Desert View Highlands’s public schools score below 81% of California districts on tests and graduation
In Desert View Highlands, 12% of tested students are proficient in math, below the California average (33%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Desert View Highlands, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within California, not nationally.
From California state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Desert View Highlands’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 517 California towns with household incomes within a quarter of Desert View Highlands’s, its schools beat 2%, lower than their 19% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 30% of tested students were proficient in reading and 12% in math, against 47% and 33% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
78% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 86% across California. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Antelope Valley Union Joint High spends $17,509 per student and Palmdale Elementary $19,891, against $21,206 across California (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Desert View Highlands’s grade
C−: better than 19% of California school districts, #829 of 847 California towns. Both inputs trail the California average; graduation is the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Desert View Highlands, with each school’s own grade.
Kindergarten in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
1st grade in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
2nd grade in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
3rd grade in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
4th grade in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
5th grade in Desert View Highlands
Ocotillo Elementary
Grades K–5 · 588 students · 27:1 students per teacher · in Palmdale
Desert View Highlands runs its own schools through grade 12 (Palmdale Elementary School District). From grade 6, students attend the Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District, shared with Lancaster and Palmdale. Its middle school is in Palmdale. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Desert View Highlands
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Desert View Highlands vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Desert View Highlands’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Desert View Highlands | C− | Palmdale Elementary K–12 · Antelope Valley Union Joint High 6–12 |
Every school in Desert View Highlands
18 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Desert View Highlands’s schools
Are Desert View Highlands’s schools good?
On California’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Desert View Highlands children attend score below 81% of California’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #829 of 847 California towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 2%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Desert View Highlands in?
Two districts: Palmdale Elementary School District runs grades K–12, and Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District runs grades 6–12, shared with Lancaster and Palmdale.
Where do Desert View Highlands kids go to high school?
One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: Quartz Hill High, Highland High, Lancaster High, Eastside High, William J. (Pete) Knight High, Palmdale High, Littlerock High and Antelope Valley High.
What is Desert View Highlands’s graduation rate?
78% of the class of 2023 in Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District graduated in four years, against 86% across California.
How much does Desert View Highlands spend per student?
$17,509 in Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District and $19,891 in Palmdale Elementary School District (FY2024), against $21,206 across California. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Desert View Highlands families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.