Total enrollment
23,188
+1,278 (+6%) vs SY 2020-21
25 schools in Hesperia Unified
California · 23,188 students · 3 cities
Across the district, Hesperia Unified runs 25 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 23,188 California students (about 928 per school).
4-year change in Hesperia Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
25
0 (0%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Hesperia Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #456 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 23,188 | #40 of 587 | #322 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 25 | #69 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #499 of 587 | #8,891 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 73.2% | #222 of 587 | #1,696 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.1% | #401 of 530 | #4,149 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Hesperia Unified
State test results across the district's 21 scored schools run from Krystal School of Science Math & Technology at 50.5% proficient to Joshua Circle Elementary at 11.5%, a gap of 39.0 points. That is the 136th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 25 district schools that reported both years went from 21,659 to 23,188 students (up 7%) and from 908 to 992 full-time teachers (up 9%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About Hesperia Unified
Across 25 schools, Hesperia Unified hosts about 23,188 students in California. By footprint it is a rural-scale district.
For a sense of the school types, Hesperia Unified covers 15 elementary, 3 middle, 6 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Hesperia Unified runs about 928 students per school, 61% above the state mean of roughly 578.
Over the past 4-year window. Total public-school enrollment in Hesperia Unified has expanded 6% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 21,910 students to 23,188.
On allk12, the community for Hesperia Unified discusses sports rivalries, cross-district programs, and shared facilities. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.