Regular local school district · San Bernardino County
Apple Valley Unified, CA: schools, enrollment and spending
Apple Valley Unified runs 15 public schools with 13,639 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 23.0 students per teacher is 1.1 higher than the California figure of 21.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 15
- Students
- 13,639
- Teachers (FTE)
- 594
- Students per teacher
- 23.0
- CA: 21.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 12555 Navajo Rd., Apple Valley, CA 92308
- Phone
- (760)247-8001
- County
- San Bernardino County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0600017
- State district ID
- CA-3675077
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,359
- School counselors (FTE)
- 32.0About 426 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 38.0
Students per teacher compared
This district23.0
California21.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (12,892), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $199.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $27.5 million
- State revenue
- $144.8 million
- Local revenue
- $27.2 million
- Total spending
- $164.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $12,744
- Salaries
- $79.7 million48.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $34.6 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.8%
- State: 72.6%
- Local: 13.6%
California overall
- Federal: 13.4%
- State: 51.6%
- Local: 35.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$12,744
California$17,799
United States$16,826
Schools in Apple Valley Unified
By level: 2 high, 11 elementary, 2 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Apple Valley HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 2,211 | 24.0 |
| Apple Valley Unified Preschool Special Education | ||||
| Apple Valley Virtual Academy | Elementary | K to 8 | 173 | 17.3 |
| Desert Knolls ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 582 | 21.6 |
| Granite Hills HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,791 | 22.4 |
| High Desert Premier AcademyCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 208 | 16.0 |
| Mariana AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 781 | 25.2 |
| Phoenix AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,213 | 20.9 |
| Rancho Verde ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 748 | 24.1 |
| Rio Vista School of Applied LearningCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 927 | 25.1 |
| Sandia AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 848 | 21.7 |
| Sitting Bull AcademyCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,695 | 24.9 |
| Sycamore Rocks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 667 | 21.5 |
| Vanguard PreparatoryCEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 1,153 | 24.5 |
| Yucca Loma ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 6 | 616 | 22.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in San Bernardino County
- San Bernardino City Unified 44,192 students
- Fontana Unified 32,794 students
- Chino Valley Unified 25,579 students
- Hesperia Unified 23,209 students
- Rialto Unified 23,073 students
- Chaffey Joint Union High 22,116 students
- Redlands Unified 19,310 students
- Colton Joint Unified 18,414 students
- Ontario-Montclair School District 17,695 students
- Etiwanda Elementary School District 13,676 students
- Victor Elementary School District 12,320 students
- Victor Valley Union High 11,560 students
- Upland Unified 9,496 students
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified 8,524 students
- Snowline Joint Unified 8,085 students
More in California
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.