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Enrollment
1,213
Elementary
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLE VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060001712663
Phoenix Academy
20700 Thunderbird Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92307 · (760) 242-7011 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,213 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of California public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,057 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 115 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 27% |
| Grade 8 | 304 | 25% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 62% smaller than its 8th grade class (304).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
18.7%
CA avg 49.1% . -0.3pp since 2014
Math
7.7%
CA avg 37.7% . +0.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.5% | 16.2% | 19.8% | 61.5% |
| Math | 2.1% | 5.6% | 15.8% | 76.5% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 18.7% | 7.7% |
| 2023-24 | 12.5% | 4.8% |
| 2022-23 | 11.6% | 4.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.2% | 5.3% |
| 2018-19 | 22.9% | 6.7% |
| 2017-18 | 23.0% | 9.1% |
| 2016-17 | 20.9% | 8.4% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 19.0% | 7.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of CA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
10.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 28% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Phoenix Academy
Phoenix Academy's state test result (10.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Academy this school | 1,213 | 87.1% | 10.8% |
| Liberty Elementary Victorville | 1,014 | 88.9% | 21.3% |
| Lime Street Elementary Hesperia | 887 | 86.6% | 13.8% |
| Mojave Vista Elementary Victorville | 904 | 90.9% | 16.8% |
| Challenger School of Sports and Fitness Victorville | 843 | 89.3% | 33.0% |
| Vista Verde Elementary Victorville | 774 | 83.9% | 24.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Phoenix Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.8% | #5,087 of 5,151 | #316 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #5,118 of 5,172 ▲ 40 | #318 of 321 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #4,912 of 5,172 ▲ 180 | #302 of 321 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,261 of 5,116 | #167 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,213 | #17 of 5,915 | #2 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.9:1 | #1,410 of 5,352 | #61 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #2,325 of 5,354 | #88 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.1% | #1,457 of 5,625 | #112 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.6% | #916 of 1,139 | #56 of 67 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,213
+60 (+5%) vs 2020
-18% since 2010-11, when it was 1,483
Student : Teacher
20.9:1
was 24.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,213 | 58.2 | 20.9:1 | 87% (1,057) |
| 2023-24 | 1,171 | 56.7 | 20.7:1 | 88% (1,027) |
| 2022-23 | 1,093 | 50.2 | 21.8:1 | 85% (934) |
| 2020-21 | 1,153 | 48 | 24.0:1 | 90% (1,038) |
| 2017-18 | 1,182 | 46.7 | 25.3:1 | 88% (1,040) |
| 2015-16 | 1,083 | 45 | 24.1:1 | 92% (994) |
| 2010-11 | 1,483 | N/A | N/A | 82% (1,211) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Phoenix Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,182 to 1,213); teachers up 25% (46.7 to 58.2).
About Phoenix Academy
Among the schools in Apple Valley, California, is Phoenix Academy, a high-enrollment elementary school. It serves 1,213 students in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
The 14 schools in Apple Valley Unified enroll 13,613 students altogether, Phoenix Academy among them.
By race and ethnicity, Phoenix Academy is 63% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 16% Black, 15% White, and 5% multiracial. Phoenix Academy has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Phoenix Academy total 58.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in California average 22.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in San Bernardino County is 74%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Phoenix Academy receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Phoenix Academy posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 10.8%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in California are predicted to post 28.5%, so the school is 17.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Federal survey data for San Bernardino County show that median household income is about $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Phoenix Academy is among the 583 public schools in San Bernardino County.
The nearest other public school, Rancho Verde Elementary, is about 2.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Phoenix Academy. Phoenix Academy places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES assigns Phoenix Academy the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 5%, from 1,153 to 1,213. The ratio was 24.0:1 in 2020-21 and 20.9:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
San Bernardino County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,197,104
Census ACS
Median income
$85,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
583
393,648 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Apple Valley Unified
- Apple Valley HighHigh · 2,211 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,791 students
- Sitting Bull AcademyElementary · 1,695 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
- Rio Vista School of Applied LearningElementary · 927 students
- Sandia AcademyElementary · 848 students
Other schools in Apple Valley
- Apple Valley HighHigh · 2,211 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,791 students
- Sitting Bull AcademyElementary · 1,695 students
- Academy for Academic ExcellenceCombined · 1,489 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
- Rio Vista School of Applied LearningElementary · 927 students
Other Phoenix Academy schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Phoenix Academy. Phoenix Academy is the largest of the 6.
- Phoenix AcademySan Rafael, CA · 3 students
- Phoenix AcademyLancaster, PA · 305 students
- Phoenix AcademyAnnapolis, MD · 64 students
- Phoenix AcademyWinchester, KY · 19 students
- Phoenix AcademyOxford, NC · 17 students
Nearby schools
- Rancho Verde Elementary2.3 mi · 748
- Yucca Loma Elementary2.4 mi · 616
- Desert Knolls Elementary3.1 mi · 582
- Granite Hills High3.2 mi · 1,791
- Rio Vista School of Applied Learning3.2 mi · 927
- High Desert Premier Academy3.5 mi · 208
Frequently asked questions
About Phoenix AcademyWhat is the total enrollment at Phoenix Academy?
Phoenix Academy enrolls approximately 1,213 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Phoenix Academy serve?
Phoenix Academy serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Phoenix Academy?
Approximately 20.9:1 students per teacher at Phoenix Academy.
What is the student diversity at Phoenix Academy?
Student demographics at Phoenix Academy are roughly 15% White, 63% Hispanic, 16% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Phoenix Academy in?
Phoenix Academy is part of Apple Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.