Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain

Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain is one of the reasonably sized combined-grade schools in Barstow, California, one of the schools within Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain District, with 677 students on its rolls from grades K through 12.

Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain District is the operating authority for Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 29% White, 10% Black, 9% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.6:1, putting Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain higher than the state norm the norm. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain is one.

The closest other public school is Barstow Fine Arts Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain operates from a town-center location. Mojave River Academy - Silver Mountain operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.