📍 3620 Antelope Woods Rd., Acton, Los Angeles County, 93510
High Desert is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Acton, Los Angeles County. The school has 306 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michelle Vanornum. It is part of the Acton-Agua Dulce Unified school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 27.1:1.
High Desert enrolls 306 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 27.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 42% White and 3.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 158 | 52% |
| White | 127 | 42% |
| Two or more races | 10 | 3.3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
196 of the school's 306 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
High Desert is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
High Desert is one of 3 schools in Acton-Agua Dulce Unified, based in Acton, California. The district serves 1,056 students district-wide and employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 306 students, High Desert is close to the district average of about 352 students per school.