Deer Valley High

Deer Valley High is a sprawling 9-12 campus in Antioch, California, run under Antioch Unified. The school enrolls 1,812 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 116% larger than typical.

Deer Valley High is one of 25 schools operated by Antioch Unified, a district that works with 15,111 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Deer Valley High logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 28% Black, 14% Asian, 9% White, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, Deer Valley High shows 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Contra Costa County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Deer Valley High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Contra Costa County) shows that median household earnings sit near $127,229, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Contra Costa County's 280 public schools (combined enrollment of about 167,423 students), Deer Valley High is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Diablo Vista Elementary, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Deer Valley High ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 21.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Deer Valley High's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 2,135 (now 1,812). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 32% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.5:1 in 2018 to 23.1:1 today.

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