William J. (Pete) Knight High

William J. (Pete) Knight High, a sizable secondary school in Palmdale, California, run under Antelope Valley Union High, works with 2,349 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so William J. (Pete) Knight High sits 180% larger than that benchmark.

Antelope Valley Union High comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 21,202 students; William J. (Pete) Knight High is among them.

Demographically, William J. (Pete) Knight High lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder breaks down as 13% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Los Angeles County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 18.2:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Los Angeles County (around 70%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), William J. (Pete) Knight High is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 44.9%; William J. (Pete) Knight High posts 29.7%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Los Angeles County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,112 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. William J. (Pete) Knight High is one of 2244 public schools in Los Angeles County (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students).

Nearest neighbor: Los Amigos - Dual Immersion, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William J. (Pete) Knight High. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts William J. (Pete) Knight High at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 20.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William J. (Pete) Knight High has fell 19%, going from 2,885 students in 2018 to 2,349 in 2025.

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