Enrollment
285
High
DISTRICT 271 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HELENDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 061686012368
Academy of Careers and Exploration
13943 Rivers Edge Rd., Helendale, CA 92342 · (760) 952-1266 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 07–12HIGH31-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of California public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public high schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.7:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
129 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 7 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 5 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 75 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 80 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 56 | 20% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.9%
CA avg 49.1% . -27.1pp since 2014
Math
21.4%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 27 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.0% | 18.8% | 31.9% | 36.2% |
| Math | 7.1% | 14.3% | 18.6% | 60.0% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.9% | 21.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.1% | 21.4% |
| 2022-23 | 34.7% | 15.5% |
| 2021-22 | 44.3% | 7.9% |
| 2020-21 | 45.5% | 17.7% |
| 2018-19 | 55.3% | 18.4% |
| 2017-18 | 44.3% | 12.4% |
| 2016-17 | 50.0% | 20.8% |
| 2015-16 | 60.0% | 28.0% |
| 2014-15 | 59.0% | 25.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy of Careers and Exploration
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of Careers and Exploration this school | 285 | 45.3% | 32.1% |
| The MET Sacramento | 190 | 43.7% | 31.0% |
| High Tech High Media Arts San Diego | 355 | 43.1% | N/A |
| Lemoore Middle College High Lemoore | 255 | 39.6% | N/A |
| High Tech High San Diego | 412 | 47.1% | N/A |
| Career Technical Education Charter Fresno | 289 | 46.7% | N/A |
Matched among California high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy of Careers and Exploration ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #738 of 1,052 | #36 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #626 of 1,056 ▼ 54 | #31 of 56 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.9% | #983 of 1,056 ▼ 262 | #54 of 56 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.6pp | #613 of 1,044 | #46 of 56 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #1,224 of 2,093 | #68 of 102 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #467 of 1,352 | #24 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #401 of 1,351 | #13 of 77 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #1,224 of 1,575 | #82 of 84 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.2% | #414 of 802 | #25 of 46 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
285
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 202
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 285 | 14.7 | 19.4:1 | 45% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 284 | 14.4 | 19.7:1 | 51% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 294 | 14.2 | 20.8:1 | 47% (137) |
| 2020-21 | 291 | 14 | 20.8:1 | 53% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 321 | 14 | 22.9:1 | 57% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 288 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 58% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 202 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy of Careers and Exploration.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (321 to 285); teachers up 5% (14 to 14.7).
About Academy of Careers and Exploration
As a very small high school, Academy of Careers and Exploration serves students in Helendale, California. Its enrollment is 285 students, spread over grades 7 through 12. On average, high schools in California enroll around 838, and this school is 66% below that mark.
Academy of Careers and Exploration reports to Helendale Elementary, which has 4 schools and 1,085 students.
More than half of the students at Academy of Careers and Exploration are Hispanic (53%). The next largest groups are 34% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is in line with San Bernardino County, where about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
The school's 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. High schools in California have an average ratio of 18.2:1. At Academy of Careers and Exploration, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. On average, public schools in San Bernardino County report 74%.
On the allk12 Grade, Academy of Careers and Exploration lands at D, ahead of 14% of California public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Academy of Careers and Exploration is in the bottom 10% of California schools: 32.1% actual against 53.0% predicted.
The school is in San Bernardino County, where median household income comes to about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. San Bernardino County's 583 public schools enroll about 393,648 students and include Academy of Careers and Exploration.
Riverview Middle is the nearest public school to Academy of Careers and Exploration, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number 3. Among 6 nearby schools that report test results, Academy of Careers and Exploration ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe). Academy of Careers and Exploration is a publicly funded charter school.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (291) to 2024-25 (285). The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 20.8:1 in 2020-21 to 19.4:1 in 2024-25.
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San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Helendale Elementary
- Helendale ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- Riverview MiddleMiddle · 141 students
- Independence Charter AcademyCombined · 118 students
Other schools in Helendale
- Helendale ElementaryElementary · 541 students
- Riverview MiddleMiddle · 141 students
- Independence Charter AcademyCombined · 118 students
Nearby schools
- Riverview Middle0.0 mi · 141
- Helendale Elementary1.6 mi · 541
- Independence Charter Academy1.7 mi · 118
- Oro Grande Elementary9.5 mi · 91
- Riverside Preparatory9.5 mi · 2,453
- Adelanto Virtual Academy10.8 mi · 85
Frequently asked questions
About Academy of Careers and ExplorationHow large is Academy of Careers and Exploration?
Academy of Careers and Exploration enrolls approximately 285 students in grades 07-12.
Is Academy of Careers and Exploration an elementary, middle, or high school?
Academy of Careers and Exploration is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does Academy of Careers and Exploration have?
Academy of Careers and Exploration employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Academy of Careers and Exploration?
Student demographics at Academy of Careers and Exploration are roughly 34% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Academy of Careers and Exploration in?
Academy of Careers and Exploration is part of Helendale Elementary.
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