Tehachapi Unified

The seven schools in Tehachapi Unified include four elementary schools, one middle school and two high schools, with listed enrollment totaling 4,156; one school serves K–8 and one is a continuation high school. In the supplied 2025–2026 results, the schools’ unweighted average was 34% in ELA, 22% in math and 24% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The district’s most important overall finding is that its school averages fell below the state in all three subjects, with the widest gap in math.

Cummings Valley Elementary stands out at the top of the supplied All Grades results, scoring 54% in ELA, 48% in math and 43% in science—about 24, 31 and 22 percentage points above the other six schools’ averages, respectively. It also exceeded the state in each subject. Monroe High (Continuation) was lowest, with 15% in ELA, 0% in math and 15% in science. Grade-matched results show Cummings’ strength is not only an All Grades comparison: among K–5 schools, it led in several fourth- and fifth-grade subjects. At grade 11, Tehachapi High scored higher than Monroe by 32 points in ELA, 17 in math and 11 in science.

Recent changes are mixed: the seven-school average rose by about 1 percentage point in ELA from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, but fell by about 1 point in math and 2 in science. Science dropped 15 points at Golden Hills Elementary and 14 at Tompkins Elementary, while Cummings’ science rose 5 points. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile rank rose from 65th to 68th for Cummings, but fell from 62nd to 41st for Tehachapi High. These results do not track neatly with school size or ratio: Cummings had a 26.6:1 student–teacher ratio, compared with 18.7:1 at Tehachapi Independent Learning Academy. In 2024–2025, all schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible rates, ranging from 38% at the Academy to 52% at Tompkins; these are context, not explanations for test results.