School district · San Bernardino County

Lucerne Valley Unified schools

Lucerne Valley Unified’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Elementary · 6 schools

from 21st to 61st · among 5,726 California elementary schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne: 61st percentile, Solid
  • Gorman Learning Center San Bernardino/Santa Clarita: 56th percentile, Solid
  • Sky Mountain Charter: 53rd percentile, Solid
  • Southern California Flex Academy: 50th percentile, Solid
  • Granite Mountain Charter: 43rd percentile, Developing
  • Lucerne Valley Elementary: 21st percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
1Developing
4Solid
0Strong

One dot per school.

Middle and high school pictures

Middle · 6 schools

from 2nd to 89th · among 2,529 California middle schools we score · spring 2026 tests

  • Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne: 89th percentile, Strong
  • Southern California Flex Academy: 78th percentile, Strong
  • Gorman Learning Center San Bernardino/Santa Clarita: 75th percentile, Strong
  • Granite Mountain Charter: 70th percentile, Solid
  • Sky Mountain Charter: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Lucerne Valley Middle: 2nd percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
0Developing
2Solid
3Strong

High · 6 schools

from 8th to 71st · among 1,498 California high schools we score · spring 2025 tests

  • Sky Mountain Charter: 71st percentile, Solid
  • Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne: 63rd percentile, Solid
  • Granite Mountain Charter: 62nd percentile, Solid
  • Gorman Learning Center San Bernardino/Santa Clarita: 46th percentile, Developing
  • Lucerne Valley High: 31st percentile, Developing
  • Southern California Flex Academy: 8th percentile, Needs Support
1Needs Support
2Developing
3Solid
0Strong

One dot per school. Each stage is placed only among California schools at its own level. 5 of the 8 ranked schools teach all three levels, so they appear in more than one picture.

  • 8 ranked schools
  • 5 of 8 are charter schools
  • 1 school not ranked statewide

Schools around Lucerne Valley Unified

9 listed public schools with mapped locations.

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Percentile among California schools at the same level

  • Strong75th+
  • Solid50–74th
  • Developing25–49th
  • Needs Supportbelow 25th
  • Not scored

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Elementary schools

Which elementary schools in Lucerne Valley Unified score highest?

Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne is highest, at the 61st percentile.

That’s higher than 61 in 100 of the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Lucerne Valley Unified

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

Show the other 3 elementary schools
Context

The average elementary school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 6 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once.

Middle schools

Which middle schools in Lucerne Valley Unified score highest?

Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne is highest, at the 89th percentile.

That’s higher than 89 in 100 of the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests).

Highest in Lucerne Valley Unified

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

Show the other 3 middle schools
Context

The average middle school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100.

High schools

Which high schools in Lucerne Valley Unified score highest?

Sky Mountain Charter is highest, at the 71st percentile.

That’s higher than 71 in 100 of the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests).

Highest in Lucerne Valley Unified

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

Show the other 3 high schools
Context

The average high school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100.

1 high school not ranked statewide

The district

Where does Lucerne Valley Unified’s money go, and what does it plan?

Lucerne Valley Unified spent $22,529 per student in the 2024–25 school year.

That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Lucerne Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction.

Spending by function

Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from the district’s annual financial report (SACS) to the California Department of Education. District-wide: it includes central administration and costs never assigned to one campus.

Share by function, 2024–25

  • Instruction59%
  • Instruction support10%
  • Student services9%
  • Administration11%
  • Buildings & maintenance10%
  • Other1%

Shares of the same spending total, by the report’s spending categories, rounded so they add up to 100. Names are simplified from the report’s own categories.

What the district plans

$7.2 million

planned in its 2026–27 plan for 20 funded actions in 5 goals. That’s 22% of its $33.4 million general fund budget. These are planned amounts; the district reports what it spent in a later plan.

The plan in short

Source: the district’s yearly spending plan (Local Control and Accountability Plan, or LCAP, 116 pages), as posted to the California School Dashboard.

Where the money goes

Three actions take 80% of the money. The plan itself puts 95% of it toward staff.

  • Teachers - Lower class sizes $4.4 million
  • Transportation $833,000
  • Intervention Staff $540,741
  • 17 other actions
Reading, math and catch-up help

5 of the plan’s 20 funded actions name reading, math, catch-up help or English learners in their titles.

Actions whose titles name catch-up help or English learners
  • Catch-up help $573,376
  • English learners $133,082

Largest of these

  • Intervention Staff$540,741
  • Bilingual Aides$78,862
  • Credit Recovery$32,635
For high-need students (English learners, low-income students and foster youth), what changed and what its goals measure
For high-need students

It plans $6.2 million in extra services for English learners, low-income students and foster youth.

What changed

The total is $118,392 (2%) higher than in the 2025–26 plan. The biggest change in dollars is Assistant Administrator of Instructional Improvement and Coaching (AAIIAC) position at the Elementary and Middle/​High School, which went from $320,000 to $455,835.

Largest cuts

  • Academic Counseling−⁠$38,702
  • Teachers - Lower class sizes−⁠$20,000

Largest increases

  • Assistant Administrator of Instructional Improvement and Coaching (AAIIAC) position at the Elementary and Middle/​High School+⁠$135,835
  • Intervention Staff+⁠$41,741

New in the 2026–27 plan

  • CTE Program/​FFA$218,207
What its goals measure

Read these state results for the district’s own schools as context for the goals they measure; results alone can’t show what the plan caused.

What its goals measure: state results, 2024–25 and 2025–26
Measure2024–252025–26Change
English, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 227%32%up 5 pts
Math, every tested grade: Proficient or Advanced in 2025–26, met or exceeded in 2024–25Goals 1 and 214%15%up 1 pt
Chronically absentCounted across all the district’s students, not averaged by schoolGoal 327 in 10028 in 1001 more in 100
Suspended at least onceGoal 37.7%6.6%down 1.1 pts

Goals 4 and 5 aren’t shown because they track named schools.

Figures from CDE’s state test, chronic absence and suspension files. Test figures cover every grade the district tests (California tests grades 3–8 and 11), so they differ from a profile’s rated grades. We combined the district’s schools ourselves, weighted by students and leaving out charter schools. Chronically absent means a student missed 10% or more of school days.

The plan’s own titles and amounts
  • Teachers - Lower class sizes · $4,400,000
  • Transportation · $833,000
  • Intervention Staff · $540,741
The full plan5 goals, 36 measures and where the money goes

We calculate each action’s share of the plan by dividing its planned amount by the total of the plan’s funded actions ($7.2 million).

Where does the money go?

77% to Goal 1, Students will receive a quality education. Each box is one action, sized by its planned dollars and coloured by its change since last year’s plan. Tap a box to open its goal.

G1
G2
G3

Change since the 2025–26 plan, same title

  • fell 25% or more
  • fell 10–25%
  • fell 2–10%
  • within 2%
  • grew 2–10%
  • grew 10–25%
  • grew 25% or more
  • new or renamed title
  • not compared: unconfirmed, or repeated across goals

Every goal, in the plan’s order

Goal 1Students will receive a quality education$5.6 million77% of action budgets

8 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $5.4 million (+⁠$170,767) · p. 18 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Teachers - Lower class sizes$4.4 millionaction 1.1 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Intervention Staff$0.5 millionaction 1.4 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $452,998 is state funding counted toward those services
  3. Assistant Administrator of Instructional Improvement and Coaching (AAIIAC) position at the Elementary and Middle/​High School$0.5 millionaction 1.7 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services · of which $68,375 is state funding counted toward those services
  4. Bilingual Aides$0.1 millionaction 1.6 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  5. Curriculum Supportunder $0.1 millionaction 1.2 · p. 77 ↗

3 more funded actions in this goal

  • English Learner Support · action 1.3 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • ELD professional development · action 1.8 · p. 77 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need servicesunder $0.1 million
  • Support for Students with Disabilities (SWD) · action 1.5 · p. 77 ↗under $0.1 million

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Assistant Administrator of Instructional Improvement and Coaching (AAIIAC) position at the Elementary and Middle/​High School+⁠$135,835$320,000 → $455,835 · p. 77 ↗
  2. Intervention Staff+⁠$41,741$499,000 → $540,741 · p. 77 ↗
  3. Teachers - Lower class sizes−⁠$20,000$4.4 million → $4.4 million · p. 77 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Bilingual Aides · $79,000 → $78,862 · p. 77 ↗−⁠$138
  • Curriculum Support · $35,500 → $37,209 · p. 77 ↗+⁠$1,709
  • English Learner Support · $24,600 → $29,455 · p. 77 ↗+⁠$4,855
  • ELD professional development · $25,000 → $24,765 · p. 77 ↗−⁠$235
  • Support for Students with Disabilities (SWD) · $7,000 → $14,000 · p. 77 ↗+⁠$7,000

How the plan measures it · 9 measures · 1 quoted

  • Rate of teacher misassignment. Percentage p. 19 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 73% of teachers are highly qualified California Dashboard Local Indicator
    Target for year 3
    100% of teachers are highly qualified

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 2Students are on track to graduate from high school prepared to enter college or the workforce$574,3298% of action budgets

4 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $611,000 (−⁠$36,671) · p. 32 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Academic Counseling$264,298action 2.2 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. CTE Program/​FFA$218,207action 2.4 · p. 78 ↗
  3. Professional Development$59,189action 2.1 · p. 78 ↗
  4. Credit Recovery$32,635action 2.3 · p. 78 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Academic Counseling−⁠$38,702$303,000 → $264,298 · p. 78 ↗
  2. Professional Development+⁠$9,189$50,000 → $59,189 · p. 78 ↗
  3. Credit Recovery−⁠$4,365$37,000 → $32,635 · p. 78 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • CTE Program/​FFA · $218,207 · p. 78 ↗new or renamed

A reworded title counts as new.

How the plan measures it · 11 measures · 3 quoted

  • Graduation Rate Percentage of students graduating p. 34 ↗
    Baseline
    2022/23 All Students 80.3% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students 92% …
  • Student are college and career ready - A-G Completion Percentage p. 36 ↗
    Baseline
    2022/23 All Students 3.0% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students 20% …
  • Met UC/CSU Requirements AND Completed at Least One CTE Pathway – Percentage of All Students in the Combined Graduation Rate California Dashboard p. 37 ↗
    Baseline
    2022/23 All Students 1.5% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students - 20% …

8 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 3Students will be engaged in a positive school climate$999,69614% of action budgets

5 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $1.0 million (−⁠$15,704) · p. 42 ↗

Largest funded actions

  1. Transportation$833,000action 3.2 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  2. Facilities and grounds$138,578action 3.5 · p. 78 ↗
  3. Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Student Support$19,888action 3.3 · p. 78 ↗ · marked as contributing to high-need services
  4. PBIS$4,680action 3.4 · p. 78 ↗
  5. Parental involvement$3,550action 3.1 · p. 78 ↗

Changes from last year’s plan, same title

  1. Facilities and grounds−⁠$13,422$152,000 → $138,578 · p. 78 ↗
  2. Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Student Support−⁠$2,112$22,000 → $19,888 · p. 78 ↗
  3. PBIS−⁠$320$5,000 → $4,680 · p. 78 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Transportation · $833,000 → $833,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
  • Parental involvement · $3,400 → $3,550 · p. 78 ↗+⁠$150

How the plan measures it · 10 measures · 3 quoted

  • Suspension rates Percentage p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    2022/23 District All Students - 7% …
    Target for year 3
    District All Students - 4% …
  • Expulsion rates Percentage p. 43 ↗
    Baseline
    2022/23 All Students - 0% …
    Target for year 3
    All Students - 0% …
  • Chronic absenteeism rates Percentage p. 44 ↗
    Baseline
    2022-23 District All Students - 42.3% …
    Target for year 3
    District All Students - 30% …

7 more measures in the plan’s table.

Goal 4 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalThe school no longer qualifies as an Equity Multiplier School and has expended the allocation from the…$00% of action budgets

“The school no longer qualifies as an Equity Multiplier School and has expended the allocation from the 2024-2025 school year. By June 30th, 2027, students at Lucerne Valley Middle School will improve academic achievement in ELA (Including All student group, SED students and Hispanic Students) and improve academic achievement in Math (including All student group, SED students and Hispanic Students), by reducing the negative DFS as shown in the metric section for this goal. The school will also reduce the Suspension Rate (including All Student group, EL students, SED students and Hispanic Students) and reduce Chronic Absenteeism (including EL and Hispanic students) as shown in the metric section for this goal” p. 55 ↗

No funded actions in this plan · 2025–26 plan: $0 (unchanged)

How the plan measures it · 4 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 55 ↗.

Goal 5 · Equity Multiplier Focus GoalBy June 30, 2027, students at Mountain View High School will decrease Chronic Absenteeism and increase their…$54,0001% of action budgets

“By June 30, 2027, students at Mountain View High School will decrease Chronic Absenteeism and increase their Daily Attendance rate” p. 59 ↗

3 funded actions · 2025–26 plan: $54,000 (unchanged)

Largest funded actions

  1. Instructional Supplies$29,000action 5.3 · p. 78 ↗
  2. Attendance Support$20,000action 5.1 · p. 78 ↗
  3. Professional Development$5,000action 5.2 · p. 78 ↗

Every other line in this goal, against last year’s plan

  • Instructional Supplies · $29,000 → $29,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
  • Attendance Support · $20,000 → $20,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged
  • Professional Development · $5,000 → $5,000 · p. 78 ↗unchanged

How the plan measures it · 2 measures

None of these has an all-students line we can quote; the plan’s table lists them from p. 59 ↗.

All amounts are planned. We read them from the PDF and added up each goal’s actions ourselves. Page links open the plan at that page.

Who goes to the district’s schools
Who attends

Student mix

2024–25 · October enrollment count, 14,031 students
1. Hispanic or Latino: 44%2. White: 37%3. Two or more races: 6%4. Black or African American: 6%5. Not reported: 3%6. Asian: 3%7. Filipino: 1%8. American Indian or Alaska Native: <1%9. Pacific Islander: <1%Student mix2024–25
  1. Hispanic or Latino44%
  2. White37%
  3. Two or more races6%
  4. Black or African American6%
  5. Not reported3%
  6. Asian3%
  7. Filipino1%
  8. American Indian or Alaska Native<1%
  9. Pacific Islander<1%
Shares use the district's own October enrollment counts from the CDE, including its charter schools. Rounded labels may not total 100%; segments use the original shares.

Free or reduced-price meals

55%

Across California, 63% of students qualify.

2024–25 · 7,664 of 14,029 students qualify, summed from the CDE’s meal counts for every school it lists under the district, charters included. It comes from a different CDE file than the student mix, so the two totals differ.

The district’s state records

Is the state giving the district extra help?

The state is giving Lucerne Valley Unified extra help in 2026, the second year after it qualified on the 2025 Dashboard.

How English learners moved up on the state’s English test

From spring 2025 to spring 2026, 43% of the district’s English learners moved up at least one level on the state’s English test (ELPAC), or stayed at the top (78 of 183 students). California: 47%. It counts students moving up the test’s levels, so a student can count here before becoming fluent.

1 school getting state support, 2025–26

Lucerne Valley High (Targeted support)

This list covers the district’s own schools; each charter school’s page shows its record. Federal designation under the Every Student Succeeds Act, 2025–26.

Sources: District help (CDE) ↗ · English learner progress (CDE) ↗ · School support (CDE) ↗. State results from the 2026 California School Dashboard.

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Common questions

Which public schools in Lucerne Valley Unified rank highest?

Elementary: Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne, 61st percentile (Solid). Middle: Elite Academic Academy - Lucerne, 89th percentile (Strong). High: Sky Mountain Charter, 71st percentile (Solid). Each percentile is among the California schools at the same level we score. A rank doesn’t decide fit or whether a child can enroll.

Does living in the Lucerne Valley Unified district decide which school my child attends?

Not by itself. Attendance boundaries, programs, transfers and space all matter. Confirm the school for your address, grade and program with the district.
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Are the public schools in Lucerne Valley Unified good?

Lucerne Valley Unified’s 6 public elementary schools run from the 21st to the 61st percentile among the 5,726 California elementary schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 4 Solid, 1 Developing and 1 Needs Support. Lucerne Valley Unified’s 6 public middle schools run from the 2nd to the 89th percentile among the 2,529 California middle schools we score (spring 2026 tests). By band: 3 Strong, 2 Solid and 1 Needs Support. Lucerne Valley Unified’s 6 public high schools run from the 8th to the 71st percentile among the 1,498 California high schools we score (spring 2025 tests). By band: 3 Solid, 2 Developing and 1 Needs Support. A percentile compares a school with California public schools at the same level that we score. How we score schools.

How does chronic absence in Lucerne Valley Unified compare with California?

The average elementary school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 6 in 100 students chronically absent (missed 10% or more of school days) in 2025–26; the average California elementary school we score had 17 in 100. Both are averages of school rates, each school counted once. The average middle school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California middle school we score had 18 in 100. The average high school in Lucerne Valley Unified had 8 in 100 students chronically absent in 2025–26; the average California high school we score had 22 in 100. These are averages of school rates: each school counts once, whatever its size.

How much does Lucerne Valley Unified spend per student?

Lucerne Valley Unified spent $22,529 per student in the 2024–25 school year. That’s close to the typical California district, which spent $20,491. About 59 cents of every Lucerne Valley Unified dollar went to classroom instruction. Day-to-day spending per student in average daily attendance, from its annual financial report to the California Department of Education. The district’s spending, by function.

What is in Lucerne Valley Unified’s 2026–27 spending plan?

The district’s 2026–27 spending plan puts $7.2 million into 20 funded actions in 5 goals, 22% of its $33.4 million general fund budget. Its largest goal holds $5.6 million, 77% of the action budgets. The 2026–27 plan, goal by goal.

Where do these results come from?

California’s state tests (CAASPP): spring 2026 for elementary and middle schools, spring 2025 for high schools, and chronic-absence rates for 2025–26, published by the California Department of Education. Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s calculations. How we score schools.

Sources and methodology

This page lists the public schools governed and funded by Lucerne Valley Unified, with the district’s spending and state accountability records.

Data source: California Department of Education · CAASPP 2025–26 elementary and middle school; 2024–25 high school

Percentiles, bands and Scope Scores are SchoolScope’s own calculations from these state files.

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