Summary:
ZIP code 92301 has 10 schools: eight elementary schools, one middle school, and the K–12 alternative school Taylion High Desert Academy/Adelanto. The other schools serve grades from K–5 to K–8, while Columbia Middle serves grades 6–8. Across the nine schools with 2025–2026 results, unweighted school averages were 20% proficient in ELA, 13% in math and 15% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Science was the area’s strongest subject relative to the state, with a 21-point gap; ELA had the largest gap at 29 points. The most important takeaway is that local scores are well below state results on average, especially in ELA.
George Visual and Performing Arts Magnet and Middle is the clearest all-around standout: it led local schools in ELA at 38% and math at 24%, and was second in science at 25%. Theodore Vick Elementary led science at 27%, 14 points above the other eight schools’ average, though still 9 points below the state. At the bottom, Adelanto Elementary had the lowest ELA and science results, at 10% and 8%; its scores were 39 and 28 points below state results, respectively. Columbia had the lowest math result, 5%, or 33 points below the state. SchoolDigger ranked George at the 16th percentile (1 star) and Vick at the 12th percentile (1 star) in 2025–2026; the other listed ranked schools were at the 5th percentile or below.
Recent changes were mixed: the nine-school average edged down in ELA by less than a point from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while math rose about 1 point and science about 3; in each subject, the average gap to the state widened by less than a point. Individual shifts were larger: Vick’s science rose 16 points, while Eagle Ranch Elementary fell 7 points. Student–teacher ratios ranged from 21.0 at El Mirage to 24.3 at George, so a higher ratio did not prevent George from leading in two subjects. All nine schools reported free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025, ranging from 70% at Victoria Magathan Elementary to 90% at Adelanto Elementary; these are context, not explanations for scores. Taylion’s supplied test results are from 2024–2025, so they are not a like-year comparison with the other schools.
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