High · Regular · Grades 7 to 12

Academy of Careers and Exploration, Helendale, CA

Charter schoolCEP schoolAcademy of Careers and Exploration is a public high school in Helendale, part of Helendale Elementary School District. It enrolled 285 students in 2024-25, with 20.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 285
Teachers (FTE): 14.0
Students per teacher: 20.4
Grades: 7 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.7 lower than the district figure of 22.1. The California average across schools is 21.9. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.4

District22.1

California21.9

United States15.3

School details

Address: 13943 Rivers Edge Rd., Helendale, CA 92342
Phone: (760)952-1266
District: Helendale Elementary School District
County: San Bernardino County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Town: Fringe
NCES school ID: 061686012368

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 123
Reduced-price lunch: 6
Free or reduced-price lunch: 12945.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 95Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.