Best Public Schools in Zip Code 92313

ZIP code 92313 has four schools—two elementary schools, one middle school and one high school—in the Colton Joint Unified area. Their 2025–26 results vary sharply: all-grades ELA proficiency ranges from 30% to 65%, a 36-point spread, making the gap between schools—especially in ELA—the most important distinction for families comparing the area’s schools.

Grand Terrace High School at the Ray Abril Junior Edal Complex leads in ELA and science, with 65% proficient in ELA and 29% in science; its ELA result is 16 points above the state rate. Terrace View Elementary leads in math at 34%, 8 points above the next-highest school, Grand Terrace Elementary. At the bottom, Terrace Hills Middle has the lowest result in all three subjects: 30% in ELA, 17% in math and 16% in science. All four schools are below state proficiency in math and science; in ELA, Grand Terrace High is the only one above the state rate.

Results rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 at Grand Terrace High, Terrace Hills Middle and Grand Terrace Elementary, while Terrace View declined by 3 points in ELA, 3 in math and 5 in science. Across the four schools, average results rose by 3 points in ELA, 1 in math and 2 in science, but the science gap with the state widened. Terrace View nevertheless remains ahead of Grand Terrace Elementary in both all-grades ELA and math, and also leads grade by grade in those subjects. As context, in 2024–25, 59% of Terrace View students and 80% of Grand Terrace Elementary students were free/reduced lunch eligible. SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings shifted from the 54th to the 46th percentile for Terrace View and from the 18th to the 26th for Grand Terrace Elementary between 2023–24 and 2025–26. These comparisons describe reported results across different grade spans and should be read as context, not as explanations for performance.