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Cedar Middle

Public Grades 7-8

2111^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 2,761 California Middle Schools

Better than 24% of California middle schools

Summary

Cedar Middle is a public school serving about 1,060 students in grades 7 and 8 within the Hesperia Unified district, which faces significant academic challenges across the region.

While Cedar Middle is a 1-star school ranking in the bottom quarter of California middle schools, it is the strongest performer among the three middle schools in its own district, particularly in English Language Arts and with a lower rate of chronic student absenteeism. The school shows notable effectiveness in supporting specific student groups, such as African American and homeless students, who perform closer to the state average. However, the school faces a severe challenge in mathematics, where proficiency is critically low, especially in 8th grade, and it operates within a district where all schools have very high per-student spending that does not translate to strong academic results.

An interesting comparison is the nearby Melva Davis Academy of Excellence in the Adelanto Elementary district, which serves a similarly economically disadvantaged population, spends about half as much per student, yet achieves significantly better outcomes in both English and Math. This contrast highlights that Cedar Middle's struggles, particularly in math, may be connected to broader district-level factors rather than resources alone.

1,061

Students ?

22.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$40,322

Per pupil spending ?

56.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

13565 Cedar St.
Hesperia, CA 92344-0139

(760) 244-6093

District: Hesperia Unified

Students who attend Cedar Middle usually attend:

High:

Oak Hills High

Feeder schools for Cedar Middle:

Elementary:	Cottonwood Elementary
	Mesa Grande Elementary
	Mesquite Trails Elementary
	Mission Crest Elementary

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.2%

White:

15.0%

African American:

7.2%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 18th percentile in 2013 → 24th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2013

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (23% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (24th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (30% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school23%

District avg23%

California avg41%

2,111^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 24%▼ down 21 pts since 2015

From bottom 44% (2015) to bottom 24% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1^st of 3Middle Schools in the Hesperia Unified

1334^th of 1,543Hesperia Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.9	2111 of 2761	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.4	2199 of 2783	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	2140 of 2781	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.2	2077 of 2740	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.4	2121 of 2715	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.5	1940 of 2480	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	25.8	1819 of 2508	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	24.9	1836 of 2497	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	38.5	1376 of 2477	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	22.1	1947 of 2379	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	29.9	1642 of 2259	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	25.9	1752 of 2236	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	28.6	1615 of 2179	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	41.6	327 of 609	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.3	402 of 627	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.8	337 of 613	45.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.3	518 of 637	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.5	401 of 643	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	21.7	507 of 600	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	7.1	692 of 745	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	25.3	1249 of 1531	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	1062 of 1491	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.9	1013 of 1369	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	33.9	1012 of 1478	31.5%	★★☆☆☆
2023	58.4	295 of 1521	80.6%	★★★★☆
2022	40.3	750 of 1540	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	32.6	987 of 1442	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.0	677 of 1364	50.4%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.0	1944 of 2533	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.9	1942 of 2551	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.5	1901 of 2531	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.4	1711 of 2509	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.8	1918 of 2380	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.3	1799 of 2262	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.9	1793 of 2395	25.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.4	1826 of 2388	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.9	1715 of 2374	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	1596 of 2359	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.1	1704 of 2213	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.3	1642 of 2072	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	50.6	196 of 477	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2022	24.9	275 of 336	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.8	2036 of 2542	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.0	2104 of 2579	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	25.4	1946 of 2531	23.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.3	1927 of 2458	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	1911 of 2369	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.1	1832 of 2230	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	22.0	1996 of 2534	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.9	2137 of 2552	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	2036 of 2538	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.7	2064 of 2527	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	1965 of 2407	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	1832 of 2273	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	1217 of 1566	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.4	1158 of 1552	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.8	1053 of 1531	31.2%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.3	1227 of 1520	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.4	1329 of 1537	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.0	1377 of 1543	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	13.0	1399 of 1555	10.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.5	1464 of 1602	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	18.6	1253 of 1496	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Homeless (2025)59th percentile+35 vs school

African American (2025)46th percentile+23 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)32nd percentile+11 vs school

Hispanic (2025)25th percentile~ school

Female (2025)23rd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)21st percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)20th percentile-4 vs school

White (2025)19th percentile-4 vs school

Disabled (2022)18th percentile-6 vs school

Asian (2019)7th percentile-15 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy33%-15 vs state

Mathematics16%-22 vs state

Science15%-18 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)				Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cedar Middle	Public	7-8	13565 Cedar St.	Hesperia	92344	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-6093	1,061	47	22.7	56.9%	159 (15.0%)	76 (7.2%)	787 (74.2%)	15 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.6%)	18 (1.7%)	22.9	2111^th of 2761 public middle schools	23.5%		21.4	2199^th of 2783 public middle schools	21.0%	88	15.0	15.0		34.6	32.4	33.4		22.1	10.0	15.6	$40,322	$6,032	$34,290
Hesperia Junior High	Public	7-8	10275 Cypress Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-9386	1,228	51	23.9	81.5%	102 (8.3%)	67 (5.5%)	1,019 (83.0%)	15 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (0.6%)	18 (1.5%)	12.7	2530^th of 2761 public middle schools	8.4%		14.4	2496^th of 2783 public middle schools	10.3%	34	9.7	9.7		21.1	19.5	20.3		12.7	11.2	12.0	$39,973	$6,234	$33,739
Ranchero Middle	Public	7-8	17607 Ranchero Rd.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 948-0175	1,140	52	22.1	80.5%	212 (18.6%)	65 (5.7%)	834 (73.2%)	3 (0.3%)	5 (0.4%)	3 (0.3%)	18 (1.6%)	17.5	2337^th of 2761 public middle schools	15.4%		12.5	2566^th of 2783 public middle schools	7.8%	229	16.1	16.1		33.7	18.5	26.5		15.6	7.5	11.8	$40,073	$6,046	$34,027
Quail Valley Middle	Public	6-8	10058 Arrowhead Rd.	Phelan	92371	San Bernardino County	Snowline Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 868-2623	870	42	20.8	80.5%	101 (11.6%)	93 (10.7%)	594 (68.3%)	11 (1.3%)	6 (0.7%)	7 (0.8%)	58 (6.7%)	15.7	2406^th of 2761 public middle schools	12.9%		24.3	2068^th of 2783 public middle schools	25.7%	338	14.1	14.1	24.6	36.7	18.4	26.7	7.4	13.6	7.0	9.4	$16,733	$2,605	$14,128
Mesa Linda Middle	Public	6-8	13001 Mesa Linda Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 246-6363	735	42	17.6	73.2%	29 (3.9%)	200 (27.2%)	439 (59.7%)	14 (1.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	49 (6.7%)	8.2	2669^th of 2761 public middle schools	3.3%		6.9	2736^th of 2783 public middle schools	1.7%	67	7.7	7.7	14.0	10.3	11.0	11.8	3.5	4.9	14.2	7.3	$20,247	$1,813	$18,434
Larrea Middle	Public	7-8	13801 Cobalt Rd.	Victorville	92392	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 261-7040	769	40	19.4	77.6%	38 (4.9%)	144 (18.7%)	525 (68.3%)	6 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.5%)	49 (6.4%)	18.5	2284^th of 2761 public middle schools	17.3%					(n/a)	12.1	12.1		27.3	25.6	26.4		22.4	11.7	16.7
Imogene Garner Hook Junior High	Public	7-8	15000 Hook Blvd.	Victorville	92394	San Bernardino County	Victor Valley Union High	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 955-3360	665	38	17.6	82.4%	30 (4.5%)	145 (21.8%)	448 (67.4%)	5 (0.8%)	3 (0.5%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (4.8%)	14.6	2460^th of 2761 public middle schools	10.9%		14.3	2500^th of 2783 public middle schools	10.2%	40	8.4	8.4		26.1	25.2	25.6		9.1	14.4	11.8
Columbia Middle	Public	6-8	14409 Aster St.	Adelanto	92301	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 530-1950	754	35	21.3	71.4%	34 (4.5%)	151 (20.0%)	503 (66.7%)	4 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (0.8%)	56 (7.4%)	9.9	2616^th of 2761 public middle schools	5.3%		7.4	2727^th of 2783 public middle schools	2.0%	111	10.0	10.0	7.2	19.8	24.5	18.0	4.8	4.6	7.4	5.7	$19,958	$1,784	$18,174
Melva Davis Academy of Excellence	Public	6-8	15831 Diamond Rd.	Victorville	92394	San Bernardino County	Adelanto Elementary	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 246-8691	833	43	19.5	57.5%	38 (4.6%)	87 (10.4%)	629 (75.5%)	15 (1.8%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	57 (6.8%)	36.6	1596^th of 2761 public middle schools	42.2%		34.6	1646^th of 2783 public middle schools	40.9%	50	20.2	20.2	35.9	49.5	37.1	41.0	23.8	29.5	22.8	25.5	$20,399	$1,035	$19,364
Pinon Mesa Middle	Public	6-8	9298 Sheep Creek Rd.	Phelan	92329	San Bernardino County	Snowline Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 868-3126	835	39	21.4	77.2%	237 (28.4%)	9 (1.1%)	502 (60.1%)	15 (1.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	68 (8.1%)	21.1	2182^nd of 2761 public middle schools	21.0%		23.2	2119^th of 2783 public middle schools	23.9%	63	17.5	17.5	30.4	31.4	25.4	29.1	21.8	17.2	10.6	16.6	$15,624	$2,381	$13,243

Frequently Asked Questions about Cedar Middle

How many students attend Cedar Middle?

In the 2024-25 school year, 1,061 students attended Cedar Middle.

What district is Cedar Middle in?

Hesperia Unified

What high school do graduates of Cedar Middle attend?

Students who attend Cedar Middle usually go on to attend Oak Hills High

Is Cedar Middle a good school?

Cedar Middle ranks in the bottom 23.5% of California middle schools.

What is the racial makeup of Cedar Middle?

Students at Cedar Middle are 74% Hispanic, 15% White, 7% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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