Summary:
ZIP code 92210 has one listed school, Gerald R. Ford Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 5, with 598 students enrolled. There is no second listed school for families to compare locally. The clearest strength is that the school’s 2025–2026 proficiency rates were above state results in all three reported subjects.
Gerald R. Ford Elementary is both the only listed school and, by default, the area’s only leader; there is no local school-to-school spread to report. Its 2025–2026 proficiency was 65% in English Language Arts (ELA), 55% in math, and 53% in science—about 16, 17, and 17 percentage points above the state, respectively. It also led the Desert Sands Unified district by 23 points in ELA, 27 in math, and 24 in science. Fourth grade was strongest relative to the state in ELA and math, with advantages of 23 and 17 points. Fifth-grade math was the lowest listed grade-level result at 48%, but still 11 points above the state.
Math and science are the main areas to watch: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, the school’s math result fell 5 points while the state rose 1, narrowing the school’s lead by 6 points; science fell 6 points while the state rose 3, narrowing its lead by 9. ELA rose about 1 point, and its lead over the state stayed about 16 points. SchoolDigger rated the school four stars and at the 80th percentile (rank 1,145 of 5,804) in 2025–2026, down from the 83rd percentile the prior year. Other context: its student–teacher ratio was 23.9:1 in 2024–2025, and 63% were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 17.6% in 2025–2026, compared with 18.3% statewide and 29.2% in the district.
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