
| Charles H. Castle Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 839 |
| Chipman Junior High | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 727 |
| Christa Mcauliffe Elementary | Panama-Buena Vista Union | Bakersfield | 600 |
| College Heights Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 776 |
| Colonel Howard Nichols Elementary | Bakersfield City | Bakersfield | 931 |
| Columbia Elementary | Fruitvale Elementary | Bakersfield | 607 |