Summary:
Bermuda Dunes, California, has one listed school, James Monroe Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5 with 562 students. In 2025–2026, 55% of students were proficient in both English language arts (ELA) and math, and 43% in science. The school was above the state in all three subjects, with its clearest advantage in math: 17 percentage points above the state, compared with 6 points in ELA and 7 in science.
Because only one school is listed, there is no meaningful school-to-school top or bottom comparison. Within the school, fifth grade stands out: math proficiency was 66%, 29 points above the state, and ELA was 68%, 18 points above. By contrast, third-grade ELA was essentially level with the state at 44% for both. This grade-level contrast matters when looking beyond the school’s overall results: the strongest relative performance is in fifth grade, while third-grade results are closer to state benchmarks.
Results changed unevenly from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA proficiency fell by 3 points, while math rose by 2 and science by 7. The school’s lead over the state narrowed in ELA, from 10 points to 6, but widened in math, from 16 to 17 points, and science, from 3 to 7. SchoolDigger placed the school at the 72nd percentile in both 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, down from the 76th percentile in 2023–2024. Other context includes a student–teacher ratio of 25.5 in 2024–2025 and 69% free/reduced lunch eligible that school year. In 2025–2026, chronic absenteeism was 21%, below the Desert Sands Unified rate of 29% but above the state rate of 18%.
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