Summary:
Schools in zip code 92236 include 10 schools—eight elementary schools and two middle schools—serving elementary and middle grades. In 2025–26, the nine schools with current scores averaged 41% in ELA, 32% in math and 22% in science, each below state averages by 9, 7 and 14 percentage points, respectively. The results vary sharply by school: David W. Long Elementary is the clear standout, scoring 69% in ELA, 69% in math and 59% in science—20, 30 and 23 points above the state.
Peter Pendleton Elementary is a strong second in math at 40%, just above the state, and leads the other schools in ELA at 42%. Coral Mountain Academy is next in science at 21%, though still below the state. The lowest result depends on the subject: Palm View Elementary had the lowest ELA score at 31%, Bobby Duke Middle the lowest math score at 16%, and Valley View Elementary the lowest science score at 14%. Among the middle schools, Cahuilla Desert Academy Junior High leads Bobby Duke in every subject, by 10 points in ELA, 7 in math and 2 in science.
Recent changes are mixed: across the nine schools with two years of results, average ELA rose 3 points, math slipped 1 point and science rose 2 points; science nevertheless fell further behind the state. SchoolDigger percentile ranks rose over the supplied history for David W. Long, from the 83rd to the 88th percentile, and Imagine Schools Riverside County, from the 14th to the 27th; Imagine’s scores are from 2024–25, while the other nine schools’ latest scores are from 2025–26. Context measures don’t line up neatly with results: all schools report free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–25, including 96% at Peter Pendleton and Bobby Duke, despite their very different math results. David W. Long had 23% eligible and the highest results, alongside a 25.1 student-teacher ratio; Cahuilla had the lowest ratio, 20.1. These measures describe school context, not causes of achievement, and all-grades results compare schools serving different grade spans.
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