Silver Valley Academy

As a very small K-12 campus in Daggett, California, Silver Valley Academy works with 42 students from grades K through 12, run under Silver Valley Unified. That puts it 93% below the typical public school in California, which averages around 602 students.

Across the 8 schools in Silver Valley Unified (2,183 students total), Silver Valley Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Silver Valley Academy shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 33% White, 10% Black, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.6:1 average. About 76% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for San Bernardino County put median household earnings sit near $85,478, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Silver Valley Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Calico Continuation High, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silver Valley Academy has ticked down 12%, going from 48 students in 2018 to 42 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 17% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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