Original Research by School Decision on Academy Performing Preschool
Academy Performing Preschool is a regular public preschool serving transitional kindergarten students in Victorville, located at 12219 Second Ave. in the 92395 zip code. The school is part of Victor Elementary School District, a small district operating as a choice-based system across four quadrants serving Victorville's High Desert community.
Victor Elementary as a whole operates an unusually structured model in which families may apply to attend any VESD school regardless of residence, with each campus offering a distinct thematic program such as STEAM, sports and fitness, gifted and talented, Montessori, or college and career readiness. The district has expanded this model to include a newly launched independent study option at select sites, where students can learn from home with teacher support and a district-provided device. For families considering the area, this choice architecture and alternative pathway are worth understanding early in the enrollment conversation with the school.
The district has also recently secured a substantial five-year state grant to transform its schools into community service hubs. This initiative expands wraparound family support across all 18 schools, including parenting classes, mental health referrals, food access, financial literacy workshops, and early-literacy programming. Because a substantial share of VESD students are economically disadvantaged, this infrastructure investment addresses material barriers to school readiness and family engagement.
Victorville itself is a sprawling High Desert city built outward rather than upward, anchored by single-family residential neighborhoods, industrial and logistics zones, and commercial arterials. The city sits roughly an hour northeast of Los Angeles, in the Mojave Desert foothills. It is a car-dependent place where Walk Score ratings are very low, so families rely heavily on vehicles and public transit; the Victor Valley Transit Authority operates the region's second-largest transit system. Housing in the area is substantially more affordable than state and national benchmarks, and the city is in active growth mode, with multiple large residential subdivisions and industrial projects under way. Old Town Victorville, the historic center along D Street (original Route 66), has declined but is now the focus of city revitalization efforts including new streetscape improvements.
The local economy is driven by logistics and warehousing tied to the former airbase (now Southern California Logistics Airport), education, healthcare, and retail, with major employers including Walmart's distribution operation, Victor Valley College, two large hospital systems, and various school districts. This employment base has historically meant that many workers commute from Los Angeles and San Diego, though recent housing construction is beginning to ease that pattern.
No enrollment demographics, state assessment data, or attendance metrics were available for Academy Performing Preschool itself. The school serves only transitional kindergarten, a grade band not assessed under California's state testing system, so state proficiency results do not apply. For context on the broader VESD community, families may want to learn directly from the school about its curriculum, teaching approach, daily structure, and how it connects to the next steps in Victor Elementary's network.
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