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Goodwill Independent Study

Victorville, CA · Grades 7-12 · 187 students · Victor Valley Union High

The scores are below where anyone wants them. Here's what they don't tell you.

18% of tested students are Proficient or Advanced in English and 8% in math. 77.9% graduate in four years. Explore the evidence alongside the opportunities your child would use.

Math

8%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

English

18%

Grade 11 · Proficient or Advanced

Students

187

Total enrollment

Graduation

77.9%

Four-year graduation rate

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Academic performance

What do the results tell us?

2025 results · Grade 11 · weighted by students tested within each subject.

Proficient or Advanced combines Levels 3 and 4, formerly Standard Met and Standard Exceeded. California changed the names for 2025–26; the cut scores did not. About the labels →

Share at Proficient or Advanced

0%25%50%75%100%2019: 0%2022: 0%2023: 0%2024: 2%2025: 8%2019: 7%2022: 11%2023: 13%2024: 17%2025: 18%201920222023202420250%25%50%75%100%2019: 0%2022: 0%2023: 0%2024: 2%2025: 8%2019: 7%2022: 11%2023: 13%2024: 17%2025: 18%20192022202320242025
● Math┄ English

Gaps in the lines mark years without annual results.

Exact annual results
YearMathEnglish
20190%7%
20220%11%
20230%13%
20242%17%
20258%18%

Each year describes that year’s tested students. Changes between years do not follow the same children over time. Cohort-growth evidence, when available, is labeled separately below.

Annual results and the full academic record
Is it getting better · CAASPP 2019 to 2025

Has stayed near the 3rd percentile since 2019.

Most rating sites would stop at “13% proficient” and call it done. Goodwill Independent Study deserves a closer read. Four in five of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch (California: 64%) — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.

Test scores are one lens, and at this school they're a rough one right now. The sections below show the fuller picture — including the parts that are working.

62 tested · 1 of 1 grade published

Goodwill Independent Study scores 30 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 3rd percentile of 1,647 California high schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).

The pandemic drop is behind this school: 13% of students meet the standard today, above the 4% who did in 2019.

Percentile among 1,647 high schools statewide
Year detailsYear2019 · 2nd percentile · Scope Score 26 of 1002022 · 2nd percentile · Scope Score 28 of 1002023 · 2nd percentile · Scope Score 28 of 1002024 · 2nd percentile · Scope Score 28 of 1002025 · 3rd percentile · Scope Score 30 of 100
ELAOrange(Increased Significantly)MathOrange(Increased Significantly)
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ELA — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 80%—15%10%—
Grade 117%11%13%17%18%
Math — % met or exceeded, by grade
Grade20192022202320242025
Grade 80%—0%0%—
Grade 110%0%0%2%8%
Where students land · CAASPP 2024–25

One in ten of students here meet the standard. 4% clear it by a lot.

ELA18% met or exceeded
Exceeded 5%Met 13%Nearly Met 29%Not Met 53%
Math8% met or exceeded
Exceeded 3%Met 5%Nearly Met 8%Not Met 85%
Exceeded Met Nearly Met Not Met
California high schools · average20% exceeded · 43% met or exceeded
This school against the California average
2019–2025 trend · CDE CAASPP
Scope% Exceeded% Met+Grad rateCollege readinessAbsenceSuspension
This school304%13%77.9%20.0%59.3%0.7%
CA average · High School5420%43%92.5%43.0%23.1%3.3%
This schoolCA avg
Scope3054
% Exceeded4%20%
% Met+13%43%
Grad rate77.9%92.5%
College readiness20.0%43.0%
Absence59.3%23.1%
Suspension0.7%3.3%

Students & opportunity

Who shares in the school’s results?

Who it works for · CAASPP 2024–25

Low-income students here meet the ELA standard behind the same group statewide.

At Goodwill Independent Study in Victorville, 17.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Goodwill Independent Study trails its district average for low-income students by 24.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (6.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (18.6% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 56 students tested.

Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 20 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.

Met or exceeded · reading and math combined
All students at this school: 13% met or exceeded
All StudentsAll Students: this school 13%, district —, state 43%13%
Socioeconomically DisadvantagedSocioeconomically Disadvantaged: this school 12%, district 31%, state 32%12% · −0 vs school
Hispanic/LatinoHispanic/Latino: this school 13%, district 34%, state 32%13% · +0 vs school
MaleMale: this school 8%, district 31%, state 42%8% · −5 vs school
FemaleFemale: this school 18%, district 35%, state 44%18% · +5 vs school
Black/African AmericanBlack/African American: this school 16%, district 22%, state 26%16% · +4 vs school
English LearnersEnglish Learners: this school 4%, district 6%, state 11%4% · −9 vs school
Students with DisabilitiesStudents with Disabilities: too few students to report‹11
WhiteWhite: too few students to report‹11
Two or More RacesTwo or More Races: too few students to report‹11
Military-ConnectedMilitary-Connected: too few students to report‹11
this school district, same group California, same group
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No student-group growth record is available for this school in this data release.

Where graduates go

What happens after high school?

24%

Enrolled in college within a year

Class of 2023 · 18 of 75 completers · includes community colleges

75Completers
0%
Other colleges0 completers · Outside the California community college system
24%
California community colleges18 completers · Enrolled within a year
76%
Not recorded enrolled57 completers · No college enrollment in this reporting window

Destination data describes this earlier graduating class, separately from current-year test results and graduation. Percentages are rounded.

College destinations and the full graduate record
2024–25

Where graduates go

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Where the class of 2023 went
24%enrolled in college within a year
  • California community college18 (24%)
  • Not enrolled57 (76%)

CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate, class of 2023 · % = count ÷ completers, our arithmetic

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The daily experience

What is it like to be a student here?

Students per teacher

Student–teacher ratio is a schoolwide staffing measure, not an average class size.

The people teaching · CDE staffing 2024–25

About 31 students for every teacher here.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Students per teacher31 · district 23
Teaching staff6 teachers
Avg. experience18.2 years
Fully credentialed26%
PrincipalKevan Loyd
ShowHide what the district pays
Teacher salary schedule$67,627 – $151,191
Principal salaryUp to $181,876
Superintendent salary$370,260

Pay is set by the district, not the school.

Course breadth
AP exam qualifiers1 studentsCCI, participation not authorization
Attendance & discipline · 2024–25

Kids here miss more school, and get suspended less, than the state average.

59.3% of students miss a month or more of school, versus 23.1% statewide. High absence often tracks community stress — worth asking about on a tour.

Chronic absenteeismChronic absenteeism: this school 59.3%, district 30.2%, state 23.1%59.3% · +36.3pp vs state
Suspension rateSuspension rate: this school 0.7%, district —, state 3.3%0.7% · −2.6pp vs state
This schoolDistrictCalifornia
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Chronic absenteeism by grade band
Grades 9–1266.0%

Resources & neighborhood

What sits behind the school experience?

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What gets spent · FY 2024–25

Its district spends $14,420 per student, about the same as the California average.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.

Per-pupil spendingPer-pupil spending: $14,420, CA average $14,491$14,420 · district average
District current expense · FY 2024–25$22,861 per student
District averageCalifornia
Where the district's dollars go · FY 2024–25 · CDE SACS
Instruction 60%Instruction support 10%Student services 10%Administration 6%Buildings & maintenance 12%Other 2%

District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.

ShowHide the district's spending year by year
district detail, 2016–2020 — the newest published
2020$14,420 per pupil
2019$13,403 per pupil
2018$13,948 per pupil
2017$10,398 per pupil
2016$8,767 per pupil

Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →

The neighborhood · ACS 2024

Four in five of students here qualify for free or reduced lunch, versus three in five statewide.

Context — never part of the Scope Score

Worth knowing

At 187 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California high school (≈1450).

On the state's science test (CAST), 2% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 and once in high school, and it never enters the Scope Score.

Hispanic or Latino64.7% · district 70.6% · CA 56.1%
White3.2% · district 6.2% · CA 19.9%
Black23.5% · district 15.7% · CA 4.8%
Other8.6% · district 6.1% · CA 9.0%
Free or reduced lunch87.7% · CA 64%
Median income$62K · CA $85K
Median home value$375K · CA $659K
Bachelor's degree+14% · CA 35%
ZIP population47,375
Median age34 years

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level

Culture & philosophy

What is the school’s approach?

School-stated approach · questions for your visit

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Family voices

What would you want another family to know about the daily experience here?

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What are the alternatives?

Compare schools serving the same grade stage. Private schools have no comparable state-test score.

2025 · high schools · combined reading and math measures. Percentiles compare schools within their enrollment group.

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SchoolTypePerformance bandAdvancedProficient or AdvancedDistanceSelect
Goodwill Independent StudyPublicNeeds Support4%13%School being viewed
Victor Valley Virtual AcademyPublicSolid32%63%School being viewed
Victor Valley HighPublicNeeds Support5%22%0.2 mi
Goodwill Highcontinuation comparison groupPublicStrong0%6%0.1 mi
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Private schools do not receive a Scope Score or statewide ranking on SchoolScope.

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Moving & enrollment

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Worth a school visit

Ask what changed in the last two years, and what the school is asking families for. Growth shows up in these numbers a year or two after it shows up in classrooms.

  • Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
  • Ask what share of students complete the full college-prep course sequence, and who gets steered into it.
  • Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
  • Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
  • Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
  • Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
Questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Goodwill Independent Study a good high school?
Goodwill Independent Study has a Scope Score of 30 out of 100, placing it in the 3rd percentile of California high schools and ranked #1,598 statewide. 3.9% of students exceeded the state standard on the 2025 CAASPP assessment, which is 15.9 percentage points below the California average of 19.8%. The Scope Score weights 7 dimensions for high schools: graduation rate (25%), exceeded standard (22%), college/career readiness (20%), met or exceeded (proficient) (18%), chronic absenteeism (5%), suspension rate (5%), and ELPAC English Learner proficiency (5%). Data source: California Department of Education CAASPP 2025, analyzed by SchoolScope.
What are Goodwill Independent Study's CAASPP test scores?
On the 2025 CAASPP Smarter Balanced Assessment, 12.7% of students at Goodwill Independent Study met or exceeded the state standard in ELA and Math combined, and 3.9% exceeded it. The gap between those numbers matters: 8.7% of students are at the proficiency floor, while 3.9% went beyond it. Most rating sites report only the combined "proficient" number. SchoolScope surfaces the exceeded-vs-met split because it shows how many students go beyond the standard rather than only meeting it. 128 student-subject combinations were assessed.
How does Goodwill Independent Study rank in California?
Goodwill Independent Study ranks #1,598 among California high schools by Scope Score, placing it in the 3rd percentile. This ranking is based on a weighted composite of 2025 CAASPP test performance (exceeded and met rates), chronic absenteeism, and suspension rate. Unlike single-number ratings, the Scope Score shows what drives the ranking so parents can decide what matters most to their family. See full methodology.
What is the attendance and school culture like at Goodwill Independent Study?
59.3% of students at Goodwill Independent Study are chronically absent (missing 10% or more of school days), compared to the California average of 23.1%. The suspension rate is 0.7%, indicating a low-discipline-incident environment. SchoolScope includes these culture metrics in the Scope Score because they reflect day-to-day school experience in ways test scores alone cannot.
How does Goodwill Independent Study compare to other schools in Victorville?
Goodwill Independent Study scores 30/100 (3rd percentile) among California high schools. To compare with nearby schools, SchoolScope shows the same metrics side by side: exceeded rate, proficiency, growth trajectory, and school culture indicators. The school serves 187 students. Use the schools in Victorville page or the map view to compare all high schools nearby.
How does Goodwill Independent Study serve low-income and underrepresented students?
At Goodwill Independent Study in Victorville, 17.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 42.3% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Goodwill Independent Study trails its district average for low-income students by 24.5 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (6.7% Math proficient); Hispanic students (18.6% ELA proficient). Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 56 students tested. SchoolScope shows disaggregated test scores by demographic subgroup so you can see how a school performs for your child's specific group — not just the school-wide average. Subgroup data is context, not part of the Scope Score: we don't penalize schools for who they serve. See our equity approach.

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Public sources, visible methods and the underlying school record. Source years and limitations stay attached to the evidence.

How the Scope Score is calculated

On a narrow screen, scroll the table sideways to see the state comparison and weights.

What the score weighs · CAASPP 2024–25

The 7 things our score weighs

What the score weighs
What we weighHereStateWeight
Graduation rate77.9%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard3.9%19.8%22%
College readiness20.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded12.7%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism59.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.7%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)7.4%18.0%5%

Source CAASPP 2025 · California Department of Education. Measures graduation, test performance, college readiness, attendance, and climate — not arts, community, or your kid. How the score is built

A closer look at the evidence

Goodwill Independent Study: reading the evidence

Goodwill Independent Study posts low test scores — and suspensions run below the state rate (0.7% vs 3.3%). If this is your zoned school, the numbers below are where to start a conversation, not where to end one.

Subject proficiency describes tested students, while graduation describes a graduating cohort. These figures are not successive stages followed by the same students.

Explore the underlying data →
Every number: score factors, grades, student groups and downloads
Every number · For the data nerds

Every number on this page

Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and nearest schools.

Goodwill Independent Study is ranked #1,598 statewide · #8 of 8 in Victor Valley Union High.

01Score factorsWeighted composite · 2024–25
Score factors
FactorSchoolStateWeight
Graduation rate77.9%92.5%25%
Exceeded standard3.9%19.8%22%
College readiness20.0%43.0%20%
Met or exceeded12.7%43.2%18%
Chronic absenteeism59.3%23.1%5%
Suspension rate0.7%3.3%5%
EL proficiency (ELPAC)7.4%18.0%5%
Graduation rate
↓ vs CA 92.5% · index 41 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Exceeded standard
↓ vs CA 19.8% · index 37 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
College readiness
↓ vs CA 43.0% · index 42 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Met or exceeded
↓ vs CA 43.2% · index 33 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
Chronic absenteeism
↓ vs CA 23.1% · index 26 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · ▼ 2.6pp lower vs 2024
Suspension rate
↑ vs CA 3.3% · index 63 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint · → no change vs 2024
EL proficiency (ELPAC)
↓ vs CA 18.0% · index 38 · 50 = CA high-school midpoint
02By grade & subgroupCAASPP 2024–25 · % of tested students
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ELATestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11625%13%29%53%18%−31
MathTestedEXCMETNEARNOTMET++/CA
Grade 11663%5%8%85%8%−16

We show the grade rows CDE publishes for this school. A missing grade or dash can mean the school does not serve that grade, that we hold no valid result for it, or that the tested group was too small to report. It does not mean zero.

Science (CAST)TestedEXCMETNEARNOT
Schoolwide850%2%75%22%

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.

Subgroup · ELATestedMET+vs districtvs CA
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged5617.9%−24−20
Hispanic/Latino4318.6%−26−20
03Nearest high schoolssorted by Scope Score
SchoolDistScopeEXCMET+Susp
Goodwill Independent Study ←—303.9%12.7%0.7%
Victor Valley Virtual Academy0 mi5431.7%63.3%1.2%
Victor Valley High0.2 mi445.0%21.8%3.1%
California average—5419.8%43.2%3.3%
Goodwill Highscored within its class, not statewide0.1 mi290.0%6.3%1.4%
04More measurescontext · not all part of the Scope Score
ShowHide table 04 — More measures
Graduation Rate
77.9%
AP Exam Prepared
20.0%
A-G Completion
0.0%
This school may not offer A-G courses
College-Going Rate
24.0%
YearScopePctileRankExcMet+AbsentSusp
2019262#14870.0%3.7%61.3%2.3%
2022282#15600.0%5.3%53.9%2.0%
2023282#16000.0%6.6%58.7%0.8%
2024282#16050.0%9.1%61.9%0.8%
2025303#15983.9%12.7%59.3%0.7%
NO STATEWIDE TESTING 2020–21 (COVID) · SCORE AND PERCENTILE ARE RELATIVE TO EACH YEAR'S FIELD
What we can't show
  • — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 20 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
05Climate by student groupchronic absenteeism · 2019 vs 2025 — the two years CDE publishes at subgroup level
ShowHide table 05 — Climate by student group
Group20192025Δ
Female77.6%64.9%-12.7pp
Male72.1%66.5%-5.6pp
Black/African American83.3%76.4%-6.9pp
Hispanic/Latino73.2%59.7%-13.5pp
Two or More Races40.0%88.9%+48.9pp
White73.7%——
English Learners69.6%64.9%-4.7pp
Socioeconomically Disadvantaged73.6%66.1%-7.5pp
All Students74.3%65.8%-8.5pp
Students with Disabilities—100.0%—
06Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshotstructural, dated — newest published; biennial
ShowHide table 06 — Advanced coursework — 2020-21 federal civil-rights snapshot
MeasureThis school
AP offerednot offered
AP course countnot reported
AP enrollmentnot reported
IB participationnot offered
Dual enrollmentnot offered
Algebra I in grade 8not reported
Calculus sections0
Physics sections5
Chemistry sections0
Total enrollment (CRDC)122

Shown, never scored — no entry to any composite. NULL/reserve codes render "not reported," never a fabricated zero. The equity block above this table (§4) is the per-subgroup view of this same collection.

07College destinationsclass of 2023 · CDE 12-mo College-Going Rate
ShowHide table 07 — College destinations
DestinationCompleters% (derived)
University of California00.0%
California State University00.0%
California community college1824.0%
In-state private00.0%
Out-of-state, 4-year00.0%
Out-of-state, 2-year00.0%
Not enrolled5776.0%

75 completers, class of 2023 · state-reported college-going rate 24% · % column is computed by SchoolScope (count ÷ completers), not a CDE-native rate · a missing cell is CDE suppression, never a fabricated zero · 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 in tables 06-07 above.

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EXC = exceeded standard · MET+ = met or exceeded ("proficient") · Source: CA Dept. of Education · CAASPP 2024–25 · n=1,647 high schools · Vintages: climate subgroups 2019+2025 · district finance per its label · ACS 2022 · CRDC 2020-21 (biennial; next expected 2021-22) · CDE 12-mo CGR 2023 cohort, National Student Clearinghouse match · Data updated 2026-09-27

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