Bakersfield High School
School in Bakersfield, California, United States
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Bakersfield High School (BHS) is a public four-year high school located in Bakersfield, California, United States. Opened in 1893, Bakersfield High School serves grades ninth through twelfth within the Kern High School District.
| Bakersfield High School | |
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| Location | |
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1241 G Street , 93301 United States 35°22′09″N 119°01′22″W | |
| Information | |
| School type | |
| Established | 1893 |
School district | Kern High School District |
Principal | Ryan Geivet |
Teaching staff | 120.91 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 3,024 (2023-2024)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 25.01[1] |
| Colors | Navy Blue White Gray |
Athletics conference | South Yosemite Valley League CIF Central Section |
| Nickname | Drillers |
| Rivals | Garces Memorial High School, Liberty High School, Centennial High School |
| Newspaper | Blue and White |
| Yearbook | Oracle |
| Website | bakersfield |
Notable alumni
- Larry Barnes – former MLB player (Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers).[2]
- Theo Bell – former NFL football player[3]
- Richard Blick - 1960 Rome Olympic 4x200 freestyle relay gold medalist, 200-meter freestyle world record-holder, teacher, principal, and swim coach.[4]
- Jeff Buckey – former NFL football player[5]
- Pete Cross – former NBA player.
- Marion Osborn Cunningham – artist.
- Ric Drasin – actor, author, designer of the Gold's Gym and World Gym logos, and retired professional wrestler[6]
- Robert Duncan – poet, was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance[7]
- Frank Gifford – Pro Football Hall of Fame and Monday Night Football commentator[8]
- Merle Haggard – singer-songwriter.
- Carl Jones Jr. – NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears[9]
- Jerry Marion – former NFL player[10]
- Kevin McCarthy – Congressman, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives[11]
- Matthew Todd Miller, American citizen held by North Korea[12]
- Spain Musgrove – former NFL defensive lineman[13]
- Doug Loman – former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers)[14]
- Ruth B. Love (Class of 1950) – Educator, former education administrator, school superintendent and author. Love is noted as the first African–American and woman to serve as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third largest school district.[15]
- Steve Ontiveros – former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs)[16]
- Dennis Ralston – Davis Cup winner[17]
- Don Robesky – former Stanford football player[18]
- Rick Sawyer – former MLB player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres)[19]
- Jeff Siemon – former NFL football player[20]
- Jeremy Staat – former NFL player[21]
- Michael Stewart – former NFL football player[22]
- Robert Swift (Class of 2004) – former NBA player[23]
- Jerry Tarr – former professional football player[24]
- Phillip Thomas – former NFL football player
- Jake Varner – four time All-American and two time national champion wrestler at Iowa State University and winner of a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London at 26[25]
- Tyrone Wallace (Class of 2012) – Paris basketball player, NBA player, former California Golden Bears basketball player
- Earl Warren – California Attorney General, three-term Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States, and chairman of the Warren Commission
- Larry Welz – noteworthy early contributor to underground comics movement
