Summary:
Blythe has five public schools in Palo Verde Unified: three K–8 elementary schools and two high schools serving grades 9–12, including one continuation school. In the supplied 2025–2026 results, the five-school averages were 24% proficient in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math and 12% in science, compared with state figures of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding is that proficiency is generally well below state levels, especially in math, even though results vary substantially among Blythe schools.
Palo Verde High led the supplied all-grades results in every subject, at 43% in ELA, 16% in math and 23% in science; Twin Palms Continuation was lowest, at 3%, 0% and 2%. In the grade-matched 11th-grade comparison, Palo Verde High was ahead of Twin Palms by 40 points in ELA, 16 in math and 20 in science. Among the K–8 schools, Margaret White Elementary had the strongest all-grades ELA and math results, at 28% and 16%; Ruth Brown Elementary led in science at 14%. Margaret White’s third graders also exceeded state results in ELA, 49% versus 44%, and were essentially even in math, at 47% versus 47%. Grade-level results can differ notably from a school’s all-grades figures.
From 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the unweighted school averages rose by 3 points in ELA, 2 in math and 2 in science, but the science gap with the state widened by 1 point. Changes differed by school: Palo Verde High gained 13 points in ELA, 10 in math and 8 in science, while Twin Palms declined in all three subjects. SchoolDigger ranks Palo Verde High highest among these schools, at the 36th percentile; Margaret White is at the 16th, and Twin Palms at the 1st. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares ranged from 77% at Palo Verde High to 95% at Twin Palms; elementary-school student-teacher ratios ranged from 22.3 at Margaret White to 24.6 at Felix J. Appleby Elementary. These measures describe school context, not the cause of results.
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