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Enrollment
1,695
Elementary
DISTRICT 855 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·APPLE VALLEY UNIFIED·NCES 060001711747
Sitting Bull Academy
19445 Sitting Bull Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92308 · (760) 961-8479 · San Bernardino County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,695 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of California public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
24.8:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.6:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
1,099 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 | 135 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 148 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 132 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 134 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 371 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 407 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 67% smaller than its 8th grade class (407).
Student demographics
56%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
36.4%
CA avg 49.1% . -10.6pp since 2014
Math
25.1%
CA avg 37.7% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 11 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.9% | 23.5% | 27.1% | 36.6% |
| Math | 11.4% | 13.7% | 26.2% | 48.6% |
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 | 36.4% | 25.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.1% | 25.5% |
| 2022-23 | 38.9% | 25.3% |
| 2021-22 | 34.8% | 23.3% |
| 2018-19 | 54.5% | 41.7% |
| 2017-18 | 53.9% | 40.6% |
| 2016-17 | 45.7% | 37.4% |
| 2015-16 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 2014-15 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →
Schools most like Sitting Bull Academy
Sitting Bull Academy's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitting Bull Academy this school | 1,695 | 64.8% | 31.7% |
| Vanguard Preparatory Apple Valley | 1,153 | 67.4% | 28.5% |
| George McParland Elementary Manteca | 1,195 | 61.1% | 35.2% |
| Rio Vista School of Applied Learning Apple Valley | 927 | 63.0% | 31.4% |
| Westpark Elementary Rosamond | 952 | 72.7% | 34.5% |
| Murrieta Elementary Murrieta | 893 | 60.0% | 53.0% |
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 Sitting Bull Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In San Bernardino County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #3,306 of 5,151 | #148 of 318 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.1% | #3,754 of 5,172 ▼ 188 | #179 of 321 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #3,285 of 5,172 ▼ 273 | #163 of 321 ▼ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.7pp | #2,739 of 5,116 | #208 of 318 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,695 | #1 of 5,915 | #1 of 340 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.8:1 | #4,279 of 5,352 | #272 of 328 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #2,250 of 5,354 | #83 of 328 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #3,242 of 5,625 | #254 of 331 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.9% | #970 of 1,139 | #61 of 67 |
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
1,695
+96 (+6%) vs 2020
+10% since 2010-11, when it was 1,537
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.2:1
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 | 1,695 | 68.5 | 24.8:1 | 65% (1,099) |
| 2023-24 | 1,708 | 68.6 | 24.9:1 | 62% (1,061) |
| 2022-23 | 1,618 | 68 | 23.8:1 | 59% (951) |
| 2020-21 | 1,599 | 66 | 24.2:1 | 46% (735) |
| 2017-18 | 1,663 | 67.5 | 24.7:1 | 53% (882) |
| 2015-16 | 1,457 | 58 | 25.1:1 | 56% (811) |
| 2010-11 | 1,537 | N/A | N/A | 49% (760) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sitting Bull Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (1,663 to 1,695); teachers up 2% (67.5 to 68.5).
About Sitting Bull Academy
Sitting Bull Academy is a public elementary school in Apple Valley, California. It is open to students in kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 1,695 students. Elementary schools in California have about 465 students on average; enrollment here is 265% higher.
Apple Valley Unified is the district for Sitting Bull Academy. It has 14 schools and 13,613 students.
About 59% of the student body at Sitting Bull Academy is Hispanic. The remaining students are 30% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. San Bernardino County residents are about 55% Hispanic, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Based on 68.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, Sitting Bull Academy has a ratio of 24.8:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is 22.3:1. Income data for the school show 65% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 74% average for public schools in San Bernardino County is 9 points.
Among California public elementary schools, Sitting Bull Academy outscored 22%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Sitting Bull Academy's lunch-eligibility share in California is predicted to score 41.5%. Sitting Bull Academy scores 31.7%, 9.9 points below that line.
Census data for San Bernardino County show the median household earns about $85,478 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Sitting Bull Academy, San Bernardino County has 583 public schools.
About 1.2 miles separate Sitting Bull Academy from the closest public school, Rio Vista School of Applied Learning. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Sitting Bull Academy is 2nd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Sitting Bull Academy enrolled 1,599 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,695.
This page collects posts and questions about Sitting Bull Academy, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. 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 Apple Valley Unified
- Apple Valley HighHigh · 2,211 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,791 students
- Phoenix AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
- Rio Vista School of Applied LearningElementary · 927 students
- Sandia AcademyElementary · 848 students
Other schools in Apple Valley
- Apple Valley HighHigh · 2,211 students
- Granite Hills HighHigh · 1,791 students
- Academy for Academic ExcellenceCombined · 1,489 students
- Phoenix AcademyElementary · 1,213 students
- Vanguard PreparatoryElementary · 1,153 students
- Rio Vista School of Applied LearningElementary · 927 students
Nearby schools
- Rio Vista School of Applied Learning1.2 mi · 927
- Excelsior Charter1.8 mi · 2,170
- Lakeview Leadership Academy2.0 mi · 901
- Endeavour School of Exploration2.3 mi · 668
- Yucca Loma Elementary2.5 mi · 616
- Sandia Academy2.7 mi · 848
Frequently asked questions
About Sitting Bull AcademyHow large is Sitting Bull Academy?
Sitting Bull Academy enrolls approximately 1,695 students in grades KG-08.
Is Sitting Bull Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sitting Bull Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at Sitting Bull Academy?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at Sitting Bull Academy.
How diverse is Sitting Bull Academy?
Sitting Bull Academy reports a student body of 30% White, 59% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Sitting Bull Academy?
Sitting Bull Academy is overseen by Apple Valley Unified in San Bernardino County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.