Academy for Academic Excellence
Apple Valley · CA · Academy for Academic Excellence District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Mojave River Academy - Route 66 → Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto → Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande → Cobalt Institute of Math and Science → University Preparatory → Mojave High → Options for Youth-Victor Valley Charter → Altus Schools Mirus Charter →📋 At a glance
- 📚 11 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 8 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 63th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Academy for Academic Excellence compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 63th percentile nationally with 11 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mojave River Academy - Route 66, Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto, Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
63th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 20% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,489 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,796 per student in district revenue, the 57 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $729,372/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mojave River Academy - Route 66 Victorville |
Public · charter | 2.4 | 338 | +15.8% |
| Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto Adelanto |
Public · charter | 8.6 | 389 | +192.5% |
| Mojave River Academy - Oro Grande Victorville |
Public · charter | 6.7 | 611 | +36.4% |
| Cobalt Institute of Math and Science Victorville |
Public | 6.2 | 684 | -8.3% |
| University Preparatory Victorville |
Public | 4.9 | 734 | +4.6% |
| Mojave High Hesperia |
Public | 6.2 | 277 | +1.8% |
| Options for Youth-Victor Valley Charter Victorville |
Public · charter | 6.1 | 776 | +23.6% |
| Altus Schools Mirus Charter Hesperia |
Public · charter | 8.5 | 265 | -8.0% |