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Pathways to College K8

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Pathways to College K8 ranks 3860 th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-8

3860^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 34% of California elementary schools

Summary

Pathways to College K8 is a public K-8 school in Hesperia, CA, serving 431 students within its own Pathways to College K8 District, which has shown recent improvement in its statewide ranking.

Academically, the school has notable strengths and challenges. It performs relatively well in English Language Arts compared to many nearby Hesperia Unified schools, and it excels in supporting English Language Learners. However, math and science scores are below state averages, with a particularly sharp drop in math proficiency between 3rd and 5th grades. A significant point of comparison is LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy, a nearby school with similar student demographics that achieves much higher test scores and an exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of 3.9%, suggesting Pathways has room for growth in these areas.

Pathways operates quite efficiently, spending significantly less per student than surrounding schools while maintaining a better student-teacher ratio and achieving comparable or better outcomes in several subjects. Key areas for the school to address include its high chronic absenteeism rate, the large performance gap between male and female students, and the need for consistent improvement in mathematics instruction across grade levels.

431

Students ?

19.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$22,318

Per pupil spending ?

68.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

10127 3rd Ave
Hesperia, CA 92345

(760) 949-8002

District: Pathways to College K8 District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

82.1%

African American:

10.4%

White:

6.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 29th percentile in 2019 → 34th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2019

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (29% vs 41% meeting standards)

!High chronic absenteeism (35% vs 19% California)

!Mathematics scores 20 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

California avg41%

Elementary school

3,860^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 34%▲ up 6 pts since 2019

From bottom 29% (2019) to bottom 34% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

1,786^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Bottom 35%▲ up 23 pts since 2019

From bottom 12% (2019) to bottom 35% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

1083^rd of 1,543Pathways to College K8 District 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.2	3860 of 5857	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	23.9	4474 of 5869	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.3	4418 of 5859	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.7	4574 of 5883	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.0	1270 of 1417	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.6	4134 of 5789	28.6%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	61.9	657 of 3162	79.2%	★★★★☆
2023	42.7	1640 of 3245	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	60.7	736 of 3311	77.8%	★★★★☆
2021	66.1	100 of 602	83.4%	★★★★☆
2019	72.1	480 of 3275	85.3%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.1	4154 of 5597	25.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.7	4544 of 5612	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.5	4382 of 5609	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	26.1	4115 of 5635	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	1103 of 1267	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	4165 of 5492	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	37.3	3217 of 5107	37.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.1	3486 of 5107	31.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.7	3480 of 5087	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.7	3312 of 5084	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2019	36.0	3240 of 4963	34.7%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.1	3340 of 5460	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.5	3746 of 5517	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	36.2	3374 of 5363	37.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.0	3262 of 5264	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.8	917 of 1110	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	31.3	3768 of 5173	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	39.5	3152 of 5628	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2024	29.8	3832 of 5643	32.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	26.3	4110 of 5638	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.6	4651 of 5663	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.7	1139 of 1272	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	30.8	3735 of 5510	32.2%	★★☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	31.3	1786 of 2761	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	22.3	2157 of 2783	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	36.5	1570 of 2781	43.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.5	2016 of 2740	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.3	662 of 894	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.2	2382 of 2715	12.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	34.5	1539 of 2533	39.2%	★★☆☆☆
2024	27.0	1808 of 2551	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	34.7	1487 of 2531	41.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	24.7	1850 of 2509	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.8	512 of 738	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	11.1	2237 of 2380	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	45.4	1171 of 2395	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	35.4	1449 of 2388	39.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	59.2	741 of 2374	68.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	35.3	1452 of 2359	38.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	22.5	1806 of 2213	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	40.9	1390 of 2542	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2024	33.4	1632 of 2579	36.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	42.3	1245 of 2531	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	33.1	1573 of 2458	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	35.6	469 of 721	35.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	20.0	2020 of 2369	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	25.7	1837 of 2534	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.6	2183 of 2552	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.8	1369 of 2538	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2022	30.4	1629 of 2527	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.9	579 of 763	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.9	1808 of 2407	24.9%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Elementary school

English Language Learner (2024)79th percentile+55 vs school

Male (2025)44th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)39th percentile+5 vs school

Hispanic (2025)37th percentile+3 vs school

Female (2025)26th percentile-8 vs school

Middle school

Hispanic (2025)51st percentile+16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)45th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)39th percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)28th percentile-8 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy45%-4 vs state

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

Science16%-17 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)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	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 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	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 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pathways to College K8	Public, Charter	K-8	10127 3rd Ave	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Pathways to College K8 District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-8002	431	22	19.6	68.9%	29 (6.7%)	45 (10.4%)	354 (82.1%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	31.2	3860^th of 5857 public elementary schools	34.1%		23.9	4474^th of 5869 public elementary schools	23.8%	614	12.2	20.0	16.0	52.0	43.2	38.8	36.7	45.8	52.2	44.8	40.8	18.2	6.1	16.3	10.4	11.1	17.3							$22,318	$7,837	$14,481
Joshua Circle Elementary	Public	K-6	10140 8th Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-6133	643	27	23.7	84.8%	35 (5.4%)	34 (5.3%)	558 (86.8%)	5 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.4%)	8	5737^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.0%		9.5	5704^th of 5869 public elementary schools	2.8%	33	6.7		6.7	14.8	9.8	11.2	23.0			14.6	14.8	7.6	9.0	5.7			9.1	93.8	96.9		96.9	94.8		$38,488	$5,904	$32,584
Mesa Grande Elementary	Public	K-6	9172 3rd Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-3709	715	31	23.4	83.5%	69 (9.7%)	28 (3.9%)	587 (82.1%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (3.8%)	13.7	5375^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.2%		14.6	5346^th of 5869 public elementary schools	8.9%	29	11.2		11.2	16.3	20.0	25.5	30.9			23.3	18.5	13.3	12.2	13.4			14.3	91.7	94.8		94.8	93.8		$40,079	$5,642	$34,437
Cypress School of the Arts	Public	K-6	10365 Cypress Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-2596	713	30	24.1	63.0%	117 (16.4%)	26 (3.6%)	546 (76.6%)	4 (0.6%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	15 (2.1%)	24.6	4441^st of 5857 public elementary schools	24.2%		27.6	4152^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	29.3%	289	19.6		19.6	40.8	29.1	27.7	20.7			29.1	37.4	25.6	17.9	19.7			24.6	96.4				98.2		$40,168	$14,639	$25,529
LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	9966 I Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	LaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 948-4333	505	25	20.2	68.1%	42 (8.3%)	15 (3.0%)	432 (85.5%)	5 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.2%)	82.3	1061^st of 5857 public elementary schools	81.9%		70.4	1577^th of 5869 public elementary schools	73.1%	516	43.6		43.6	72.2	56.9	59.7	65.0			64.1	77.8	68.6	48.4	58.3			63.7							$13,246	$1,733	$11,513
Juniper Elementary	Public	K-6	9400 I Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-6161	761	31	24.5	84.1%	76 (10.0%)	22 (2.9%)	632 (83.0%)	1 (0.1%)	4 (0.5%)	3 (0.4%)	23 (3.0%)	12.6	5461^st of 5857 public elementary schools	6.8%		13.8	5407^th of 5869 public elementary schools	7.9%	54	9.9		9.9	19.0	26.5	18.0	11.1			18.5	26.0	26.0	7.9	3.6			15.4	89.0	93.4	94.5	93.4	91.2	94.5	$39,475	$5,757	$33,718
Eucalyptus Elementary	Public	K-6	11224 10th Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-0815	737	32	23.0	86.8%	28 (3.8%)	60 (8.1%)	623 (84.5%)	9 (1.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.2%)	16.2	5173^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	11.7%		13.2	5466^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.9%	293	8.4		8.4	24.7	22.0	25.2	27.2			24.8	31.3	22.0	3.7	17.5			18.2	95.2				97.1	98.1	$38,337	$5,779	$32,558
Lime Street Elementary	Public	K-6	16852 Lime St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-0512	887	36	24.6	86.6%	84 (9.5%)	134 (15.1%)	643 (72.5%)	4 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (2.3%)	9.7	5651^st of 5857 public elementary schools	3.5%		10.6	5656^th of 5869 public elementary schools	3.6%	5	10.9		10.9	15.0	20.9	20.2	21.2			19.4	13.5	6.4	6.2	8.9			8.6	97.1			97.8	97.1	97.1	$38,881	$5,807	$33,074
Maple Elementary	Public	K-6	10616 Maple St.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 244-3096	988	40	25.0	84.0%	71 (7.2%)	42 (4.3%)	833 (84.3%)	7 (0.7%)	3 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (3.2%)	25.7	4335^th of 5857 public elementary schools	26.0%		26.6	4242^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	27.7%	93	17.8		17.8	17.5	25.9	29.8	39.1			28.4	20.0	25.0	23.7	36.2			26.5	90.7	95.8	95.8	95.8	94.9	95.8	$37,913	$5,565	$32,348
Cottonwood Elementary	Public	K-6	8850 Cottonwood Ave.	Hesperia	92345	San Bernardino County	Hesperia Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 949-1390	868	38	22.8	84.2%	74 (8.5%)	51 (5.9%)	718 (82.7%)	11 (1.3%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	12 (1.4%)	14	5349^th of 5857 public elementary schools	8.7%		11.6	5582^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	4.9%	233	14.5		14.5	20.3	13.9	25.0	27.1			21.9	22.8	7.5	10.5	17.4			14.8	95.4	97.7	98.5	97.7	96.1	97.7	$39,418	$13,971	$25,447

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What is the racial makeup of Pathways to College K8?

Students at Pathways to College K8 are 82% Hispanic, 10% African American, 7% White.

How many students attend Pathways to College K8?

In the 2024-25 school year, 431 students attended Pathways to College K8.

Is Pathways to College K8 a good school?

Pathways to College K8 ranks 3860^th of 5857 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

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