Sandia Academy

Sandia Academy is an elementary campus of big scale in Apple Valley, California, part of Apple Valley Unified, serveing 848 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sandia Academy sits 82% larger than that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, Sandia Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sandia Academy has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.6:1. The state averages about 22.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Bernardino County (around 74%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sandia Academy sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 26.9%; actual is 9.4%, a gap of -17.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Sandia Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Apple Valley High, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sandia Academy. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sandia Academy at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.5%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Sandia Academy's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 906 (now 848). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 63% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 25.2:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

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