Summary:
ZIP code 92262 has one listed middle school, Raymond Cree Middle, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 721 students. In 2025–2026, its proficiency was 38% in ELA, 24% in math and 29% in science. Most importantly, it scored above Palm Springs Unified in all three subjects, but below state results in each.
There is no school-to-school leader or lowest performer in this ZIP because Raymond Cree is the only school listed. Among its results, science was strongest relative to the state: the school’s 29% proficiency was 7 percentage points below the state’s 36%, while its 19% result was 9 points above the district. Math was furthest below the state, at 24% versus 38%, a 14-point gap; ELA was 38% versus 49%, an 11-point gap. Eighth grade was a relative bright spot: ELA proficiency was 42%, 8 points below the state, and math was 25%, 11 points below. Grade 7 ELA had the largest reported grade-level gap, at 15 points.
Recent results show science gaining ground while math moved the other way: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, science proficiency rose 5 points and its state gap narrowed by 2 points, while math proficiency fell 2 points and its state gap widened by 3. ELA was roughly unchanged, with its state gap widening by 1 point. SchoolDigger’s ranking also declined, from the 45th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 37th percentile in 2025–2026; its listing went from two stars in the first two years to one star in the latest listing. For context, the student-teacher ratio was 19.6 in 2024–2025, and 97% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year. Chronic absenteeism was 26% in 2025–2026, below the district’s 31% but above the state’s 18%. With only one school listed, these figures cannot show how schools compare across the ZIP code.
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