Adelanto High

Set in Adelanto, California, Adelanto High is a well-populated senior high, operated by Victor Valley Union High. It enrolls 2,247 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 168% bigger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Across the 11 schools in Victor Valley Union High (11,532 students total), Adelanto High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Adelanto High reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 86% of students at Adelanto High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Adelanto High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 28.2%, the actual is 26.0%, a residual of -2.2 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Bernardino County's 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), Adelanto High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Donald F. Bradach Elementary, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Adelanto High comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 18.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Adelanto High has climbed 22%, going from 1,847 students in 2018 to 2,247 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 24% to 19%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 25.7:1 in 2018 to 23.4:1 in 2025.

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