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Silverado High

Q: Is Silverado High a good school?

Silverado High ranks 1313 th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1313^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,162 California High Schools

Better than 39% of California high schools

Summary

Silverado High is a large public high school serving grades 9-12 in Victorville, CA, with over 2,100 students in the Victor Valley Union High district, which serves a community with significant economic needs.

Academically, the school presents a mixed picture: its English Language Arts scores are close to the state average and notably stronger than many district peers like Victor Valley High, but mathematics proficiency is a serious challenge, lagging far behind state and district averages. Despite this, Silverado High excels at helping students graduate, with a rate higher than both the district and state, and it shows effective support for specific groups like English Language Learners. However, the school faces pronounced struggles in supporting its Asian student and special education populations. A striking local comparison is with the exceptionally high-performing University Preparatory and the strong Cobalt Institute of Math and Science, both located within a mile, demonstrating vastly different academic outcomes in the same community.

The school is showing positive trends, such as steadily improving student attendance over the past few years, though chronic absenteeism remains above the state average. It also operates with a more favorable student-teacher ratio than several nearby alternative schools, such as Victor Valley Virtual Academy. Key areas for growth include addressing the critical mathematics gap and expanding successful strategies to better serve all student subgroups, building on the school's clear strength in getting students to graduation day.

2,165

Students ?

21.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

81.4%

Free/discounted lunch ?

14048 Cobalt Rd.
Victorville, CA 92392-9316

(760) 955-3353

District: Victor Valley Union High

Feeder schools for Silverado High:

Elementary:	Discovery School of the Arts
	Eagle Ranch Elementary
	Liberty Elementary
	Morgan Kincaid Preparatory
	More...
	Park View Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.1%

African American:

19.8%

White:

4.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 41st percentile in 2013 → 39th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (27% vs 41% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Mathematics scores 23 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school27%

District avg31%

California avg41%

1,313^th of 2,162

California public high schools ?

Bottom 39%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 9High Schools in the Victor Valley Union High

834^th of 1,543Victor Valley Union High 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.9	1313 of 2162	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	1416 of 2159	34.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.4	1540 of 2170	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.3	1503 of 2123	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.0	1489 of 2133	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	30.9	1357 of 2017	32.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	31.0	1365 of 2021	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.0	1258 of 2039	38.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	35.8	1253 of 1994	37.2%	★★☆☆☆
2013	26.7	1420 of 2426	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2012	29.3	1315 of 2354	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2011	28.8	1354 of 2367	42.8%	★★☆☆☆
2010	28.0	1336 of 2281	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	32.3	1291 of 2238	42.3%	★★☆☆☆
2008	33.7	1077 of 2117	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2007	36.8	959 of 2063	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2006	34.0	1006 of 1968	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	35.8	903 of 1901	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2004	36.7	773 of 1653	53.2%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	53.2	206 of 523	60.6%	★★★☆☆
2024	33.1	325 of 517	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.8	304 of 521	41.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.3	360 of 522	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.6	439 of 592	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.5	435 of 582	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	523 of 585	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	30.4	815 of 1161	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	944 of 1117	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.8	881 of 1052	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	49.6	355 of 1085	67.3%	★★★☆☆
2023	40.1	555 of 1064	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2022	39.0	548 of 1044	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.8	424 of 941	54.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	30.3	631 of 938	32.7%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.9	1241 of 1906	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.3	1285 of 1915	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	24.7	1431 of 1915	25.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.6	1424 of 1858	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.9	1388 of 1833	24.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.3	1241 of 1760	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.2	4 of 5	20.0%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	1156 of 1900	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	41.7	1113 of 1902	41.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.7	1350 of 1917	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.4	1280 of 1861	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.9	1200 of 1814	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	37.1	1139 of 1742	34.6%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.8	219 of 410	46.6%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.8	1129 of 2013	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.3	1261 of 2026	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	29.7	1421 of 2030	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.9	1360 of 1943	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.6	1344 of 1937	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	34.6	1243 of 1862	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	35.7	1221 of 1942	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.1	1302 of 1948	33.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.9	1398 of 1963	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.7	1390 of 1916	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.8	1358 of 1880	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.3	1287 of 1834	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	15.7	499 of 577	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.7	513 of 574	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	9.4	492 of 541	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.1	503 of 515	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	3.6	406 of 422	3.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	3.6	354 of 366	3.3%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	28.1	925 of 1252	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.1	1140 of 1216	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.7	957 of 1197	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.1	735 of 1155	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.5	926 of 1173	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	1034 of 1193	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.7	917 of 1204	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.5	1051 of 1222	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.8	897 of 1173	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

English Language Learner (2024)67th percentile+33 vs school

African American (2025)61st percentile+21 vs school

Homeless (2025)47th percentile+7 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)44th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)39th percentile~ school

Male (2025)37th percentile~ school

White (2025)36th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)35th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)30th percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)26th percentile-13 vs school

Foster Care (2022)20th percentile-9 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)14th percentile-26 vs school

Asian (2025)11th percentile-29 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy48%~ state avg

Science18%-14 vs state

Mathematics15%-23 vs state

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by a student
Friday, February 4, 2011

I'm a Student at Silverado, so more than anyone i should no how the school is.
Overall Silverado isnt a bad school, it has great programs, great teachers, pretty decent staff. The issue of the school is the students attending, there is no medium here, your either an over achiever or a total failure, and sadly the total failures make the school very bad. This are the people that have no manners and cause most of the schools unbalanced social interactions and low test scores. The school also has great sports, our football team being one of the best in the desert sky leagues and our "Lady Hawks" (Girl sport teams) being undefeated. Silverado is a great school if you know where you want to be in life and stay away from the wrong crowd, for it is only the bad influences that are an issue in the school. Close Quote

by a student
Friday, October 22, 2010

I graduated from Silverado High School, Class of 2010. I wanted to dispell the rumors about Silverado. It is a fantastic school. There are lots of dedicated and caring teachers, a career center that helps several students get to the college of their dreams (and helps them get the scholarships they need to pay for it), and several other resources that are at the students' disposal. It has one of the highest counts of AP Classes in California. The sports programs are some of the best in the High Desert. The school has a great freshman mentoring program called Link Crew, which is run by some of the best teachers on campus. As far as discipline goes, it is very comparable to a typical high school. There are a few fights a year. The school is often given a bad reputation by the local newspaper, but most of the stories printed are: fake, heavily exaggerated, or the writer conveniently leaves out that the incident occurred near the campus, and the people involved were not students. I did not see any drug activity in my four years there, and rarely even heard of any activity going on on campus at all. Overall, this is a great school, I would not trade the four years I spent there for the world. Anyone moving/considering moving to the high desert, send your kids to this school, you will not be disappointed. Close Quote

Schools Near Silverado High

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Silverado High	Public	9-12	14048 Cobalt Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3353	2,165	99	21.7	81.4%	99 (4.6%)	429 (19.8%)	1,475 (68.1%)	44 (2.0%)	6 (0.3%)	10 (0.5%)	96 (4.4%)	37.9	1313^th of 2162 public high schools	39.3%		33.4	1416^th of 2159 public high schools	34.4%	103		18.0	22.2	18.2			47.8	47.8			14.8	14.8
Cobalt Institute of Math and Science	Public	7-12	14045 Topaz Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-2530	1,058	44	24.0	80.0%	90 (8.5%)	60 (5.7%)	823 (77.8%)	39 (3.7%)	5 (0.5%)	1 (0.1%)	38 (3.6%)	84.2	330^th of 2162 public high schools	84.7%		87.4	273^rd of 2159 public high schools	87.4%	57	37.2	46.8		41.1	66.1	68.3	87.8	72.9	47.0	49.2	36.0	44.8
University Preparatory	Public	7-12	13853 Seneca Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 243-5940	1,136	44	26.1	74.6%	117 (10.3%)	60 (5.3%)	807 (71.0%)	103 (9.1%)	4 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	42 (3.7%)	99.1	12^th of 2162 public high schools	99.4%		98.3	31^st of 2159 public high schools	98.6%	19	67.4	87.7		76.9	90.0	86.7	96.7	91.0	66.3	68.9	76.5	70.4
Options for Youth-Victor Valley Charter	Public, Charter	7-12	14120 Bear Valley Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Options for Youth-Victor Valley Charter District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 241-8300	886	30	29.4	85.6%	106 (12.0%)	122 (13.8%)	596 (67.3%)	5 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.3%)	43 (4.9%)	47.1	1097^th of 2162 public high schools	49.3%		33.9	1400^th of 2159 public high schools	35.2%	303	9.8		17.8	13.6	16.9	18.3	54.4	35.7	4.2	9.8	15.2	11.1	$20,777	$247	$20,530
Goodwill High	Public	9-12	16350 Mojave Dr.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3201	58	6	9.5	86.2%	3 (5.2%)	11 (19.0%)	42 (72.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.4%)	8.7	2085^th of 2162 public high schools	3.6%		10.5	2045^th of 2159 public high schools	5.3%	40		0.0		3.3			12.5	12.5			0.0	0.0
Goodwill Independent Study	Public	7-12	16350 Mojave Dr.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3440	187	6	30.2	87.7%	6 (3.2%)	44 (23.5%)	121 (64.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (7.5%)	13.8	1843^rd of 2162 public high schools	14.8%		13.7	1861^st of 2159 public high schools	13.8%	18		3.2	0.0	2.4			17.7	17.7			7.6	7.6
Victor Valley Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	7-12	16350 Mojave Dr.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(760) 955-3201	91	3	28.1	79.1%	2 (2.2%)	16 (17.6%)	67 (73.6%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.4%)	85	313^th of 2162 public high schools	85.5%		61.1	742^nd of 2159 public high schools	65.6%	429	29.4	46.7		37.5	23.1	39.4	63.3	46.1	23.1	32.4	63.3	42.9
Victor Valley High	Public	9-12	16500 Mojave Dr.	Victorville	92395	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3300	2,255	95	23.7	91.0%	128 (5.7%)	345 (15.3%)	1,619 (71.8%)	38 (1.7%)	8 (0.4%)	8 (0.4%)	104 (4.6%)	23	1630^th of 2162 public high schools	24.6%		28.5	1530^th of 2159 public high schools	29.1%	100		9.2	16.7	9.4			35.1	35.1			8.5	8.5
Alta Vista Innovation High	Public, Charter	9-12	11988 Hesperia Rd.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Alta Vista Innovation High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 203-4846	2,812	86	32.8	87.4%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20.8	1677^th of 2162 public high schools	22.4%		18.8	1724^th of 2159 public high schools	20.1%	47			15.8	15.8			23.4	23.4			8.1	8.1
Hesperia High	Public	9-12	9898 Maple Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-9898	2,405	106	22.7	77.1%	198 (8.2%)	180 (7.5%)	1,947 (81.0%)	30 (1.2%)	5 (0.2%)	7 (0.3%)	38 (1.6%)	50.6	1026^th of 2162 public high schools	52.5%		47.6	1063^rd of 2159 public high schools	50.8%	37		29.8	5.0	29.0			45.4	45.4			25.1	25.1	$40,483	$5,881	$34,602

Frequently Asked Questions about Silverado High

What schools feed into Silverado High?

Silverado High is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Discovery School of the Arts
Elementary : Eagle Ranch Elementary
Elementary : Liberty Elementary
Elementary : Morgan Kincaid Preparatory
Elementary : Park View Elementary

What district is Silverado High in?

Victor Valley Union High

How many students attend Silverado High?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,165 students attended Silverado High.

Is Silverado High a good school?

Silverado High ranks 1313^th of 2162 California high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What is the racial makeup of Silverado High?

Students at Silverado High are 68% Hispanic, 20% African American, 5% White, 4% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

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