Sycamore Rocks Elementary

Sycamore Rocks Elementary is a medium-sized K-5 school in Apple Valley, California, run under Apple Valley Unified. The school caters to 667 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Sycamore Rocks Elementary sits 43% bigger than that benchmark.

Sycamore Rocks Elementary is one of 14 schools operated by Apple Valley Unified, a district that educates 13,613 students overall.

On demographics, Sycamore Rocks Elementary logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.4:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Sycamore Rocks Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.0%.

In the area at large, San Bernardino County reports that 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. In all, San Bernardino County runs 583 public schools (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students), of which Sycamore Rocks Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Granite Hills High, roughly 3.1 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sycamore Rocks Elementary at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 21.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 692 students in 2018 compared to 667 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 46% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 24.7:1 in 2018 to 21.4:1 in 2025.

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