Best Public Schools in Zip Code 92225

Schools in zip code 92225 include five Palo Verde Unified schools: three K–8 elementary schools and two high schools, one of them a continuation school. Across the five schools, the unweighted average proficiency was 24% in English language arts (ELA), 12% in math and 12% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The largest average shortfall was in math, at 27 percentage points; the gaps were 25 points in ELA and 24 in science. The most important takeaway is that every school scored below the state in all three subjects.

Palo Verde High stood out in ELA and science, with 43% and 23% proficient. It was 15 points ahead of the next-highest ELA result, at Felix J. Appleby Elementary, and 9 points ahead of the next-highest science result, at Ruth Brown Elementary. Margaret White Elementary led math at 16.4%, narrowly ahead of Palo Verde High at 16.1%. At the bottom, Twin Palms Continuation had the lowest result in every subject: 3% in ELA, 0% in math and 2% in science. It trailed the next-lowest school by 18 points in ELA, 13 in math and 7 in science.

Average results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026 by 3 points in ELA and 2 in math, while science rose 2 points—slower than the state’s 3-point increase. SchoolDigger’s percentile ranking rose 11 points for Margaret White, from 5 to 16, but fell 14 points for Felix J. Appleby, from 21 to 7. Margaret White also had a grade-level bright spot: third graders were above the state in ELA, 49% versus 44%, and narrowly above it in math. All five schools report free/reduced lunch eligible shares for 2024–2025, ranging from 77% to 95%; the three elementary schools’ student-teacher ratios ranged from 22.3 to 24.6. Twin Palms is a continuation school, so it is not a like-for-like comparison with a conventional high school.