Excelsior Charter

Located at 18422 Bear Valley Rd. Bldg. 11, in Victorville, California, Excelsior Charter is a large high school that caters to 2,170 students (grades 7 through 12), run under Excelsior Charter District. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 159% larger than typical.

Excelsior Charter District is the operating authority for Excelsior Charter, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Excelsior Charter records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 23% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Excelsior Charter higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at Excelsior Charter qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Around the school, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate 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), Excelsior Charter is one campus in the mix.

Lakeview Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Excelsior Charter.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. As a public charter, Excelsior Charter runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.