Adelanto Elementary School District (AESD) is an elementary and middle school-only school district in
San Bernardino County, California
San Bernardino County (), officially the County of San Bernardino, is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California, and is located within the Inland Empire area. As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 2,181, ...
. It is headquartered in
Adelanto
Adelanto (Spanish for "Advance") is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is approximately northwest of Victorville in the Victor Valley area of the Mojave Desert, in the northern region of the Inland Empire.Lint ...
.
It serves Adelanto and portions of
Victorville
Victorville is a city in Victor Valley in San Bernardino County, California. Its population as of the 2020 census was 134,810.
History
In 1858, Aaron G. Lane came to what is now known as Victorville and founded a waystation called "Lane's Cro ...
.
Students at the high school level attend
Victor Valley Union High School District, with 9–12 students attending
Adelanto High School
Adelanto High School is a comprehensive high school of the Victor Valley Union High School District, in Adelanto, California, in the Inland Empire region.
The mascot of the athletic teams is the Saints.
History
It was the first high school to be ...
campus on Mojave Road operated by VVUHSD starting in the 2014–2015 School Year.
Schools
K–8 schools:
*El Mirage School
*George Visual & Performing Arts Magnet School
Middle schools:
*Columbia Middle School
*Melva Davis Academy of Excellence STEAM Middle School
*Mesa Linda Middle School
Elementary schools:
*Adelanto Elementary School
*Donald F. Bradach Elementary School
*Eagle Ranch Elementary School
*Gus Franklin, Jr. STEM School
*Morgan Kincaid Preparatory School of Integrated Studies
*Theodore Vick School
*Victoria Magathan Elementary School
*West Creek Elementary School
*Westside Park Elementary School
Credit Recovery/BRIDGES Program
*Adelanto Virtual Academy
Former schools
Desert Trails Elementary School was previously in the district. Prior to its 2013 closure it had the lowest test scores in AESD.
[Yarbrough, Beau]
"Adelanto will not renew charter for Desert Trails parent trigger school"
''The San Bernardino Sun
''The San Bernardino Sun'' is a paid daily newspaper in San Bernardino County. Founded in 1894, it has significant circulation in neighboring Riverside County, and serves most of the Inland Empire in Southern California, with a circulation area ...
''. December 1, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2016. In addition almost 75% of the 6th students in Desert Trails performed below grade level in mathematics.
[Watanabe, Teresa]
"Ruling supports Adelanto charter school effort"
''Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...
''. July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 8, 2016. Due to a Parent Trigger Initiative under the laws of the State of California, Desert Trails Elementary was officially closed and replaced by Desert Trails Preparatory Academy, a
charter school
A charter school is a school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established state school system in which it is located. It is independent in the sense that it operates according to the basic principle of autono ...
. In December 2015 AESD voted not to renew the charter of Desert Trails Preparatory.
[ In March 2016 the San Bernardino County Board of Education voted to hand authority over the charter school to the county government in a 3–2 vote, removing it from the district.
Additional closed campuses include George Elementary School and Sheppard Middle School, both on the grounds of the Southern California Logistics Airport. George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet School on Bartlett Road replaces both campuses as a K–8 site, where the Sheppard Middle School site is utilized by Excelsior Charter Schools for their AME Campus.]
References
External links
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{{Education in San Bernardino County
School districts in San Bernardino County, California
Victorville, California