NCES CCD 2024-25 15 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Apple Valley, CA

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15 public K-12 schools in Apple Valley from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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15
Schools
15,102
Students
20.8/100
Avg Resource Index
23.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Apple Valley has more public-school enrollment than 89% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Apple Valley's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

11 of Apple Valley's 15 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 41-point gap between High Desert Premier Academy and Rio Vista School of Applied Learning shows the range hidden by Apple Valley's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 11%
School count
Top 23%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
5th percentile

Apple Valley school enrollment varies 13× across entities

Apple Valley school enrollment ranges from 173 students (lowest) to 2,211 students (highest), a spread of 2,038 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Apple Valley reports 59.7% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Apple Valley student-teacher ratio is 23.3:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. High Desert Premier Academy 51
2. Granite Hills High 39
3. Apple Valley High 33
4. Sitting Bull Academy 24
5. Phoenix Academy 18
6. Vanguard Preparatory 18
7. Sandia Elementary 18
8. Academy for Academic Excellence 17
9. Mariana Academy 17
10. Sycamore Rocks Elementary 15
11. Yucca Loma Elementary 15
12. Apple Valley Virtual Academy 14
13. Desert Knolls Elementary 13
14. Rio Vista School of Applied Learning 10
15. Rancho Verde Elementary 10

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Apple Valley

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Academy for Academic Excellence 61.7/100
  2. 2 Rio Vista School of Applied Learning 58.6/100
  3. 3 Apple Valley High 58.4/100
  4. 4 Desert Knolls Elementary 56.7/100
  5. 5 Granite Hills High 56.2/100

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Which Apple Valley school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

High Desert Premier Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Apple Valley schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Apple Valley, CA? ▼

Apple Valley has 15 public schools with a total enrollment of 15,102 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 23.3:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.