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Phoenix Academy

Public Grades K-8
5620th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,857 California Elementary Schools
Better than 4% of California elementary schools
Summary

Phoenix Academy is a large K-8 public school serving 1,213 students within the Apple Valley Unified district, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

Academic performance at Phoenix Academy is among the lowest in the state, with only about 19% of students proficient in English and 8% in math, far below state averages and neighboring schools like Sitting Bull Academy or Rio Vista School of Applied Learning. A major concern is chronic absenteeism, with 38% of students missing significant school time, which is nearly double the state average and higher than most local schools. Despite the school spending over $20,000 per student—more than several better-performing schools in the district—these resources have not translated into stronger student outcomes.

The data shows that high poverty levels do not automatically lead to low achievement, as demonstrated by Sixth Street Prep in a nearby district, which serves a similar population but achieves much higher proficiency and attendance. This comparison suggests there are opportunities for Phoenix Academy to improve by addressing attendance, reviewing instructional methods—especially in math—and learning from strategies used by more successful schools within and outside the Apple Valley Unified district.

1,213
Students ?
20.8
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,111
Per pupil spending ?
87.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 20700 Thunderbird Rd.
       Apple Valley, CA  92307-3322

(760) 242-7011

District: Apple Valley Unified


Students who attend Phoenix Academy usually attend:

High:    Granite Hills High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
63.1%
African American:
16.5%
White:
14.8%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2013 → 4th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (13% vs 41% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)
!High chronic absenteeism (38% vs 19% California)
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school13%
District avg23%
California avg41%
Elementary school
5,620th of 5,857
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 4%▼ down 5 pts since 2015
From bottom 9% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
2,595th of 2,761
California public middle schools ?
Bottom 6%▼ down 8 pts since 2015
From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
9th of 11Elementary Schools in the Apple Valley Unified
1364th of 1,543Apple Valley Unified among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.35620 of 58574.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.65823 of 58690.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.95819 of 58590.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.05848 of 58830.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.75471 of 57895.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20188.55507 of 56622.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20179.55522 of 56923.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201618.14789 of 561414.7%★☆☆☆☆
201514.75126 of 56118.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201314.25094 of 55307.9%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202517.9526 of 5697.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202412.8587 of 5931.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202317.4619 of 6616.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.6639 of 6633.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201916.8703 of 7475.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.7575 of 70017.9%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202225.81702 of 222723.6%★☆☆☆☆
201948.01036 of 258559.9%★★★☆☆
201830.21427 of 212832.9%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201945.11487 of 327554.6%★★★☆☆
201826.52627 of 324619.1%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202512.35289 of 55975.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20247.75565 of 56120.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.25524 of 56091.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.55610 of 56350.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.65223 of 54924.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20187.35345 of 54131.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202517.54613 of 51079.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.54987 of 51072.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.35047 of 50870.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.15009 of 50841.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.64684 of 49635.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.34686 of 48303.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202513.25160 of 54605.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.65496 of 55170.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.15339 of 53630.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.75242 of 52640.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.14827 of 51736.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201810.34946 of 50842.7%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.75396 of 56284.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20246.75609 of 56430.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.05630 of 56380.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.75618 of 56630.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.15177 of 55106.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.25138 of 54315.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202528.72079 of 284727.0%★☆☆☆☆
202422.22282 of 263513.4%★☆☆☆☆
202318.02269 of 24206.2%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20251.92585 of 25980.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.62645 of 26510.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.82640 of 26610.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.92701 of 27260.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201928.22193 of 283422.6%★☆☆☆☆
20183.32708 of 27371.1%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.72595 of 27616.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.52705 of 27832.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.02725 of 27812.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202211.22599 of 27405.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201911.72500 of 27157.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201812.42271 of 24808.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201713.22274 of 25089.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201618.72070 of 249717.1%★☆☆☆☆
201516.52136 of 247713.8%★☆☆☆☆
201318.52043 of 237914.1%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202513.4588 of 6093.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.2613 of 6272.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202314.1590 of 6133.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202216.3584 of 6378.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201922.4532 of 64317.3%★☆☆☆☆
201824.7474 of 60021.0%★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202227.51152 of 153124.8%★☆☆☆☆
201921.31355 of 14919.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201818.81327 of 13693.1%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202432.11120 of 147824.2%★☆☆☆☆
202331.21159 of 152123.8%★☆☆☆☆
202232.51120 of 154027.3%★☆☆☆☆
201939.4708 of 144250.9%★★★☆☆
201837.9678 of 136450.3%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202511.22394 of 25335.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20249.12490 of 25512.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20237.52505 of 25311.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.92399 of 25094.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201910.32262 of 23805.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.02173 of 22623.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202514.32192 of 23958.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202411.52286 of 23884.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20239.92312 of 23742.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.82216 of 23596.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201913.72055 of 22137.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.11861 of 207210.2%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202519.6433 of 4779.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202511.62401 of 25425.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.72521 of 25792.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.92485 of 25311.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.42343 of 24584.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201915.12153 of 23699.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.72025 of 22309.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202510.52409 of 25344.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20248.22511 of 25521.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20238.72490 of 25381.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202212.32398 of 25275.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201912.32237 of 24077.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201816.71986 of 227312.6%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202520.31447 of 15667.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202423.01354 of 155212.8%★☆☆☆☆
202319.81452 of 15315.2%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
20253.71490 of 15202.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.31530 of 15370.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.31539 of 15430.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20224.91515 of 15552.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20194.01573 of 16021.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20184.01472 of 14961.6%☆☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
English Language Learner (2019)55th percentile+49 vs school
Special Education (2025)27th percentile+23 vs school
Disabled (2022)24th percentile+23 vs school
Hispanic (2025)10th percentile+6 vs school
African American (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2025)6th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)4th percentile~ school
White (2025)1st percentile-4 vs school
Middle school
Disabled (2022)25th percentile+20 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)24th percentile+21 vs school
Homeless (2025)9th percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2025)8th percentile~ school
Special Education (2025)8th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)6th percentile~ school
Female (2025)5th percentile~ school
Male (2025)5th percentile~ school
African American (2025)3rd percentile-3 vs school
White (2025)2nd percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy19%-30 vs state
Science13%-20 vs state
Mathematics8%-30 vs state

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Students who attend Phoenix Academy usually go on to attend:

High : Granite Hills High

Phoenix Academy ranks in the bottom 4.0% of California elementary schools.

Students at Phoenix Academy are 63% Hispanic, 16% African American, 15% White, 5% Two or more races.

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,213 students attended Phoenix Academy.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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