Highland High School is a public high school in Bakersfield, California, United States. It is part of the Kern High School District and serves grades 9 through 12.
Highland offers a college preparatory curriculum including Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses in English, mathematics, science, social studies, Spanish, French, and other subjects. Two four-year Project Lead the Way programs in engineering and biomedicine are offered. Students may participate in supplemental courses to support literacy and mathematics skills.
Highland provides a wide range of extracurricular opportunities:
Football, basketball, baseball, soccer, wrestling, volleyball, golf, tennis, track and field, swimming, cheerleading, and other sports. Teams compete in the South Yosemite Valley League.
The campus includes classrooms, science labs, a library, gymnasiums, athletic fields, and music facilities. Highland is also the county site for the deaf and hard-of-hearing program, including American Sign Language (ASL) instruction.