Yucca Loma Elementary

Summary:

Yucca Loma Elementary is a public elementary school located in Apple Valley, California, serving 674 students in grades K-6. The school is part of the Apple Valley Unified School District, which is ranked 1343 out of 1568 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Yucca Loma Elementary faces significant challenges, including a sharp increase in chronic absenteeism, from 15.6% in 2017-2018 to 50.7% in 2022-2023, which is notably higher than the district averages at Mariana Academy (43.3%) and Sycamore Rocks Elementary (35.9%). Academically, the school consistently performs below the district and state averages in Smarter Balanced Assessments for English Language Arts and Mathematics, with only 24.44% of students proficient or better in ELA and 12.5% in Math, compared to 27.01% and 16.12% for the district, respectively.

Yucca Loma Elementary also struggles to support its diverse student population, with lower rankings for subgroups such as African American, Hispanic, and White students, as well as English Language Learners, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students. Additionally, the school has an exceptionally high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, reaching 84.12% in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the district averages at Desert Knolls Elementary (73.61%) and Sitting Bull Academy (58.78%).


Detail:

Public K-6

 21351 Yucca Loma Rd.
       Apple Valley, CA  92307-5844


(760) 247-2623

District: Apple Valley Unified

SchoolDigger Rank:
5149th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,972 Help


Students who attend Yucca Loma Elementary usually attend:

High:    Apple Valley High

Student/teacher ratio:  22.8 Help
Number of students:  674

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
67.4%
White:
19.3%
African American:
10.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.1% Help


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Compare Details Yucca Loma Elementary ranks worse than 87.8% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6th among 10 ranked elementary schools in the Apple Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 16.6. (See more...)
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Chronic absenteeism in a high school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (67.4%), White (19.3%), African American (10.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Yucca Loma Elementary is 22.8, which is the 3rd best among 10 elementary schools in the Apple Valley Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Yucca Loma Elementary is $5,972, which is the 2nd highest among 10 elementary schools in the Apple Valley Unified School District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Yucca Loma Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Yucca Loma Elementary 5149th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Yucca Loma Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Apple Valley Unified:

SchoolDigger ranks Apple Valley Unified 1343rd of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Yucca Loma Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 29.35 3282nd 4809 31.8%
2005 27.87 3416th 4822 29.2%
2006 26.49 3558th 4818 26.2%
2007 19.28 4354th 5113 14.8%
2008 34.90 3271st 5113 36.0%
2009 39.32 3084th 5193 40.6%
2010 55.61 2243rd 5314 57.8%
2011 33.53 3716th 5377 30.9%
2012 40.09 3259th 5390 39.5%
2013 35.25 3659th 5530 33.8%
2015 32.30 3522nd 5611 37.2%
2016 22.39 4393rd 5614 21.7%
2017 24.77 4281st 5692 24.8%
2018 18.55 4804th 5662 15.2%
2019 27.37 4159th 5789 28.2%
2022 13.20 5516th 5883 6.2%
2023 19.00 4956th 5874 15.6%
2024 16.60 5149th 5862 12.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.21 403rd 3246 87.6%
2022 32.94 2368th 3311 28.5%
2023 46.10 1408th 3250 56.7%
2024 39.16 1881st 3160 40.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 28.23 1733rd 2420 28.4%
2024 28.65 1907th 2634 27.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.72 4073rd 5084 19.9%
2019 38.90 3205th 5173 38.0%
2022 17.16 4829th 5264 8.3%
2023 22.92 4462nd 5374 17.0%
2024 20.47 4748th 5511 13.8%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 49.02 152nd 356 57.3%
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Rank History for Female students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.54 4878th 5413 9.9%
2019 24.82 4242nd 5492 22.8%
2022 13.29 5342nd 5635 5.2%
2023 20.26 4680th 5617 16.7%
2024 15.17 5102nd 5605 9.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.27 1375th 2128 35.4%
2019 35.70 1499th 2585 42.0%
2022 21.82 1929th 2227 13.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.38 4237th 5431 22.0%
2019 30.75 3737th 5510 32.2%
2022 14.24 5284th 5663 6.7%
2023 18.99 4816th 5650 14.8%
2024 19.15 4805th 5636 14.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.82 469th 700 33.0%
2019 38.35 445th 747 40.4%
2022 17.21 636th 663 4.1%
2023 27.58 505th 662 23.7%
2024 21.72 516th 593 13.0%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.75 3997th 4830 17.2%
2019 37.63 3120th 4963 37.1%
2022 23.19 4267th 5084 16.1%
2023 32.94 3472nd 5098 31.9%
2024 26.20 4012th 5102 21.4%
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Rank History for White students at Yucca Loma Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools CA State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 13.60 2468th 2737 9.8%
2019 25.11 2271st 2834 19.9%
2022 2.48 2713th 2726 0.5%
2023 4.23 2608th 2662 2.0%
2024 4.03 2589th 2647 2.2%
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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Yucca Loma Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 995 32 14 129 2 n/a n/a 0 1172
1989 805 37 30 118 3 n/a n/a 0 993
1990 808 33 25 129 2 n/a n/a 0 997
1991 874 40 30 158 2 n/a n/a 0 1104
1992 944 42 33 147 0 n/a n/a 0 1166
1993 528 27 12 173 0 n/a n/a 0 740
1994 546 40 7 169 1 n/a n/a 0 763
1995 480 77 20 194 0 n/a n/a 0 771
1996 480 77 20 194 0 n/a n/a 0 771
1997 421 102 18 222 2 n/a n/a 0 765
1998 412 100 19 241 3 n/a n/a 0 775
1999 441 111 18 233 2 n/a n/a 0 805
2000 401 131 13 213 0 n/a n/a 0 758
2001 384 135 24 231 0 n/a n/a 0 774
2002 391 169 25 225 0 n/a n/a 0 810
2003 391 169 25 225 0 n/a n/a 0 810
2004 381 142 26 245 1 n/a n/a 45 840
2005 366 119 19 258 4 n/a n/a 64 830
2006 301 103 12 335 3 n/a n/a 99 853
2007 195 125 16 334 3 n/a n/a 71 744
2008 147 111 11 298 1 n/a n/a 0 568
2009 145 97 11 272 1 1 74 0 601
2010 129 98 9 304 6 3 4 0 553
2011 133 136 13 381 2 2 8 0 675
2012 156 120 11 347 2 2 14 0 652
2013 129 149 11 383 3 2 12 0 689
2014 145 129 13 355 3 3 9 0 657
2015 144 120 11 342 6 1 10 0 634
2016 155 134 8 334 3 3 11 0 648
2017 146 130 7 346 4 1 20 0 654
2018 0 133 6 301 4 2 144 0 590
2019 148 116 3 336 3 2 13 0 621
2020 136 89 4 353 2 6 12 0 602
2021 133 78 2 366 4 8 13 0 604
2022 135 64 1 398 1 2 14 0 615
2023 130 70 2 454 1 2 15 0 674

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Yucca Loma Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1172 44.0 26.6 n/a
1989 993 38.0 26.1 n/a
1990 997 38.0 26.2 n/a
1991 1104 41.0 26.9 n/a
1992 1166 41.7 27.9 30.1
1993 740 29.0 25.5 55.5
1994 763 28.0 27.3 59.8
1995 771 28.0 27.5 69.3
1996 771 28.0 27.5 69.3
1997 765 30.0 25.5 69.5
1998 775 37.0 20.9 63.7
1999 805 41.0 19.6 67.7
2000 758 40.0 19.0 72.4
2001 774 41.0 18.9 66.1
2002 810 42.0 19.3 71.6
2003 810 42.0 19.3 71.6
2004 840 42.0 20.0 80.1
2005 830 43.5 19.1 77.9
2006 853 41.0 20.8 85.3
2007 744 38.0 19.6 76.7
2008 568 36.0 15.8 93.7
2009 601 28.6 19.6 88.2
2010 553 27.0 20.4 91.9
2011 675 n/a n/a 86.2
2012 652 25.0 26.0 89.9
2013 689 27.0 25.5 90.6
2014 657 26.0 25.2 90.1
2015 634 27.0 23.4 89
2016 648 26.0 24.9 90.9
2017 654 25.8 25.3 89.6
2018 590 23.8 24.7 88.3
2019 621 25.5 24.3 96
2020 602 n/a n/a 89.7
2021 604 26.3 22.9 91.1
2022 615 26.1 23.5 89.9
2023 674 29.5 22.8 84.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Yucca Loma Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1172 44.0 26.6 n/a
1989 993 38.0 26.1 n/a
1990 997 38.0 26.2 n/a
1991 1104 41.0 26.9 n/a
1992 1166 41.7 27.9 30.1
1993 740 29.0 25.5 55.5
1994 763 28.0 27.3 59.8
1995 771 28.0 27.5 69.3
1996 771 28.0 27.5 69.3
1997 765 30.0 25.5 69.5
1998 775 37.0 20.9 63.7
1999 805 41.0 19.6 67.7
2000 758 40.0 19.0 72.4
2001 774 41.0 18.9 66.1
2002 810 42.0 19.3 71.6
2003 810 42.0 19.3 71.6
2004 840 42.0 20.0 80.1
2005 830 43.5 19.1 77.9
2006 853 41.0 20.8 85.3
2007 744 38.0 19.6 76.7
2008 568 36.0 15.8 93.7
2009 601 28.6 19.6 88.2
2010 553 27.0 20.4 91.9
2011 675 n/a n/a 86.2
2012 652 25.0 26.0 89.9
2013 689 27.0 25.5 90.6
2014 657 26.0 25.2 90.1
2015 634 27.0 23.4 89
2016 648 26.0 24.9 90.9
2017 654 25.8 25.3 89.6
2018 590 23.8 24.7 88.3
2019 621 25.5 24.3 96
2020 602 n/a n/a 89.7
2021 604 26.3 22.9 91.1
2022 615 26.1 23.5 89.9
2023 674 29.5 22.8 84.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

Kindergarten Immunization Rates

Yucca Loma Elementary

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionConditionalPolioHepatitis BVaricellaDTPMMR
201294.0%1.0%0.0%5.0%97.0%98.0%99.0%96.0%96.0%
201395.0%4.0%0.0%1.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%
201488.0%4.0%0.0%9.0%92.0%92.0%95.0%90.0%89.0%
201585.0%1.0%0.0%14.0%92.0%88.0%99.0%89.0%96.0%
201685.0%5.0%0.0%6.0%90.0%91.0%91.0%85.0%89.0%
201794.0%0.0%1.0%5.0%98.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%94.0%98.0%
201895.0%0.0%0.0%1.0%≥99.0%97.0%≥99.0%97.0%≥99.0%
201996.0%1.0%2.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%≥99.0%96.0%98.0%
202091.8%0.0%6.1%94.9%94.9%94.9%92.9%96.9%
202186.3%0.0%0.0%87.3%96.1%89.2%86.3%89.2%
202295.1%0.0%3.0%98.0%95.1%

Data source: California Department of Public Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Yucca Loma Elementary

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YearTotal Expenditures Per Pupil
2018 $5,972

Data source: California Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Yucca Loma Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 4159th of 5789 Elementary schoolsRanks 4956th of 5874 Elementary schools
 12.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Yucca Loma Elementary)50.719.5
 31.2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley Unified)41.122.6
 18.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.543
 5.6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Yucca Loma Elementary)42.718.1
 24.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley Unified)41.121.9
 19.2%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (California)50.245.1
 5.1%
4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Yucca Loma Elementary)29.322
 7.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley Unified)39.926.8
 13.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)49.543.7
 5.7%
4th Grade Mathematics (Yucca Loma Elementary)17.313.3
 4.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley Unified)30.720
 10.7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (California)44.940.8
 4.1%
5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Yucca Loma Elementary)44.422
 22.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley Unified)44.326.1
 18.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)51.746.7
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Yucca Loma Elementary)18.89
 9.8%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley Unified)23.414.9
 8.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (California)3833.4
 4.6%
5th Grade Science (Yucca Loma Elementary)29.618.2
 11.5%
   5th Grade Science (Apple Valley Unified)25.617.4
 8.2%
   5th Grade Science (California)31.731.9
 0.1%
6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Yucca Loma Elementary)25.333.7
 8.4%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (Apple Valley Unified)35.626.6
 9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts/Literacy (California)48.544.2
 4.3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Yucca Loma Elementary)11.119.4
 8.3%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Apple Valley Unified)20.313.2
 7.2%
   6th Grade Mathematics (California)38.533.2
 5.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students621674
 8.5%
African American11670
 39.7%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian32
 33.3%
Hispanic336454
 35.1%
Pacific Islander22
White148130
 12.2%
Two or More Races1315
 15.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients96%84.1%
 11.8%


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Yucca Loma Elementary ranks in the bottom 12.2% of California elementary schools.

Students at Yucca Loma Elementary are 67% Hispanic, 19% White, 10% African American, 2% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 674 students attended Yucca Loma Elementary.

Students who attend Yucca Loma Elementary usually go on to attend:

High : Apple Valley High


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