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How has Sandia Academy changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
848
Elementary
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLE VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060001709272
Sandia Academy
21331 Sandia Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92308 · (760) 240-5125 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL848 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
21.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
748 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 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 86 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (125) is 33% larger than its 8th grade class (94).
Student demographics
50%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
19.0%
CA avg 49.1% . -4.0pp since 2014
Math
9.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -2.5pp 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 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 4.2% | 14.8% | 26.2% | 54.8% |
| Math | 2.1% | 7.4% | 23.4% | 67.0% |
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 | 19.0% | 9.5% |
| 2023-24 | 11.6% | 6.9% |
| 2022-23 | 9.4% | 5.7% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 9.2% |
| 2018-19 | 23.2% | 10.9% |
| 2017-18 | 18.1% | 9.5% |
| 2016-17 | 20.1% | 11.2% |
| 2015-16 | 24.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 23.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
11.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 Sandia Academy
Sandia Academy's state test result (11.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandia Academy this school | 848 | 88.2% | 11.9% |
| Little Lake Elementary Hemet | 734 | 87.6% | 20.5% |
| Bautista Creek Elementary Hemet | 959 | 83.7% | 25.7% |
| Bella Vista Elementary Desert Hot Springs | 779 | 92.0% | 23.7% |
| McSweeny Elementary Hemet | 781 | 87.7% | 28.3% |
| Mariana Academy Apple Valley | 781 | 83.6% | 15.7% |
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 Sandia Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #5,063 of 5,151 | #312 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.5% | #5,061 of 5,172 ▲ 54 | #311 of 321 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #4,902 of 5,172 ▲ 205 | #301 of 321 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,738 of 5,116 | #207 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 848 | #259 of 5,915 | #25 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.6:1 | #1,913 of 5,352 | #89 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #2,736 of 5,354 | #118 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #1,306 of 5,625 | #97 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #3,141 of 3,837 | #200 of 246 |
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
848
-12 (-1%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,027
Student : Teacher
21.6:1
was 23.9:1
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 | 848 | 39.2 | 21.6:1 | 88% (748) |
| 2023-24 | 884 | 36.2 | 24.4:1 | 88% (776) |
| 2022-23 | 874 | 35.7 | 24.5:1 | 86% (749) |
| 2020-21 | 860 | 36 | 23.9:1 | 88% (760) |
| 2017-18 | 906 | 36 | 25.2:1 | 87% (790) |
| 2015-16 | 931 | 36 | 25.9:1 | 90% (835) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | N/A | N/A | 84% (655) |
| 2000-01 | 560 | 30 | 18.7:1 | 58% (323) |
| 1990-91 | 1,027 | 36 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sandia Academy.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (906 to 848); teachers up 9% (36 to 39.2).
About Sandia Academy
Sandia Academy is a high-enrollment elementary school in Apple Valley, California, one of the schools in Apple Valley Unified. It serves 848 students in kindergarten through 8. For comparison, elementary schools in California average about 465 students.
Apple Valley Unified has 13,613 students in 14 schools, and Sandia Academy is one of those schools.
Sandia Academy's enrollment is 67% Hispanic. The next largest groups are 20% White, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. In San Bernardino County overall, about 55% of residents are Hispanic. Sandia Academy has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 21.6:1. Elementary schools in California have a similar average ratio of 22.3:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 88%. For comparison, public schools in San Bernardino County average 74%.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Sandia 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.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 27.9% for Sandia Academy, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 11.9%. The 16.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of California schools.
Federal survey data for San Bernardino County show that median household income is about $85,478, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 583 public schools operate in San Bernardino County, serving about 393,648 students.
Nearest public school: Apple Valley High, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Sandia Academy places 7th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place Sandia Academy in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 848, close to the 860 recorded in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 21.6 students per teacher, compared with 23.9 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Sandia Academy. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Phoenix AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
- Rio Vista School of Applied LearningElementary · 927 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
- Phoenix AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
Nearby schools
- Apple Valley High0.5 mi · 2,211
- Apple Valley Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 173
- Mariana Academy1.5 mi · 781
- High Desert Premier Academy1.8 mi · 208
- Yucca Loma Elementary2.5 mi · 616
- Vanguard Preparatory2.5 mi · 1,153
Frequently asked questions
About Sandia AcademyHow large is Sandia Academy?
Sandia Academy enrolls approximately 848 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Sandia Academy serve?
Sandia Academy serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does Sandia Academy have?
Sandia Academy employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Sandia Academy?
Student demographics at Sandia Academy are roughly 20% White, 67% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Sandia Academy public or private?
Sandia Academy is a public K-12 school, overseen by Apple Valley Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.