Academies of the Antelope Valley

Academies of the Antelope Valley is a close-knit 9-12 campus in Quartz Hill, California, one of the schools within Antelope Valley Union High. The school hosts 677 students in grades 6 through 12.

Within Antelope Valley Union High, which oversees 13 schools and 21,202 students, Academies of the Antelope Valley is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Academies of the Antelope Valley records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Academies of the Antelope Valley logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.5:1. The state averages around 18.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at Academies of the Antelope Valley qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Academies of the Antelope Valley is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.3%; Academies of the Antelope Valley posts 29.0%, -18.3 points below that line.

Around the school, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Academies of the Antelope Valley is one.

Nearest neighbor: Quartz Hill High, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Academies of the Antelope Valley at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.5%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. Academies of the Antelope Valley operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Academies of the Antelope Valley's enrollment has edged up 41% since 2018, when it stood at 481 (now 677). Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 in 2025.

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