NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Lucerne Valley, CA

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6 public K-12 schools in Lucerne 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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6
Schools
6,077
Students
23.7/100
Avg Resource Index
21.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lucerne Valley has more public-school enrollment than 64% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Granite Mountain Charter enrolls 72.3% of Lucerne Valley's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Lucerne Valley's list includes 1 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Lucerne Valley lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 16 to 4,393 students, a 275-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 36%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
3rd percentile
Teacher staffing
10th percentile

Granite Mountain Charter accounts for 72.3% of all Lucerne Valley public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Lucerne Valley a distant remainder — means Lucerne Valley-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Lucerne Valley school enrollment varies 275× across entities

Lucerne Valley school enrollment ranges from 16 students (lowest) to 4,393 students (highest), a spread of 4,377 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. 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

Lucerne Valley student-teacher ratio is 21.5:1 — 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

2 of Lucerne Valley's 6 listed schools are charters

33% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Virtual Preparatory Academy at Lucerne 34
2. Granite Mountain Charter 32
3. Lucerne Valley Middle 25
4. Mountain View High 22
5. Lucerne Valley High 16
6. Lucerne Valley Elementary 13

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lucerne 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 Granite Mountain Charter 63.5/100
  2. 2 Virtual Preparatory Academy at Lucerne 57.8/100
  3. 3 Lucerne Valley Elementary 51.6/100
  4. 4 Lucerne Valley Middle 51.1/100
  5. 5 Lucerne Valley High 50.5/100

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

Virtual Preparatory Academy at Lucerne has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lucerne Valley schools in this federal-data comparison at 34/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lucerne Valley, CA? ▼

Lucerne Valley has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,077 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 21.5:1.

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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.