Vasquez High

Located at 33630 Red Rover Mine Rd., in Acton, California, Vasquez High is a modestly sized 9-12 campus that teaches 394 students (grades 9 through 12), run under Acton-Agua Dulce Unified. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in California, which averages around 838 students.

Vasquez High is one of 3 schools operated by Acton-Agua Dulce Unified, a district that works with 1,053 students overall.

On demographics, Vasquez High records that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 35% White, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 18.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, Vasquez High falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.5%; this one comes in at 24.6%, -15.0 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, census data for Los Angeles County shows median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Vasquez High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

The closest other public school is iLEAD Online Charter, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Vasquez High. On composite proficiency, Vasquez High comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Vasquez High has rose 6%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 53% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.