Granite Mountain Charter
Lucerne Valley · CA · Granite Mountain Charter District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Mountain View High → Southern California Flex Academy → Lucerne Valley High → Big Bear High → Chautauqua High (Continuation) → Granite Hills High → Apple Valley High → High Desert Premier Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 37 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 76th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Granite Mountain Charter compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 24% nationally with 37 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyCA trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−4 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Mountain View High, Southern California Flex Academy, Lucerne Valley High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
76th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Targeted Assistance eligible
35-39% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Targeted Assistance
35-39% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The school can receive Title I funds targeted to identified students (not schoolwide).
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +9.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 4,393 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,115 per student in district revenue, the 2,620 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $26,501,300/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain View High Lucerne Valley |
Public | 0.0 | 16 | — |
| Southern California Flex Academy Lucerne Valley |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 175 | — |
| Lucerne Valley High Lucerne Valley |
Public | 3.7 | 322 | +33.1% |
| Big Bear High Big Bear City |
Public | 11.6 | 625 | -1.9% |
| Chautauqua High (Continuation) Big Bear City |
Public | 11.6 | 33 | — |
| Granite Hills High Apple Valley |
Public | 16.2 | 1,791 | -0.8% |
| Apple Valley High Apple Valley |
Public | 16.5 | 2,211 | +1.5% |
| High Desert Premier Academy Apple Valley |
Public | 16.7 | 200 | -4.3% |