Quartz Hill High School School Accountability Report Card Reported Using Data from the 2019-2020 School Year Published During 2020-2021 By February 1 of each year, every school in California is required by state law to publish a School Accountability Report Card (SARC). The SARC contains information about the condition and performance of each California public school. Under the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) all local educational agencies (LEAs) are required to prepare a Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), which describes how they intend to meet annual school-specific goals for all pupils, with specific activities to address state and local priorities. Additionally, data reported in an LCAP is to be consistent with data reported in the SARC. • For more information about SARC requirements and access to prior year reports, see the California Department of Education (CDE) SARC web page at https://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/sa/. • For more information about the LCFF or the LCAP, see the CDE LCFF webpage at https://www.cde.ca.gov/fg/aa/lc/. • For additional information about the school, parents/guardians and community members should contact the school principal or the district office. DataQuest DataQuest is an online data tool located on the CDE DataQuest web page at https://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/ that contains additional information about this school and comparisons of the school to the district and the county. Specifically, DataQuest is a dynamic system that provides reports for accountability (e.g., test data, enrollment, high school graduates, dropouts, course enrollments, staffing, and data regarding English learners). California School Dashboard The California School Dashboard (Dashboard) https://www.caschooldashboard.org/ reflects California’s new accountability and continuous improvement system and provides information about how LEAs and schools are meeting the needs of California’s diverse student population. The Dashboard contains reports that display the performance of LEAs, schools, and student groups on a set of state and local measures to assist in identifying strengths, challenges, and areas in need of improvement. 2019-20 School Accountability Report Card for Quartz Hill High School Page 1 of 19 About This School School Contact Information (School Year 2020-2021) Entity Contact Information School Name Quartz Hill High School Street 6040 West Avenue L City, State, Zip Quartz Hill, CA 93536 Phone Number (661) 718-3100 Principal Zach Mercier Email Address [email protected] Website www.qhhs.org County-District-School (CDS) Code 19 64246 1937051 District Contact Information (School Year 2020-2021) Entity Contact Information District Name Antelope Valley Union High School District Phone Number 661-948-7655 Superintendent David J. Vierra, Ph.D. Email Address [email protected] Website www.avdistrict.org School Description and Mission Statement (School Year 2020-2021) Quartz Hill High School (QHHS) is located in Quartz Hill, California, a small, unincorporated community located in the Antelope Valley's western portion. The Antelope Valley represents the northernmost area of Los Angeles County in Southern California. The community lies flanked between Lancaster's city to the east and the city of Palmdale to the south. Quartz Hill was settled in the 1880s, and three families—the Lanes, the Goddes, and the Stratmans—were responsible for the initial settlement. It was first known as Belleview, but the name was later changed to Quartz Hill. First opened in 1964, QHHS was the third school built in the Antelope Valley Union High School District (AVUHSD), which now encompasses eight comprehensive high schools, three continuation schools, and other alternative education sites including Adult Education, Community School, six site-specific Independent Study programs and six on-site continuation programs. The district currently serves the educational needs of 23,000 students. QHHS began the 2020/2021 school year, servicing over 3000 students. Once in the heart of a rural area in the western Antelope Valley, QHHS now draws students from an area of mostly residential single-family homes, with a smattering of multi-family complexes to the north and east. To the west of the school lies the vast, open spaces of the Antelope Valley. The aerospace industry remains the Antelope Valley's primary employer, with large employee bases at Lockheed, Rockwell, Northrup-Grumman, and Edwards Air Force Base. Major dependence on aerospace as an employment source has generated boom-bust employment cycles, but Palmdale and Lancaster cities continue to diversify economically. Many parents in the Quartz Hill area commute daily into the Los Angeles area, and most would be classified as middle income. Still, the entire strata of low to high-income families are represented in the attendance zone. The current attendance zone is three hundred square miles. 2019-20 School Accountability Report Card for Quartz Hill High School Page 2 of 19 QHHS’s eighty-acre permanent facility, located at Avenue L and 60th Street West, was originally built to house 1800 students. Extensive demographic growth necessitated the construction of additional facilities, including a second gymnasium, expanding the Library/Media Center, a stadium, and forty-five portable classrooms. The AVUHSD had an open-enrollment policy for schools in the district, allowing students to apply to schools outside their enrollment/attendance area. Under open-enrollment, QHHS was a preferred site. The District discontinued open- enrollment at the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, and a yearly application system is now in place. In 1998, QHHS became an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, and the first IB class graduated in the spring of 2001. As of the most current academic year (2020/2021), there are 51 total IB students with 30 anticipated year diploma candidates and 21 diploma year candidates. QHHS is the only school in the district offering IB courses and the IB Diploma in 2020/2021. Students who have met IB entry requirements in other district schools may apply for a transfer to QHHS upon entering 11th grade. In the 19/20 school year, QHHS seniors received upwards of $4,576,650 in scholarship awards. The monetary total included school, local, military, state, and national scholarship awards. Scholarships were greatly reduced to the COVID- 19 pandemic during the 19/20 school year. QHHS Mission Statement: The mission of QHHS is to produce responsible citizens who can communicate effectively, to set and achieve realistic goals, and who become lifelong learners. QHHS Vision Statement: Through a rigorous and relevant curriculum, QHHS will prepare students to be: Responsible Citizens - Students will improve the quality of life in our school and community by displaying tolerance, respect for others, poise, and self-control, and by participating in the democratic process. Effective Communicators - Students will demonstrate the ability to communicate ideas clearly and respond appropriately to others' messages through reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Bold Problem Solvers - Students will analyze and evaluate information to build critical thinking skills that can be used to create innovative solutions to real-world problems. Self-Directed Learners - Students will demonstrate a positive work ethic by practicing organizational strategies, planning, and independently using effective study skills. AVUHS District Mission Statement: “Our mission is to provide a safe and secure learning environment that promotes a rigorous curriculum and enables our students to develop the necessary academic, technical, and work-related skills of the 21st century.” AVUHS District Vision Statement: "Our vision is that every student who graduates will be prepared to pursue college and any career to which he or she aspires." Student Enrollment by Grade Level (School Year 2019-2020) Grade Level Number of Students Grade 9 803 Grade 10 754 Grade 11 712 Grade 12 744 Total Enrollment 3,013 2019-20 School Accountability Report Card for Quartz Hill High School Page 3 of 19 Student Enrollment by Student Group (School Year 2019-2020) Student Group Percent of Total Enrollment Black or African American 9.3 American Indian or Alaska Native 0.1 Asian 3.3 Filipino 1.8 Hispanic or Latino 43.8 Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.1 White 33.4 Two or More Races 8.1 Socioeconomically Disadvantaged 43.3 English Learners 2.1 Students with Disabilities 12.1 Foster Youth 1 Homeless 0.5 A. Conditions of Learning State Priority: Basic The SARC provides the following information relevant to the State priority: Basic (Priority 1): • Degree to which teachers are appropriately assigned and fully credentialed in the subject area and for the pupils they are teaching; • Pupils have access to standards-aligned instructional materials; and • School facilities are maintained in good repair Teacher Credentials School School School District Teachers 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2020-21 With Full Credential 108 108 109 841 Without Full Credential 1 4 1 33 Teaching Outside Subject Area of Competence (with full credential) 1 0 0 3 Teacher Misassignments and Vacant Teacher Positions Indicator 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Misassignments of Teachers of English Learners 0 0 0 Total Teacher Misassignments* 0 1 0 Vacant Teacher Positions 2 0 0 Note: “Misassignments” refers to the number of positions filled by teachers who lack legal authorization to teach that grade level, subject area, student group, etc. *Total Teacher Misassignments includes the number