Sitting Bull Academy

Sitting Bull Academy is one of the roomy elementary campuss in Apple Valley, California, operated by Apple Valley Unified, with 1,695 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 265% larger than the state mean of about 465.

Across the 14 schools in Apple Valley Unified (13,613 students total), Sitting Bull Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sitting Bull Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 30% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Sitting Bull Academy higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Sitting Bull Academy sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.9%; this one delivers 31.9%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate the typical household earns roughly $85,478 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Sitting Bull Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Rio Vista School of Applied Learning, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sitting Bull Academy at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 25.3%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Sitting Bull Academy's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,663 (now 1,695).

Inside the community feed, the feed for Sitting Bull Academy typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.