Population
The current student population averages 12,000 full-time enrolled students, making it one of the larger community colleges in the state. A full time staff of approximately 600 classified, management, and instructional employees are on duty, which includes approximately 140 full-time instructors. The campus is the only community college in the Victor Valley region; the district boundaries are set east of Antelope Valley, south of Barstow and west of Yucca Valley.
From recent residential and commercial development in the tri-city area of Apple Valley, Victorville, and Hesperia in 2005 onward, the college is experiencing an explosion of student attendance: Plans in 2007 called for funding and facility improvements to handle up to 30,000 students by 2017. A general obligation bond, Measure JJ was approved by the residents of the Victor Valley in November 2008, allowing $2 billion in tax revenues to forgive past debts and to continue expansion of the campus.
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