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Schools in Lake Hughes

Lake Hughes’s public schools

Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District and Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Hughes. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/1schools above California’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
33%
2021–22
Math proficiency
8%
2021–22
Graduate on time
78%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.5K
▼ 17% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024 · Antelope Valley Union Joint High
Students per teacher
23.9
CA 21.6 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
18,957 students on the public path
In brief

Lake Hughes’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Lake Hughes’s 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes places highest (better than 61%); Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes lowest (61%). See the path ↓

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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Lake Hughes, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–8Hughes-Elizabeth LakesHughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School DistrictB
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressNo scores

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District.

Two districts serve Lake Hughes

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Antelope Valley Union Joint High School DistrictGrades 6–12 · 13 schools · 21,202 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 23.9 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$17,509CA $21,206 · FY2024
C−
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School DistrictGrades K–8 · 1 schools · 195 students, up 10% since 2020–21 · 21.9 per teacher (CA 21.6)
$53,646CA $21,206 · FY2024
B+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · 6–12, Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District33%
State average 46.7% · 5432 students tested
Math · 6–12, Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District8%
State average 33.1% · 5425 students tested
Reading · K–8, Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District52%
State average 46.7% · 95 students tested
Math · K–8, Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District32%
State average 33.1% · 95 students tested

Lake Hughes vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the California towns that share Lake Hughes’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Lake Hughes—Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary K–8 · Antelope Valley Union Joint High 6–12

Every school in Lake Hughes

9 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).

District schools in Lake Hughesby address
Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes
Elementary · Grades K–8
B
195 students22:1Rate it →
Also serving Lake Hughesin other towns
Quartz Hill High
High · Grades 9–12 · Quartz Hill
3,175 students28:1Rate it →
Highland High
High · Grades 9–12 · Palmdale
2,706 students25:1Rate it →
Lancaster High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lancaster
2,688 students25:1Rate it →
Eastside High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lancaster
2,631 students25:1Rate it →
William J. (Pete) Knight High
High · Grades 9–12 · Palmdale
2,349 students23:1Rate it →
Palmdale High
High · Grades 9–12 · Palmdale
2,208 students22:1Rate it →
Littlerock High
High · Grades 9–12 · Littlerock
1,507 students22:1Rate it →
Antelope Valley High
High · Grades 9–12 · Lancaster
1,498 students22:1Rate it →

Questions about Lake Hughes’s schools

Are Lake Hughes’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Lake Hughes. Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District and Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lake Hughes. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 1 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Lake Hughes in?

Antelope Valley Union Joint High School District and Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District.

Where do Lake Hughes kids go to high school?

One of eight 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.

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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). Stars are from neighbors.