# Desert Knolls Elementary *Machine-readable school profile — served at https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/llm* Full profile (human-readable): https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley --- ## Core identification - **NCES School ID**: `060001709103` - **School name**: Desert Knolls Elementary - **Location**: Apple Valley, CA 92307 - **Address**: 18213 Symeron Dr. - **District**: Apple Valley Unified (LEAID `0600017`) - **Sector**: Public - **School type**: Regular - **School level**: Primary - **Grade range**: 0–6 - **Coordinates**: 34.52860, -117.26760 - **Phone**: (760)242-3441 ## Enrollment (2024) - **Students**: 582 - **Teachers (FTE)**: 27 - **Student-teacher ratio**: 21.6:1 - **Free/reduced lunch**: 77.3% ## State accountability rating - **System**: CA Dashboard - **Year**: 2024 - **Overall rating**: Orange - **Indicators**: - elpi: Orange - math: Orange - ela: Red - chronic_absent: Red ## Academic performance (state assessments) ### 2024 - **ELA (CA SBAC)**: 25.8% proficient — 277 tested - **ELA (CA SBAC) colour-derived**: 20.0% proficient - **Math (CA SBAC)**: 38.0% proficient ## Attendance - **2024**: chronic absence 31.4% (204 students) [source: ca_dashboard] - **2020**: chronic absence 37.9% (206 students) [source: crdc_2020] - **2020**: chronic absence 3.4% (20 students) [source: crdc] - **2017**: chronic absence 5.0% (29 students) [source: crdc] ## Discipline (latest CRDC year) - **Year**: 2020 - **In-school suspensions**: 0 - **Out-of-school suspensions**: 0 - **Expulsions**: 0 ## Demographics (2023) - **White**: 0.4% - **Hispanic/Latino**: 54.4% - **Black/African American**: 2.2% - **Asian**: 8.3% - **American Indian/Alaska Native**: 31.4% - **Pacific Islander**: 0.6% - **Two or more races**: 2.8% - **Free/reduced lunch eligible**: 76.9% ## Inclusion — IDEA & English Learners (2020) - **Students with IEP (IDEA)**: 12.2% — 71 students - **English Learners**: 6.8% — 40 students ## Disability category breakdown (CRDC) - **Specific Learning Disability**: 18 students - **Speech/Language Impairment**: 12 students - **Emotional Disturbance**: 7 students - **Autism**: 6 students - **Other Health Impairment**: 5 students - **Intellectual Disability**: 4 students - **Orthopedic Impairment**: 1 students - **Traumatic Brain Injury**: 1 students ## Programs & enrichment - Gifted & Talented ## Finance ### School-level (ESSA 2023-24) - **Total per-pupil expenditure**: $18,710 - **Federal share**: $2,372 - **State + local share**: $16,338 - **Enrolled for PPE calc**: 584 ### District F-33 (2022) - **District per-pupil revenue**: $16,813,543 - **Federal share**: 14.3% - **State share**: 72.2% - **Local share**: 13.5% - **Instructional spending per pupil**: $7,211,634 ## Neighbourhood (ACS 2019-2023) - **Median household income**: $82,857 - **Poverty rate**: 15.4% - **Bachelor's degree or higher**: 32.3% - **Unemployment**: 9.8% - **Median gross rent**: $1,389 - **Foreign-born residents**: 5.6% - **Single-parent households**: 9.0% ## Environmental context - **Nearest Superfund (NPL)**: 8.0 miles (GEORGE AIR FORCE BASE) - **Toxic Release Inventory sites within 1 mile**: 0 - **TRI sites within 5 miles**: 7 - **Nearest brownfield**: 1.49 miles (FORMER NUWAY DRY CLEANING SITE) ### Water safety - **Public water system**: GOLDEN STATE WATER CO - BARSTOW - **SDWA health violations (10 yr)**: 0 - **Acute violations (10 yr)**: 0 ### Air quality - **PM2.5 annual average**: 9.08853 μg/m³ (EPA std: 9) - **Nearest monitor**: 3.5 miles ## Nearby schools performing better ### chronic absence - **Academy for Academic Excellence** — 0.7 mi away, 13.5% (this school: 31.4%) - **Sixth Street Prep** — 1.7 mi away, 5.6% (this school: 31.4%) - **Victor Valley High** — 2.1 mi away, 0% (this school: 31.4%) - **Rio Vista School of Applied Learning** — 2.3 mi away, 22% (this school: 31.4%) - **Victor Valley Virtual Academy** — 2.3 mi away, 17.1% (this school: 31.4%) ### ela proficiency - **Academy for Academic Excellence** — 0.7 mi away, 59.05% (this school: 22.9%) - **Sixth Street Prep** — 1.7 mi away, 74.75% (this school: 22.9%) - **Irwin Academy of Performing Arts** — 1.8 mi away, 25.1% (this school: 22.9%) - **Green Tree East Elementary** — 1.9 mi away, 25.95% (this school: 22.9%) - **Victor Valley High** — 2.1 mi away, 30.7% (this school: 22.9%) ### math proficiency - **Academy for Academic Excellence** — 0.7 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%) - **Sixth Street Prep** — 1.7 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%) - **Galileo Academy 101** — 3.5 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%) - **Endeavour School of Exploration** — 3.6 mi away, 52% (this school: 38%) - **Mountain View Montessori Charter** — 3.7 mi away, 80% (this school: 38%) ## Related data feeds - **Profile (human)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley - **Performance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/performance - **Finance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/finance - **Demographics**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/demographics - **Inclusion**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/inclusion - **Context (neighbourhood)**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/context - **Attendance**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/attendance - **Discipline**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/discipline - **Outcomes**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/outcomes - **Workforce**: https://us.ca.whatschool.ai/en/ca/school/desert-knolls-elementary-apple-valley/workforce --- *Source: US Dept of Education CCD, EDFacts, CRDC, F-33; US Census ACS; EPA SDWIS, TRI, NPL, AQS; state DOE portals (CA CDE, TX TEA, FL DOE, NY NYSED, IL ISBE, WA OSPI). 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