Public school · Apple Valley Unified · Apple Valley, California

Apple Valley High — Rating & test scores

Apple Valley · 9–12 · 2,211 students (2024–25)

11837 Navajo Road, 92308sites.google.com ↗(760) 247-7206

41stpercentileDeveloping

The dots are California’s 1,498 scored public high schools, placed by Scope Score on spring 2025 tests. Why not spring 2026? High school scores include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests. How it’s built →

Scope Score

Weighted composite · 2024–25
A weighted mix of seven measures.

See this school’s score factors ↓

Apple Valley Highhigher than 41 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

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Apple Valley Highhigher than 41 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

Apple Valley Highhigher than 41 of the 100 California dots

California’s public high schools · 1 dot = 1 in 100

Needs Support25 in 100Developing25 in 100Solid25 in 100Strong25 in 100

In 2024–25, 98% of the class graduated in four years (526 of 538); across California, 89%.

Source

Source: CDE four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate (ACGR), 2024–25
Students: students who started 9th grade together: 538
Comparison: California: graduates divided by students who started 9th grade together, across 2,281 public schools’ rows (our combination, not CDE’s published state rate; 432,702 of 487,177).

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In grade 11, spring 2026, 19% scored Proficient or Advanced in math, against 32% across California.

From spring 2026, the state calls its top two levels “Proficient or Advanced” (formerly “Met or Exceeded”).

Sources

The sentence above: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026. All students tested in grade 11. California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 413,523 in math tested).

Common questions

How do I get in?

Ask Apple Valley Unified which school serves your address. Evidence ↓

Is Apple Valley High a good high school?

Apple Valley High scores higher than 41 in 100 of California’s 1,498 scored public high schools: 41st percentile, Developing, spring 2025. Evidence ↓

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

In 2025–26, 28 in 100 students missed 10% or more of school days, against 36 in 100 at the average Apple Valley Unified high school. 5.1% of students (117 of 2,310) were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school. Evidence ↓

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 30 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. Evidence ↓

How do kids like mine do here?

In spring 2026, 45% of low-income students in grade 11 at Apple Valley High scored Proficient or Advanced in English, against 49% for the same group across California. Evidence ↓

What could my child study here?

The College Board approved this school to teach 17 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

173 students took a college course for credit in 2023–24, by the federal Civil Rights Data Collection

Evidence ↓

Where do students go after finishing high school here?

64% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months, by CDE’s college-going records. Evidence ↓

What should I ask on a visit?

The questions drawn from this page are under Next steps, ready to copy. Evidence ↓

Academic achievement

How did students here do on state tests?

Below California in English; well below it in math.

State tests (CAASPP), grade 11, spring 2026

In grade 11, spring 2026, 49% scored Proficient or Advanced in English and 19% in math, against 57% and 32% across California.

Source

Source: California’s state tests (CAASPP), California Department of Education, spring 2026
Students: all students tested in grade 11: 446 in English, 445 in math
Comparison: California: CDE’s grade 11 rows for the whole state combined, weighted by students tested (our calculation; 414,559 in English, 413,523 in math tested). The comparisons use the same grade and year.

AdvancedProficientBelow the standard

English

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 446 tested

Advanced: 19%
Proficient: 30%
Below the standard: 51%

This school49%

California57%

Apple Valley Unified52%

49% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

Math

Grade 11 · spring 2026 · 445 tested

Advanced: 7%
Proficient: 12%
Below the standard: 81%

This school19%

California32%

Apple Valley Unified19%

19% Proficient or Advanced in grade 11.

New to these scores? Read CAASPP scores explained: how to read your child’s report →

How does math compare with English?

In grade 11, spring 2026, math trails English by 30 percentage points in the share who scored Proficient or Advanced, against 25 points across California. The grade 11 cards above give each subject’s share.

Have results changed?

English results were higher than in 2025; math results were similar. English went from 42% to 49% and math from 15% to 19%.

English · top two levels · grade 11

202542%465 tested

→

202649%446 tested

This school

California, same grades57% → 57%2025 → 2026 · 432,651 → 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11

202515%465 tested

→

202619%445 tested

This school

California, same grades30% → 32%2025 → 2026 · 431,903 → 413,523 tested

Each year is a different group of students.

Ask: What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working?

All four levelsThe state’s test levels Advanced, Proficient, the Developing level (formerly Nearly met) and Minimal, with tested counts

Share of students tested at each level, spring 2026
Students	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Tested
English, grade 11 · This school	19%	30%	29%	22%	446
English, grade 11 · California	27%	30%	21%	22%	414,559
English, grade 11 · Apple Valley Unified	22%	30%	26%	22%	988
Math, grade 11 · This school	7%	12%	23%	58%	445
Math, grade 11 · California	16%	16%	20%	48%	413,523
Math, grade 11 · Apple Valley Unified	7%	12%	22%	59%	979

Below the standard combines the state’s Developing and Minimal levels, its two lowest. Data source: California Department of Education, spring 2026. The state comparison combines CDE’s rows for the same grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation). The district row combines its public schools in the same grades, weighted by students tested.

Grade 11 tests are one part of the picture. Graduation, readiness and college destinations answer different questions below.

Results since 20178 tested years shown · English and math have been below California in every tested year since 2017

Chart and table: 2017–2026.

English top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202649%57%

Math top two levels, grade 11

This schoolCalifornia

0%50%100%20172022202619%32%

The lines break across the COVID years, when state testing was waived or optional.

In grade 11, the share at the state’s top two levels in English went from 54% in 2017 to 49% in 2026. In math, it was 19% in both 2017 and 2026. Each year is a different group of students.

Each year’s results and tested counts

English · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	54% 474 tested	60% 444,040 tested
2018	49% 480 tested	56% 439,134 tested
2019	51% 479 tested	57% 439,947 tested
2022	41% 454 tested	55% 427,007 tested
2023	27% 473 tested	55% 442,128 tested
2024	41% 507 tested	56% 435,296 tested
2025	42% 465 tested	57% 432,651 tested
2026	49% 446 tested	57% 414,559 tested

Math · top two levels · grade 11
Year	This school	California
2017	19% 469 tested	32% 442,457 tested
2018	22% 471 tested	31% 437,883 tested
2019	17% 470 tested	32% 438,107 tested
2022	14% 456 tested	27% 424,390 tested
2023	7% 471 tested	27% 440,912 tested
2024	16% 505 tested	28% 434,711 tested
2025	15% 465 tested	30% 431,903 tested
2026	19% 445 tested	32% 413,523 tested

What you can do

Who can act on Apple Valley High’s results?

The state has Apple Valley High in targeted support; Apple Valley Unified’s board decides its plan.

What has the state flagged?

The state named it because results were low for foster youth. This support comes with a school improvement plan, which must use approaches with evidence behind them. Ask the principal to see the school improvement plan.

Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26. Source

The state is giving Apple Valley Unified extra help in 2026. It qualified on the 2025 California School Dashboard. The county office must help the district for at least three years, including a review of its yearly plan.

Extra help for Apple Valley Unified: CDE’s assistance status file for the 2025 California School Dashboard. Source

When is the plan set, and how can you take part?

Apple Valley Unified’s board must adopt its yearly plan (LCAP) by July 1, after at least one public hearing at an earlier meeting.

How to take part

Watch the board’s agenda: the hearing is posted at least 72 hours ahead.
Send written comments on the actions and spending the plan proposes.
Raise questions through the district’s parent advisory committee; the superintendent must answer its comments in writing.
Read the midyear report, due by February 28.
Read Apple Valley Unified’s 2026–27 plan (LCAP, PDF)

Life at school

How many students here graduate, and where do they go next?

98% of students graduated in four years in 2024–25.

State graduation, readiness, college-going, attendance and suspension records

That compares with 89% across California. 64% were ready for college or career (state measure) in 2024–25. 64% of the class of 2023 enrolled in college within 12 months.

Preparation · each measure describes a different student group

Graduated in four years

98%

Across California: 89%

2024–25 · 526 of 538 students who started 9th grade together

Ready for college or career (state measure)

64%

Across California: 52%

2024–25 · 347 of 539 students in the state’s measure

Finished the UC/CSU course list

50%

Average California high school: 56%

2024–25 · 264 of 526 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list

Destinations · class of 2023

Where students who finished high school went

64% enrolled in college within 12 months · 489 students who finished high school

University of California UC detail ↓21 · 4%
California State University CSU detail ↓33 · 7%
California community college208 · 43%
In-state private16 · 3%
Out-of-state, 4-year33 · 7%
Out-of-state, 2-year2 · <1%
Not enrolled176 · 36%

Source: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. Shares are our arithmetic: each count divided by all high-school completers (graduates and other students who finished), rounded together so they total 100. “Not enrolled” does not describe employment, military service or other routes.

What could my child study here?

AP courses the school is approved to teach

The College Board approved this school to teach 17 AP courses in 6 subjects for 2025–26.

College Board AP Course Audit Ledger · 2025–26. Authorization doesn’t show which courses run or who can take them; ask the school.

Math & Computer Science2
Sciences3
English2
History & Social Science4
World Languages & Cultures3
Arts3

Every approved AP course17 courses in 6 subjects

Math & Computer Science 2

Computer Science A
Computer Science Principles

Sciences 3

Biology
Chemistry
Environmental Science

English 2

English Language and Composition
English Literature and Composition

History & Social Science 4

Microeconomics
U.S. Government and Politics
United States History
World History: Modern

World Languages & Cultures 3

French Language and Culture
Spanish Language and Culture
Spanish Literature and Culture

Arts 3

2-D Art and Design
3-D Art and Design
Drawing

What other courses and pathways are on record?

College courses in high school (dual enrollment)

173 students took one

2023–24

Students taking a college course for credit while in high school, often through a community college. Federal Civil Rights Data Collection, school-reported.

Ask: How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?

Where these figures come fromEach measure’s source, student group and definition

Graduated in four years: 2024–25 · 526 of 538 students who started 9th grade together. California Department of Education, adjusted cohort graduation records. Comparison is SchoolScope’s combination of graduates and cohort counts across the reference schools, not CDE’s published state rate.
Ready for college or career (state measure): 2024–25 · 347 of 539 students in the state’s measure. California Department of Education, College/Career Indicator (CCI), overall “Prepared” rate, among the students in the indicator’s group. Prepared is CDE’s overall classification, not AP participation or a college admission rate.
Finished the UC/CSU course list: 2024–25 · 264 of 526 graduates finished the UC/CSU course list. California Department of Education, A–G completion records (graduates who met the UC/CSU course requirements). Course completion is separate from college enrollment.
Where students who finished high school went: CDE college-going records, class of 2023. College enrollment is counted for 12 months after finishing high school and matched to college records, so this runs about two years behind. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

A closer look: UC and CSU admission recordsApplied, admitted and enrolled, from each university system’s own records

UC’s own records

University of California

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 79
Admitted: 67
Enrolled: 25

By campus · fall 2025

UC IrvineApplied 63 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled under 3
UCLAApplied 58 · Admitted 8 · Enrolled 6
UC RiversideApplied 52 · Admitted 48 · Enrolled 8
UC San DiegoApplied 45 · Admitted 18 · Enrolled 5
UC Santa BarbaraApplied 35 · Admitted 15 · Enrolled under 3
UC BerkeleyApplied 31 · Admitted under 3 · Enrolled under 3
UC MercedApplied 25 · Admitted 24 · Enrolled under 3
UC DavisApplied 21 · Admitted 14 · Enrolled under 3
UC Santa CruzApplied 19 · Admitted 16 · Enrolled under 3

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees; “+” marks a partial count; a dash is unavailable. Source: UC admissions by source school.

Each fall since 2016

Fall 2025Applied 79 · Admitted 67 · Enrolled 25
Fall 2024Applied 66 · Admitted 54 · Enrolled 30
Fall 2023Applied 71 · Admitted 43 · Enrolled 21
Fall 2022Applied 91 · Admitted 66 · Enrolled 28
Fall 2021Applied 65 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled 17
Fall 2020Applied 63 · Admitted 46 · Enrolled 20
Fall 2019Applied 62 · Admitted 42 · Enrolled 21
Fall 2018Applied 61 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 16
Fall 2017Applied 50 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled 14
Fall 2016Applied 52 · Admitted 39 · Enrolled 25

CSU’s own records

California State University

Fall 2025 first-year entry · counts, not a school rating

Applied: 130
Admitted: 127
Enrolled: 36

By campus · falls 2021–2025 added together

Five years in each number, not one. CSU publishes campus counts only as five-year totals, so these aren’t comparable to the fall 2025 figures above or to UC’s one-fall campus bars.

Cal State Long BeachApplied 308 · Admitted 138 · Enrolled 22
Cal State San BernardinoApplied 291 · Admitted 268 · Enrolled 47
San Diego StateApplied 289 · Admitted 83 · Enrolled 11
Cal State FullertonApplied 244 · Admitted 206 · Enrolled 30
Cal Poly PomonaApplied 175 · Admitted 120 · Enrolled 20
Cal Poly San Luis ObispoApplied 111 · Admitted 21 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State San MarcosApplied 96 · Admitted 89 · Enrolled 13
Cal State LAApplied 85 · Admitted 77 · Enrolled 6
San Francisco StateApplied 61 · Admitted 51 · Enrolled under 6
Chico StateApplied 55 · Admitted 52 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State Dominguez HillsApplied 49 · Admitted 48 · Enrolled under 6
San José StateApplied 49 · Admitted 44 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State NorthridgeApplied 45 · Admitted 41 · Enrolled under 6
CSU Channel IslandsApplied 43 · Admitted 40 · Enrolled under 6
CSU BakersfieldApplied 37 · Admitted 30 · Enrolled —
Fresno StateApplied 34 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled 7
Sacramento StateApplied 34 · Admitted 33 · Enrolled under 6
Cal State East BayApplied 31 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled —
Cal State Monterey BayApplied 31 · Admitted 29 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly HumboldtApplied 28 · Admitted 23 · Enrolled under 6
Sonoma StateApplied 10 · Admitted 9 · Enrolled under 6
Cal Poly Maritime AcademyApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —
Stanislaus StateApplied under 6 · Admitted under 6 · Enrolled —

These records don’t show the school’s effect on admission. A student can apply to several campuses, so campus counts don’t add up to the total. CSU withholds counts under 6; a dash is unavailable. Students who reach CSU from a community college aren’t counted here. Source: CSU High School Success dashboard.

Each fall since 2021

Fall 2025Applied 130 · Admitted 127 · Enrolled 36
Fall 2024Applied 124 · Admitted 119 · Enrolled 33
Fall 2023Applied 112 · Admitted 103 · Enrolled 32
Fall 2022Applied 143 · Admitted 131 · Enrolled 39
Fall 2021Applied 117 · Admitted 112 · Enrolled 44

How often do students miss school or get suspended?

28 in 100 students were chronically absent in 2025–26. That means they missed 10% or more of school days. At the average Apple Valley Unified high school, 36 in 100 were. 5.1% of students were suspended at least once in 2025–26, against 2.9% at the average California high school.

Source

Source: CDE chronic absenteeism and suspension files, 2025–26
Students: chronic absence: 627 of 2,269 students counted for it; suspension: 117 of 2,310 students enrolled during the year
Comparison: Each comparison is the rate at the average school (our average of school rates), not a pooled rate. Also: suspensions at the average Apple Valley Unified high school 4.5%.

Chronically absent, 2025–26

28 in 100This school

36 in 100At the average Apple Valley Unified high school

22 in 100At the average California high school

627 of 2,269 students were chronically absent, meaning they missed 10% or more of school days.

Suspensions, 2025–26

5.1%

of students were suspended at least once (117 of 2,310). Average California high school 2.9%.

Ask: When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?

Ask families and staff yourselfWhat to ask the people at Apple Valley High

Ask current families how the school keeps them informed, and what happened when their child needed help. Ask staff how long teachers tend to stay.

Questions for your visit ↓

Have a child here? Answer 7 questions Responder en español

Teach here? Tell us Apple Valley Unified’s email domain so staff can answer our workplace questions.

Every learner

How do kids like mine do here?

Three student groups scored below the same groups across California in math.

Student groups, grade 11, spring 2026

26% of White students scored Proficient or Advanced in math (grade 11, spring 2026), against 44% for the same group across California. Hispanic or Latino and low-income students also scored below the same groups across California; the chart gives their figures. Every group’s English results are in the table below.

Source

Source: California Department of Education, CAASPP research file, spring 2026
Students: grade 11; each row gives its tested count. Low-income is CDE’s “socioeconomically disadvantaged”.
Comparison: California: the same group in the same grades, CDE’s rows for the whole state combined and weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Apple Valley HighSame group, California

White149 tested26%Same group, California 44%
Low-income312 tested17%Same group, California 23%
Hispanic or Latino255 tested14%Same group, California 21%
English learners40 tested8%Same group, California 8%
Students with disabilities54 tested6%Same group, California 8%

Proficient or Advanced, grade 11 math, spring 2026. In English the same groups run from 13% to 52%; every value is in the table below.

Who are the students?

2025–26 · students counted

Hispanic or Latino59%
White30%
Black or African American5%
Two or more races3%
Asian1%
Pacific Islander<1%
Filipino—
American Indian or Alaska Native—
Not reported—
Unallocated share1%

A dash means the share isn’t available; it isn’t zero. The unallocated share is what’s left after the shares we have; it isn’t a student group. Source and comparisons: the full student mix below.

Are English learners moving up on the state’s English test?

38% of English learners here moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top, spring 2025 to spring 2026.

Spring 2025 to spring 2026 · English learners with state English test (ELPAC) scores in both years

This school · 69 of 180 English learners38%

Apple Valley Unified · 474 of 1,20639%

California · 355,274 of 748,91647%

It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent. Data source: California Department of Education, 2026 Dashboard ↗.

Who are the families and teachers?

66%of students qualified for free or reduced-price meals in 2024–25, 1,467 of 2,211. California: 63%.

94teachers, 2024–25

10 yearsaverage experience, 2024–25

1%in their first year, 2024–25

74%of teaching positions with proper credential and placement, 2021–22

Ask: What extra help is there in math for White students and other student groups, and how does the school check that it works?

All group results, district comparisons and sources

Proficient or Advancedgrade 11 · spring 2026

Group and subject	Here	vs Apple Valley Unified	vs California
Low-income · 311 tested in English, 312 in math
English	45%	+144%	−449%
Math	17%	+314%	−623%
Hispanic or Latino · 255 tested
English	48%	+444%	−149%
Math	14%	+212%	−721%
White · 149 tested
English	52%	−355%	−1668%
Math	26%	+224%	−1844%
English learners · 40 tested
English	18%	+216%	+108%
Math	8%	+17%	08%
Students with disabilities · 53 tested in English, 54 in math
English	13%	−316%	−619%
Math	6%	−28%	−28%

Each gap is to the same group, grades and subject: in Apple Valley Unified, and across California. No group that is behind across California does 10 or more points better here.

Black or African American, homeless and military-family students and students of two or more races: fewer than 30 tested here. No published rate here for Asian, Filipino, American Indian or Alaska Native and Pacific Islander students and foster youth. That can reflect privacy rules or small numbers; it isn’t evidence of a gap. This table covers groups by income, race or ethnicity, language and disability; girls and boys aren’t split out.

Full student mix, comparisons and sources, 2025–26

Students, 2025–26	Here
Hispanic or Latino	59%
White	30%
Black or African American	5%
Two or more races	3%
Asian	1%
Pacific Islander	<1%
Filipino	—
American Indian or Alaska Native	—
Not reported	—

Data source: California Department of Education chronic-absence file, 2025–26. Shares are of the students the file counts for attendance (CDE’s “eligible enrollment”); unavailable categories are shown as a dash.

How the credential rate is counted

CDE SARC report 2024–25, measured 2021–22: 74% of teaching positions, 65.1 properly credentialed teaching-position FTE out of 88.1 total position FTE. This measures positions, not individual teachers.

Next steps

Which schools feed into Apple Valley High, and how do I get in?

Elementary
Yucca Loma Elementary
64th · Solid · 2026Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
Middle
Mariana Academy
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
High · this school
Apple Valley High
Grades 9–12

Historical links and nearby options · confirm your child’s address and current assignment with the district. Each school’s standing compares it with California schools at its own level. Explore schools on the map

All recorded links and nearby alternatives

Elementary links

Yucca Loma Elementary
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
64th percentile · Solid · elementary · 2026
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Rio Vista School of Applied Learning
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
41st percentile · Developing · elementary · 2026
50% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Rancho Verde Elementary
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
1st percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026
18% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Apple Valley Virtual Academy
Nearby same-district option · distance estimate, not a confirmed feeder · Check how it admits students.
10th percentile · Needs Support · elementary · 2026

Middle-school links

Mariana Academy
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
100% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sitting Bull Academy
Its zone mostly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
75% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Sandia Academy
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
59% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Vanguard Preparatory
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
55% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students
Phoenix Academy
Its zone partly overlaps this school’s zone on a historical federal map (2015–16)
52% historical overlap of origin attendance-zone area · not a share of students

Links do not guarantee placement. Charter, magnet, transfer and other admission routes can differ. Each school’s percentile compares it with California schools at its own level (continuation and alternative schools only with their own kind); the stages are not one ranking. Older zone links come from the federal School Attendance Boundary Survey (NCES SABS).

How do I get in?

Ask Apple Valley Unified which school serves your address.

School website: sites.google.com ↗Office: (760) 247-7206Administrator: Brian Goodrow

Location and visiting

Get directions

11837 Navajo Road, Apple Valley 92308

Directory location · Explore nearby schools on the map. Confirm which school serves your address with Apple Valley Unified.

Questions for your visit

What does the school try before a suspension, and who talks with the family? 5.1% suspended at least once, 2025–26 (117 of 2,310 students); average California high school: 2.9%
What extra help do students who are behind get, and how do you know it’s working? 51% in English and 81% in math scored at the Developing or Minimal level, grade 11, spring 2026 (446 tested in English, 445 in math); California: 43% and 68%
How does the school help students who don’t go to college plan what comes next?
When a child starts missing school, who calls the family, and how soon?
Which courses and career pathways does the school run, and who can enroll?
What support is available when a student falls behind on graduation requirements?

Office (760) 247-720611837 Navajo Road, directions (opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Nearby high schoolsClosest first, by straight-line distance

The closest high schools, by straight-line distance from this campus. Distance isn’t an attendance boundary.

Nearby high schoolsPercentile among California high schools, 2025

High Desert Premier Academy1.4 mi
1stNeeds SupportScope Score 28

Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level.

Explore nearby schools on the map

Source records

Every figure on this page, with its source, grades, year and count.

Score factorssource values, index and weights · 2024–25 · ranked #872 of 1,498 California high schools we score · #2 of 4 in Apple Valley Unified

Score factors, 2024–25
Factor	School	Index	Weight
Graduation rate	98%	62	25%
Exceeded standardaverage of English and math	9%	43	22%
Ready for college or career (state measure)	64%	62	20%
Met or exceededaverage of English and math	29%	45	18%
Chronically absent	30 in 100	50	5%
Suspension rate	5.4% (127 of 2,348)	42	5%
English learners: top level	27%	68	5%

Index is where the school's value sits among the California high schools we score, from 0 to 100, where 50 is their average; it is not a percentile. School values are from 2024–25. Chronic absence and suspension are CDE's all-students school rates; the score uses an adjusted version of each that pulls small schools toward the average, so their index can sit nearer 50 than the rate suggests.

Scope Score by year2018–19 to 2024–25 · each year’s inputs, and the score for each year we could verify

The 2024–25 Scope Score, in the current-formula row below, uses the state’s college-or-career readiness measure, 2024–25. No verified earlier Scope Scores are available here.

Scope Score

School year	Scope Score	Percentile	Rank	Comparison group
2024–25	53	41	#872	California high schools · 1,498 schools · current formula

2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24 have records on file but no Scope Score we could verify against that year’s source files, so no score is shown for them.

School year	Chronic absence	Suspension
2018–19	13 in 100	5.9% (136 of 2,305)
2021–22	not on file	not on file
2022–23	not on file	not on file
2023–24	31 in 100	5.8% (132 of 2,293)
2024–25	30 in 100	5.4% (127 of 2,348)

Chronic absence and suspension are CDE’s all-students school rates for each year.

No 2019–20 or 2020–21 records in this SchoolScope series

Results by gradeEnglish and math · grade 11 · spring 2026 · % of tested students

What each level means: California's level descriptions.

English · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
English	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	446	19%	30%	29%	22%	49%	57%	−8

California is CDE’s statewide English row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

Math · 2025–26 results by grade

Share of students tested, spring 2026
Math	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal	Proficient or Advanced	California	Difference
Grade 11	445	7%	12%	23%	58%	19%	32%	−13

California is CDE’s statewide math row for each grade, counting every student tested there; the comparisons in the chapters combine these rows for their grades, weighted by students tested (our calculation).

A grade the school doesn't teach has no row. “Suppressed” marks a result CDE blanks because fewer than 11 students tested (CDE’s reporting rule); “none tested” marks a grade CDE lists with no students tested; “not on file” marks a result missing from the records we hold. None of them means zero.

Every tested year2017–2026 · rates, tested counts, and each grade

English and math by test year · all tested grades

Year · subject	Students with scores	Top level	Top two levels
2026 · English	446	19%	49%
2026 · Math	445	7%	19%
2025 · English	465	14%	42%
2025 · Math	465	5%	15%
2024 · English	507	12%	41%
2024 · Math	505	3%	16%
2023 · English	473	9%	27%
2023 · Math	471	2%	7%
2022 · English	454	12%	41%
2022 · Math	456	3%	14%
2019 · English	479	20%	51%
2019 · Math	470	4%	17%
2018 · English	480	15%	49%
2018 · Math	471	5%	22%
2017 · English	474	14%	54%
2017 · Math	469	6%	19%

Each year names its school year end (2026 = 2025–26). “Students with scores” counts each subject on its own, so don’t add the English and math counts together. A dash is unavailable, not zero.

Earlier years · grade and subject

Year · grade · subject	Students with scores	Met or exceeded
2025 · Grade 11 · English	465	42%
2025 · Grade 11 · Math	465	15%
2024 · Grade 11 · English	507	41%
2024 · Grade 11 · Math	505	16%
2023 · Grade 11 · English	473	27%
2023 · Grade 11 · Math	471	7%
2022 · Grade 11 · English	454	41%
2022 · Grade 11 · Math	456	14%
2019 · Grade 11 · English	479	51%
2019 · Grade 11 · Math	470	17%
2018 · Grade 11 · English	480	49%
2018 · Grade 11 · Math	471	22%
2017 · Grade 11 · English	474	54%
2017 · Grade 11 · Math	469	19%

Current 2025–26 grade results appear above. “Students with scores” counts the students tested in that grade, subject and year. A missing result is not zero, and each year’s row is a different group of children.

Science (CAST)schoolwide · spring 2026

Science (CAST)	Tested	Advanced	Proficient	Developing level	Minimal
Schoolwide	474	4%	24%	68%	5%

CAST is tested in grades 5 and 8, then once in grade 10, 11, or 12. This row is the school's all-student aggregate. Not part of the Scope Score.

Student groups: test resultsEnglish · spring 2026 · against the same group in the district and California

Group · English	Tested	Proficient or Advanced	vs district	vs California
Low-income	311	45%	+1	−4
Hispanic or Latino	255	48%	+4	−1
White	149	52%	−3	−16

Attendance and suspensionsState records · this school and each student group · 2018–19 and 2025–26

CDE’s all-students school rates for 2024–25 and 2025–26; the change is the difference between the two rates as printed.

Year-over-year school rates
Chronic absenteeism2024–25 · 30 in 100 → 2025–26 · 28 in 100 · −2 in 100
Suspension rate2024–25 · 5.4% (127 of 2,348) → 2025–26 · 5.1% (117 of 2,310) · −0.3 percentage points

Group	2018–19	2025–26	Change
Female	14 in 100	32 in 100	+18 in 100
Male	12 in 100	24 in 100	+12 in 100
Asian	10 in 100	6 in 100	−4 in 100
Black or African American	23 in 100	35 in 100	+12 in 100
Hispanic or Latino	11 in 100	27 in 100	+16 in 100
American Indian or Alaska Native	20 in 100	—	—
Pacific Islander	15 in 100	30 in 100	+15 in 100
Two or more races	27 in 100	37 in 100	+10 in 100
White	10 in 100	27 in 100	+17 in 100
Students with disabilities	20 in 100	30 in 100	+10 in 100
English learners	12 in 100	30 in 100	+18 in 100
Foster youth	21 in 100	50 in 100	+29 in 100
Homeless	18 in 100	40 in 100	+22 in 100
Low-income	15 in 100	30 in 100	+15 in 100
All students	13 in 100	28 in 100	+15 in 100

Two reported school years only; no intervening-year result is implied. Source: CDE school-level chronic absenteeism by student group.

Graduation and readinessstate records · each rate for its own year and class of students

Measure	Source record
This school · CCI overall Prepared	CDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · all students in the current four-year graduation cohort, plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. Overall CCI Prepared rate 64% · numerator 347 students classified Prepared · denominator 539 CCI students.
California · CCI overall Prepared	CDE statewide CCI cohort · CCI source year 2025 · all students · overall Prepared rate 52% · numerator 257,567 students classified Prepared · denominator 497,814 CCI students.

AP pathway among CCI Prepared studentsCDE College/Career Indicator · CCI source year 2025 · all students · AP pathway rate 40% · AP-pathway numerator 138 · denominator 347 (CCI Prepared students). This measure uses Prepared students as its denominator, not the whole CCI cohort; it is not an AP exam-taking rate or a count of AP courses offered. That cohort includes all students in the current four-year graduation cohort plus only Prepared fifth-year graduates from the prior cohort. In 2025 the pathway accepts two qualifying AP exams, two qualifying AP courses, or a combination of one of each in different subjects.

CDE's overall Prepared rate is the college-readiness factor in the Scope Score (20% of the high school score). The school rate is 347 of 539 CCI students, not the AP-only pathway or A–G completion rate. The California figure is CDE's statewide CCI student cohort, not an average of SchoolScope's comparable high schools or the SchoolScope school-rank pool.

Graduation rate

98%

AP route, among those ready for college or career

40%

2025 CDE CCI cohort · AP courses, exams, or both; share of students ready for college or career (CDE’s “Prepared”), not course offerings

Finished the UC/CSU course list (A–G)

50%

A–G are the 15 courses (across 7 subjects) required for UC/CSU eligibility

College-going rate

64%

These source periods and populations differ: graduation uses an adjusted cohort, while A–G completion and college-going use separately reported groups. The rates are shown individually, without a shared performance tier.

UC admissions, universitywidefall 2016–2025 · applied, admitted, enrolled, mean GPA · summed across CEEB codes

Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled	Mean GPA (applied)	Mean GPA (admitted)	Mean GPA (enrolled)
2025	79	67	25	3.98	4.05	4.03
2024	66	54	30	3.93	4.02	4.10
2023	71	43	21	3.91	4.05	4.12
2022	91	66	28	3.96	4.08	4.19
2021	65	44	17	3.76	3.93	4.14
2020	63	46	20	3.92	4.03	4.14
2019	62	42	21	3.92	4.08	4.14
2018	61	33	16	3.78	3.99	3.88
2017	50	29	14	3.89	4.07	4.12
2016	52	39	25	3.75	3.96	3.95

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. GPA is each group's mean weighted, capped high-school GPA for 10th/11th-grade college-preparatory courses. SchoolScope leaves GPA unavailable when several CEEB codes contribute rather than combining their means. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here. Complete, matching counts can support a historical descriptive rate, but do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances. Series shown from 2016.

UC admissions by campuslatest falls on file · each campus counted separately

Campus	Year	Applied	Admitted	Enrolled
Berkeley	2025	31	under 3	under 3
Berkeley	2024	24	6	under 3
Berkeley	2023	26	4	3
Berkeley	2022	41	6	under 3
Berkeley	2021	18	7	3
Davis	2025	21	14	under 3
Davis	2024	19	12	3
Davis	2023	15	4	under 3
Davis	2022	23	9	under 3
Davis	2021	21	8	3
Irvine	2025	63	21	under 3
Irvine	2024	48	22	11
Irvine	2023	41	8	4
Irvine	2022	66	18	5
Irvine	2021	44	11	under 3
Los Angeles	2025	58	8	6
Los Angeles	2024	35	4	under 3
Los Angeles	2023	40	4	under 3
Los Angeles	2022	58	3	3
Los Angeles	2021	37	4	under 3
Merced	2025	25	24	under 3
Merced	2024	11	11	under 3
Merced	2023	8	7	under 3
Merced	2022	11	10	under 3
Merced	2021	13	12	under 3
Riverside	2025	52	48	8
Riverside	2024	38	33	9
Riverside	2023	29	17	under 3
Riverside	2022	56	40	11
Riverside	2021	36	23	5
San Diego	2025	45	18	5
San Diego	2024	39	12	under 3
San Diego	2023	49	10	3
San Diego	2022	59	15	4
San Diego	2021	37	10	under 3
Santa Barbara	2025	35	15	under 3
Santa Barbara	2024	33	16	under 3
Santa Barbara	2023	33	14	under 3
Santa Barbara	2022	43	14	3
Santa Barbara	2021	37	6	under 3
Santa Cruz	2025	19	16	under 3
Santa Cruz	2024	22	17	under 3
Santa Cruz	2023	24	10	4
Santa Cruz	2022	28	14	under 3
Santa Cruz	2021	24	12	under 3
Universitywide	2025	79	67	25
Universitywide	2024	66	54	30
Universitywide	2023	71	43	21
Universitywide	2022	91	66	28
Universitywide	2021	65	44	17

Source: UC admissions by source school. Dated fall first-year UC applicants, admitted students, and enrollees. Campus totals are not interchangeable with Universitywide; students can apply to several campuses. Universitywide is separately reported; never derive it by adding campus rows. Universitywide applicant and admit counts are unduplicated. UC blanks counts under 5 applicants or under 3 admits or enrollees, shown here as “under 5” or “under 3”; — means unavailable, and a reported zero remains zero. A + marks a partial SchoolScope sum of observed counts, not a complete total; missing contributions may be zero. No admit rate is computed here; these records do not establish a school's effect or predict individual chances.

AP course catalog2025–26 · College Board course authorizations

Subject	Authorization recorded for
2-D Art and Design	this school
3-D Art and Design	this school
Biology	this school
Chemistry	this school
Computer Science A	this school
Computer Science Principles	this school
Drawing	this school
English Language and Composition	this school
English Literature and Composition	this school
Environmental Science	this school
French Language and Culture	this school
Microeconomics	this school
Spanish Language and Culture	this school
Spanish Literature and Culture	this school
U.S. Government and Politics	this school
United States History	this school
World History: Modern	this school

Authorization ≠ a section running this year — the Ledger records what the school may teach, not seat counts.

Advanced coursework, federal snapshot2023–24 · Civil Rights Data Collection · dated historical snapshot

Measure	This school
AP offered	offered
AP course count	4
AP enrollment (male/female)	105
IB participation	not reported
Dual enrollment	offered · 173 enrolled
Algebra I in grade 8	not reported
Calculus sections	1
Physics sections	3
Chemistry sections	12
Reported male/female enrollment (CRDC)	2,160

These counts aren’t part of the Scope Score. “Not reported” means the federal record has no value for that item; it isn’t a zero. Enrollment counts add the male and female students the survey reports.

College destinationsclass of 2023 · state college-going records, 12 months after graduation

Destination	Completers	% (derived)
University of California	21	4%
California State University	33	7%
California community college	208	43%
In-state private	16	3%
Out-of-state, 4-year	33	7%
Out-of-state, 2-year	2	0%
Not enrolled	176	36%

489 students who finished high school, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 64% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ all who finished high school; CDE calls them completers), not a CDE-native rate · an unavailable or suppressed cell is marked as missing; a reported zero remains distinct · source: CDE 12-mo CGR, 2023 cohort (the newest published), National Student Clearinghouse match — a different, older vintage than the fall 2025 UC admissions rows above.

Fundingschool and district spending, from state and federal finance records · each row names its fiscal year and measure

Per-pupil spending

District · current expense$11,653 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · fall district membership: 12,892 pupils

California · selected district mean$14,491 per pupil

NCES F-33 · FY 2020–21 (2021) · SchoolScope’s unweighted mean across 818 selected California district finance records

School-level federal expenditures$1,029 per pupil

CDE ESSA · school-attributed per-pupil record · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,211

Central federal expenditures attributed here$308 per pupil

CDE ESSA · central expenditures attributed to this school · FY 2024–25 (2025) · source denominator: 2,211

District current expense · FY 2024–25$19,836 per ADA

CDE SACS Current Expense of Education · district fiscal year ending 2025 · average daily attendance denominator

These figures are not directly comparable: school ESSA attributed spending and NCES district current expense use different measures and populations. Their fiscal years are labeled above.

How the California mean was selected

SchoolScope starts with its selected California finance records, not every NCES California district. For FY 2020–21, it calculates an unweighted mean of NCES F-33 current expense per pupil. District records contribute once, regardless of enrollment. The calculation keeps records with positive per-pupil current expense, enrollment over 100, CCD agency type 1, and a recorded district name; it excludes names ending in County Office of Education, Department of Education, or Superintendent of Schools. This is a SchoolScope calculation, not a state-published spending average.

Selected General Fund operating costs · FY 2024–⁠25 · SchoolScope calculation

Instruction 65%Instruction support 10%Student services 8%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 11%

The arithmetic behind these shares · FY 2024–25
Group	Dollars	Share, to two decimals	Printed
Instruction	$160,902,307	65.43%	65%
Instruction support	$23,654,857	9.62%	10%
Student services	$19,012,807	7.73%	8%
Administration	$14,374,828	5.85%	6%
Buildings & maintenance	$27,956,785	11.37%	11%
Total	$245,901,585	100.00%	100%

These shares are our arithmetic: each group’s dollars divided by the $245,901,585 total of the groups shown, rounded to whole percents by largest remainder so they add up to 100. Dollar amounts are rounded to the nearest dollar, so they can differ from the total by a dollar. SchoolScope groups district-level CDE SACS UserGL actuals from Fund 01, using operating objects 1000–5999 and excluding retiree benefits, food and community services, facilities acquisition, other outgo, and nonagency goals. These shares use that filtered total; they do not exactly break down CDE's official current expense per ADA above. The school-level ESSA figure uses a separate source.

NCES F-33 district fiscal-year history, 2017–⁠2021; latest district record shown: 2021

2021$11,653 per pupil

2020$9,934 per pupil

2019$10,396 per pupil

2018$8,812 per pupil

2017$8,939 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

Staffing recordsstate teacher credential-and-placement and district salary records · each for its own year

Additional workforce records

Properly assigned intern credential holders4.1%

CDE 2024–25 SARC, Teacher Preparation and Placement table; measured school year 2021–22. Share of reported school teaching-position full-time equivalents assigned to properly assigned intern credential holders. A reported 0.0% is shown; unavailable rates are omitted. This is a position share, not a count of current teachers or of emergency permits.

The surrounding ZIP codeCensus Bureau survey, 2020–2024 · ZIP 92308 · not the school’s students

American Community Survey 5-year estimates · 2020–2024 · ZIP 92308 area
Measure	Estimate
Median household income	$66,568
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)	17%
ZIP-area population	42,709
Median age	38.4 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2020–2024 5-year estimates. Median household income covers the past 12 months and is reported in 2024 inflation-adjusted dollars. Bachelor's degree or higher uses adults age 25 and over as its population. A dash is unavailable, not zero; a reported zero remains zero. ZIP-area figures do not establish the school's attendance area or describe its enrolled students. These figures are not part of the Scope Score. See all schools in ZIP code 92308 →

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