Summary:
ZIP code 91962 has one listed middle school, Mountain Empire Junior High, serving grades 7–8 and enrolling 245 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency was 23% in English language arts, 12% in math and 8% in science. The most important finding is that the school was below state proficiency in all three subjects, by 26 percentage points in ELA, 26 points in math and 28 points in science.
There is no meaningful top-to-bottom school comparison because this is the only school in the area. Compared with the Mountain Empire Unified district, the school’s all-grades results were lower by 2 percentage points in ELA, 4 in math and 4 in science. However, grade-matched results were slightly above district results in every reported grade-and-subject comparison: the margins ranged from 0.12 to 0.51 percentage points. Those results remained below state levels, with grade-matched gaps ranging from about 18 to 30 points. SchoolDigger ranked the school in the 8th percentile statewide in 2025–2026, at 2,490 of 2,703, and awarded it 0 stars.
Scores increased from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose by 4 percentage points, math by 4 and science by 3. The school narrowed its state gap by 3 points in ELA and 3 in math, but by less than 1 point in science because state science results also improved. SchoolDigger’s ranking moved up from the 6th percentile in 2024–2025, though it had been at the 9th percentile in 2023–2024. Other context for families: chronic absenteeism was 33% in 2025–2026, compared with 20% districtwide and 18% statewide; the student–teacher ratio was 21.1 in 2024–2025. The school reported 60% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025. These figures describe the school’s context and do not explain its test results.
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