Lakeview Leadership Academy, Victorville CA

Original Research by School Decision on Lakeview Leadership Academy

Lakeview Leadership Academy sits on Tamarisk Road in Victorville, a sprawling High Desert city roughly 80 miles northeast of Los Angeles at the edge of the Mojave Desert. The school is a regular public school within the Victor Valley Union High School District, serving grades seven through twelve, and is neither a charter nor a magnet campus.

The enrollment is large for a combined middle-high school, with the seventh and eighth grades accounting for the clear majority of students. The demographic profile is predominantly Hispanic, with Black students making up a substantial secondary group, smaller shares of white and multiracial students, and very small Asian and Pacific Islander populations. The most consequential economic characteristic is that the great majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, placing Lakeview firmly in the high-poverty tier for California schools. Data on English learner rates and students served under special education plans were not available in the records reviewed.

On California's statewide CAASPP assessments, the school's proficiency results are low and deserve straightforward acknowledgment. In English language arts, roughly one in five seventh and eighth graders tested at proficient or above, and in math the numbers are considerably lower, with eighth grade results especially thin. Science proficiency at eighth grade is similarly modest. Taken together, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts across San Bernardino County, which itself is a comparison set of more than 80 districts. Trend data would help a parent understand whether this reflects a school moving in any direction, but only one year of results was reported, so no trend can be described. A parent wanting to understand whether performance is improving, holding, or declining would be well served by asking the school directly about its trajectory.

One academic access point worth noting: the school publicly reports offering dual enrollment, meaning some students can earn college credit while still in high school. That is a meaningful pathway, and families with students approaching the upper grades should ask the school specifically about which courses qualify and how accessible they are given the concentration of enrollment in the middle grades.

The graduation rate for Lakeview was not available in the data reviewed, so no assessment of completion outcomes can be made here.

On the district side, Victor Valley Union High voters approved two bond measures in late 2024 that together direct a substantial sum toward facility upgrades across district campuses. Publicly reported priorities include easing overcrowding, modernizing aging buildings, and expanding career technical education space. For a school whose seventh and eighth grade cohorts are considerably larger than its high school grades, the overcrowding question is relevant. The bond funds are restricted to facilities and are subject to independent oversight. The tradeoff for homeowners in Victorville and Adelanto is an ongoing property tax increase tied to assessed value.

The local housing market sits well below California's statewide median, though above the national median, and has seen a slight softening year over year. Rents have edged upward. For a family weighing a move, the combination of below-state-average home prices and the new property tax obligation from the bond measures is worth factoring together. Victorville itself is an almost entirely car-dependent city; without reliable personal transportation, daily life around the school is difficult. The Victor Valley Transit Authority does operate the area's bus network, centered on an intermodal hub in Old Town, and that is worth investigating for families without vehicles.

The city is in a period of active growth, with new residential subdivisions, large industrial and warehouse development tied to the former airbase logistics corridor, and a city-led effort to revitalize Old Town along historic Route 66. Employment anchors include logistics, education, health care, and government. For families evaluating a long-term move, those signals point toward a community adding infrastructure, though the academic performance picture at Lakeview means families with specific achievement expectations will want to gather more from the school about supports, programming depth, and plans for improvement.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

80-89%Cohort of 34 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

2,394 schools plotted. 142 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 27% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 86%

School 6% · District 24% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 721%

School 21% · District 39% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 824%

School 24% · District 39% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 89%

School 9% · District 21% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 825%

School 25% · District 30% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolVictor Valley Union High, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income19%Higher-income29%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income20%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income15%Higher-income20%5 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income5%Higher-income10%5 pp gap