Bakersfield High School

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
Address
1241 G Street Bakersfield , California 93301 United States
Coordinates	35°22′09″N 119°01′22″W
Information
School type	Public Secondary
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]
Color(s)	Blue   White
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.kernhigh.org

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.
• Jerry Marion – former NFL player^[9]
• Kevin McCarthy – Congressman, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives^[10]
• Matthew Todd Miller, American citizen held by North Korea^[11]
• Spain Musgrove – former NFL defensive lineman^[12]
• Doug Loman – former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers)^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• Steve Ontiveros – former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs)^[15]
• Dennis Ralston – Davis Cup winner^[16]
• Don Robesky – former Stanford football player^[17]
• Rick Sawyer – former MLB player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres)^[18]
• Jeff Siemon – former NFL football player^[19]
• Jeremy Staat – former NFL player^[20]
• Michael Stewart – former NFL football player^[21]
• Robert Swift – former NBA player^{[citation needed]}
• Jerry Tarr – former professional football player^[22]
• 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^[23]
• 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