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What advice would you give to incoming students at Silverado High?
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Enrollment
2,165
High
DISTRICT 1,122 · STATE 838
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICTOR VALLEY UNION HIGH·NCES 063697206461
Silverado High
14048 Cobalt Rd., Victorville, CA 92392 · (760) 955-3353 · San Bernardino County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,165 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
99 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 18.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
1,762 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
CA avg 47.1% . -3.0pp since 2014
Math
12.4%
CA avg 35.6% . -0.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.0%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,165
-205 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.8:1
was 27.4:1
% White
5%
was 9%
% Hispanic
68%
was 60%
% Black
20%
was 23%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Silverado High
Located at 14048 Cobalt Rd., in Victorville, California, Silverado High is a heavily attended secondary school that educates 2,165 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by Victor Valley Union High. That puts it 158% larger than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.
Victor Valley Union High comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 11,532 students; Silverado High is among them.
Demographically, Silverado High logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Black, 5% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
On the resource side, The school employs 99 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at Silverado High qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Silverado High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.2%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate 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 Silverado High is one.
Nearest neighbor: Larrea Middle, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Silverado High comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.
Silverado High operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Silverado High has shrank 9%, going from 2,370 students in 2018 to 2,165 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 60% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 27.4:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 in 2025.
On the community side, members of the Silverado High community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 Victor Valley Union High
- Victor Valley HighHigh · 2,255 students
- Adelanto HighHigh · 2,247 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,136 students
- Cobalt Institute of Math and ScienceHigh · 1,058 students
- Lakeview Leadership AcademyHigh · 901 students
- Larrea MiddleMiddle · 769 students
Other schools in Victorville
- Victor Valley HighHigh · 2,255 students
- Excelsior CharterHigh · 2,170 students
- University PreparatoryHigh · 1,136 students
- Cobalt Institute of Math and ScienceHigh · 1,058 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 1,014 students
- Mojave Vista ElementaryElementary · 904 students
Nearby schools
- Larrea Middle0.2 mi · 769
- Cobalt Institute of Math and Science0.3 mi · 1,058
- Discovery School of the Arts1.0 mi · 902
- Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande1.0 mi · 862
- University Preparatory1.1 mi · 1,136
- Morgan Kincaid Preparatory1.1 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About Silverado HighWhat is the total enrollment at Silverado High?
Silverado High enrolls approximately 2,165 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Silverado High serve?
Silverado High serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Silverado High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Silverado High is approximately 21.8:1 (99 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Silverado High?
At Silverado High, the student body is approximately 5% White, 68% Hispanic, 20% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Silverado High?
Silverado High is overseen by Victor Valley Union High in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.