Granite Hills High

Set in Apple Valley, California, Granite Hills High is a well-populated four-year high school, operated by Apple Valley Unified. It teaches 1,791 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 838 students per school, that is 114% larger than typical.

Apple Valley Unified runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 13,613 students. Granite Hills High is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Granite Hills High reports that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 23% White, 10% Black, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Granite Hills High lists 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Granite Hills High performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.5%, the actual is 31.4%, a residual of -4.1 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Granite Hills High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

The closest other public school is Rancho Verde Elementary, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Granite Hills High. On composite proficiency, Granite Hills High comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 20.0%.

Granite Hills High operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 1,453 students in 2018 compared to 1,791 in 2025. The White share of enrollment climbed from 0% to 23% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Granite Hills High typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.