Quartz Hill High

Quartz Hill High is a substantial 9-12 campus in Quartz Hill, California, operated by Antelope Valley Union High. The school serves 3,175 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 279% above the state mean of about 838.

Quartz Hill High is one of 13 schools operated by Antelope Valley Union High, a district that works with 21,202 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Quartz Hill High logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 26% White, 11% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Los Angeles County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, Quartz Hill High has 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 27.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Quartz Hill High higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Quartz Hill High sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.4%; actual is 36.6%, a gap of -17.8 points.

Around the school, Los Angeles County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Quartz Hill High is one.

Academies of the Antelope Valley is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Quartz Hill High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Quartz Hill High at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Quartz Hill High has grew 6%, going from 2,996 students in 2018 to 3,175 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 41% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 25.4:1 in 2018 to 27.7:1 today.

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