Summary:
ZIP code 91962 has five schools: one middle school, three high schools and one alternative school, with reported enrollments from 13 to 412. The schools show very different results across subjects and measures. The clearest academic bright spot is JCS–Pine Valley, whose science proficiency was nearly level with the state’s, while some other schools’ reported scores were much lower.
JCS–Pine Valley led reported all-grade results in 2025–26, with 42% proficient in ELA and 36% in science; its science result was just 0.05 percentage points below the state. It scored 23% in math, still 15 points below the state. Mountain Empire High was close behind in ELA at 41% and led 11th-grade ELA at 41%, compared with 31% at JCS and 18% at Sunrise High (Continuation). Sunrise had the lowest reported all-grade ELA and math results, at 18% and 0%. Mountain Empire Junior High had the lowest reported all-grade result in each subject: 23% in ELA, 12% in math and 8% in science.
Average results for the three schools with scores across two years improved by 3 points in ELA and science and 1 point in math from 2024–25 to 2025–26, but the average math gap with the state remained about 20 points, and the science gap widened slightly. Changes differed by school: Mountain Empire Junior High rose in all three subjects, while JCS gained in science but fell in ELA and math. SchoolDigger’s percentile for Mountain Empire High moved from 40 to 28 to 32 over the last three reported years; the junior high’s moved from 9 to 6 to 8. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible share ranged from 42% at Mountain Empire High to 85% at Sunrise; JCS was at 46%, with a 12.4 student-teacher ratio, versus 21.1 at the junior high. These are contextual figures, not explanations of results. Schools serve different grade spans, some enrollments are small, and Hillside Junior/Senior High’s test-score values are suppressed.
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