Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert

Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert is a minimally staffed secondary school in Hesperia, California, operated by Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert District. The school hosts 253 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 838.

Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert is a school of Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%. Other groups include 15% Black, 9% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Bernardino County indicate median household earnings sit near $85,478, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).

Canyon Ridge High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area. As a public charter, Summit Leadership Academy-High Desert runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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