Apple Valley High

Summary:

Apple Valley High is a public high school located in Apple Valley, California, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,206 students. The school is part of the Apple Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1343 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Apple Valley High has had a relatively high four-year graduation rate, ranging from 93.2% to 96.7% over the past five years, which is higher than the district average and on par with some nearby schools like Granite Hills High (91.9%) and Sultana High (98.4%). However, the school has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 12.9% in 2018-2019 to 47.5% in 2021-2022, which is notably higher than nearby schools like Sultana High (27.9%) and Encore Junior/Senior High School for the Perf and Visual Arts (29.4%).

Apple Valley High's test scores in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science are generally lower than the state averages and the nearby schools. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's 11th-grade proficiency rates were 41.03% in ELA, 15.64% in Math, and 20.56% in Science, compared to the state averages of 55.73%, 27.9%, and 32.08%, respectively. Additionally, the school's performance, as measured by its statewide school ranking and SchoolDigger star rating, has declined over the past decade, dropping from a ranking of 645 out of 2,426 California high schools and a 4-star rating in 2012-2013 to a ranking of 1,242 out of 2,323 schools and a 2-star rating in 2023-2024.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 11837 Navajo Rd.
       Apple Valley, CA  92308-7653


(760) 247-7206

District: Apple Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
1242nd of 2,323 California High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,762 Help


Feeder schools for Apple Valley High:

Elementary:    Mariana Academy
    Sandia Elementary
    Sitting Bull Academy
    Yucca Loma Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  24.6 Help
Number of students:  2,163

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
53.3%
White:
35.2%
African American:
5.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  65% Help


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Compare Details Apple Valley High ranks worse than 53.5% of high schools in California. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 35.85. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Apple Valley High who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
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Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (53.3%), White (35.2%), African American (5.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 65% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Apple Valley High is 24.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Apple Valley High is $6,762.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Apple Valley High:

SchoolDigger ranks Apple Valley High 1242nd of 2323 California public high schools. (See Apple Valley High in the ranking list.)

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Apple Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Apple Valley Unified 1343rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Apple Valley High

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Rank History for all students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 51.79 466th 1653 71.8%
2005 61.08 393rd 1901 79.3%
2006 55.98 548th 1968 72.2%
2007 44.28 771st 2063 62.6%
2008 38.86 946th 2117 55.3%
2009 35.55 1170th 2238 47.7%
2010 48.47 808th 2281 64.6%
2011 56.53 627th 2367 73.5%
2012 54.82 674th 2354 71.4%
2013 55.36 645th 2426 73.4%
2015 54.19 896th 1994 55.1%
2016 51.01 999th 2039 51.0%
2017 50.07 1026th 2021 49.2%
2018 52.36 967th 2017 52.1%
2019 42.74 1159th 2133 45.7%
2022 33.24 1350th 2123 36.4%
2023 20.79 1684th 2348 28.3%
2024 35.85 1242nd 2323 46.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 14.66 646th 786 17.8%
2024 13.83 667th 804 17.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.91 340th 938 63.8%
2019 37.09 534th 941 43.3%
2022 37.43 603rd 1044 42.2%
2023 26.57 961st 1323 27.4%
2024 49.92 255th 1350 81.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 18.78 1422nd 1547 8.1%
2024 26.02 1132nd 1534 26.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.87 898th 1862 51.8%
2019 41.00 1147th 1937 40.8%
2022 31.65 1320th 1943 32.1%
2023 20.32 1656th 2247 26.3%
2024 32.56 1361st 2235 39.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.18 800th 1760 54.5%
2019 44.89 971st 1833 47.0%
2022 28.28 1311th 1858 29.4%
2023 22.97 1524th 2118 28.0%
2024 38.48 1112th 2098 47.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 36.14 597th 1052 43.3%
2019 35.99 622nd 1117 44.3%
2022 23.70 1018th 1161 12.3%
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Rank History for Male students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.69 1056th 1834 42.4%
2019 35.09 1176th 1880 37.4%
2022 34.47 1185th 1916 38.2%
2023 17.31 1677th 2207 24.0%
2024 31.17 1288th 2172 40.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.76 351st 581 39.6%
2019 60.63 262nd 582 55.0%
2023 8.65 674th 731 7.8%
2024 26.77 529th 712 25.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.19 349th 582 40.0%
2019 48.64 272nd 592 54.1%
2022 14.42 480th 522 8.0%
2023 14.58 650th 720 9.7%
2024 49.30 297th 721 58.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.27 860th 1742 50.6%
2019 39.75 1098th 1814 39.5%
2022 34.95 1205th 1861 35.2%
2023 23.38 1529th 2142 28.6%
2024 38.80 1157th 2125 45.6%
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Rank History for White students at Apple Valley High

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.97 775th 1173 33.9%
2019 25.63 934th 1222 23.6%
2022 19.24 994th 1204 17.4%
2023 7.52 1285th 1434 10.4%
2024 18.02 1092nd 1406 22.3%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: California Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Apple Valley High

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2035 71 68 227 19 n/a n/a 0 2420
1989 2156 100 78 266 23 n/a n/a 0 2623
1990 2206 95 97 309 26 n/a n/a 0 2733
1991 2383 106 92 368 21 n/a n/a 0 2970
1992 2313 165 115 425 25 n/a n/a 0 3043
1993 2315 188 109 455 35 n/a n/a 0 3102
1994 2199 220 95 437 32 n/a n/a 0 2983
1995 2138 245 106 529 22 n/a n/a 0 3040
1996 2138 245 106 529 22 n/a n/a 0 3040
1997 2198 249 93 555 18 n/a n/a 0 3113
1998 2210 246 99 566 16 n/a n/a 0 3137
1999 2276 276 111 580 20 n/a n/a 0 3263
2000 1433 164 61 428 12 n/a n/a 0 2098
2001 1222 151 67 391 12 n/a n/a 0 1843
2002 1172 235 58 443 8 n/a n/a 2 1918
2003 1172 235 58 443 8 n/a n/a 2 1918
2004 1181 240 51 458 8 n/a n/a 14 1952
2005 1128 236 50 515 11 n/a n/a 24 1964
2006 1074 251 49 581 10 n/a n/a 39 2004
2007 1022 256 54 623 10 n/a n/a 48 2013
2008 930 252 61 703 10 n/a n/a 0 1956
2009 941 279 54 720 7 22 74 0 2097
2010 1019 267 46 770 8 35 0 0 2145
2011 965 249 52 774 6 33 5 0 2084
2012 968 241 63 776 8 24 4 0 2084
2013 970 235 63 816 15 18 10 0 2127
2014 1032 241 62 846 13 10 13 0 2217
2015 1055 196 63 908 14 10 17 0 2263
2016 971 199 66 939 12 6 25 0 2218
2017 945 186 66 950 15 12 27 0 2201
2018 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2183 2183
2019 905 165 67 990 10 13 18 0 2168
2020 910 141 63 1008 5 13 25 0 2165
2021 852 130 62 1018 8 8 38 0 2116
2022 846 124 62 1082 9 10 44 1 2178
2023 823 120 49 1137 10 9 54 4 2206
2024 762 113 52 1153 8 9 60 6 2163

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Apple Valley High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2420 101.6 23.8 n/a
1989 2623 111.4 23.5 n/a
1990 2733 115.2 23.7 n/a
1991 2970 126.0 23.5 n/a
1992 3043 128.0 23.7 13.2
1993 3102 130.3 23.8 18
1994 2983 131.1 22.8 20.4
1995 3040 118.4 25.7 27.4
1996 3040 118.4 25.7 27.4
1997 3113 120.9 25.7 24.7
1998 3137 121.5 25.8 25.7
1999 3263 123.3 26.5 31.1
2000 2098 90.6 23.2 31.1
2001 1843 84.7 21.8 29.2
2002 1918 85.2 22.5 33.7
2003 1918 85.2 22.5 33.7
2004 1952 80.9 24.1 35.4
2005 1964 83.5 23.5 37.8
2006 2004 83.0 24.1 32.9
2007 2013 69.6 28.9 39.7
2008 1956 84.0 23.3 50.1
2009 2097 79.9 23.0 53.7
2010 2145 81.5 26.3 58.4
2011 2084 n/a n/a 57.4
2012 2084 80.0 26.0 55.5
2013 2127 81.8 25.9 55.5
2014 2217 84.6 26.1 54.3
2015 2263 89.0 25.4 53.7
2016 2218 89.0 24.9 56.8
2017 2201 92.5 23.7 53.7
2018 2183 90.1 24.2 55.9
2019 2168 90.5 23.9 60.9
2020 2165 n/a n/a 61.1
2021 2116 87.4 24.1 63.4
2022 2178 88.2 24.6 62.4
2023 2206 91.0 24.2 61.5
2024 2163 87.6 24.6 65

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Apple Valley High

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2420 101.6 23.8 n/a
1989 2623 111.4 23.5 n/a
1990 2733 115.2 23.7 n/a
1991 2970 126.0 23.5 n/a
1992 3043 128.0 23.7 13.2
1993 3102 130.3 23.8 18
1994 2983 131.1 22.8 20.4
1995 3040 118.4 25.7 27.4
1996 3040 118.4 25.7 27.4
1997 3113 120.9 25.7 24.7
1998 3137 121.5 25.8 25.7
1999 3263 123.3 26.5 31.1
2000 2098 90.6 23.2 31.1
2001 1843 84.7 21.8 29.2
2002 1918 85.2 22.5 33.7
2003 1918 85.2 22.5 33.7
2004 1952 80.9 24.1 35.4
2005 1964 83.5 23.5 37.8
2006 2004 83.0 24.1 32.9
2007 2013 69.6 28.9 39.7
2008 1956 84.0 23.3 50.1
2009 2097 79.9 23.0 53.7
2010 2145 81.5 26.3 58.4
2011 2084 n/a n/a 57.4
2012 2084 80.0 26.0 55.5
2013 2127 81.8 25.9 55.5
2014 2217 84.6 26.1 54.3
2015 2263 89.0 25.4 53.7
2016 2218 89.0 24.9 56.8
2017 2201 92.5 23.7 53.7
2018 2183 90.1 24.2 55.9
2019 2168 90.5 23.9 60.9
2020 2165 n/a n/a 61.1
2021 2116 87.4 24.1 63.4
2022 2178 88.2 24.6 62.4
2023 2206 91.0 24.2 61.5
2024 2163 87.6 24.6 65

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Apple Valley High

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $6,762

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Apple Valley High

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1159th of 2133 High schoolsRanks 1684th of 2348 High schools
 17.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley High)50.926.6
 24.3%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley Unified)43.933.1
 10.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)57.355.4
 1.9%
11th Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley High)177.4
 9.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley Unified)13.48.9
 4.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (California)32.227.4
 4.9%
11th Grade Science (Apple Valley High)18.611.2
 7.5%
   11th Grade Science (Apple Valley Unified)17.511.1
 6.4%
   11th Grade Science (California)30.431.7
 1.3%
12th Grade Science (Apple Valley High)16.319.2
 2.9%
   12th Grade Science (Apple Valley Unified)15.916.5
 0.6%
   12th Grade Science (California)25.626.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students21682206
 1.8%
African American165120
 27.3%
American Indian1010
Asian6749
 26.9%
Hispanic9901137
 14.8%
Pacific Islander139
 30.8%
White905823
 9.1%
Two or More Races1854
 200%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.9%61.5%
 0.5%


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Students at Apple Valley High are 53% Hispanic, 35% White, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

Apple Valley High ranks 1242nd of 2323 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Apple Valley High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Mariana Academy
Elementary : Sandia Elementary
Elementary : Sitting Bull Academy
Elementary : Yucca Loma Elementary

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,163 students attended Apple Valley High.


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