Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 92336 include 22 schools—15 elementary, four middle and three high—serving students across several districts, with 21 reporting 2025–26 test results. Across grade 5, 8 and 11 comparisons, school averages were about 1 percentage point above the state in ELA, but 4 points below in math and 6 below in science. These averages also hide wide differences between schools, especially in elementary grades, where the top-to-bottom gaps reached 55 points in ELA, 65 in math and 56 in science. The most important finding is that families can encounter very different academic results depending on the school.
Falcon Ridge Elementary stands out in grade 5: about 82% were proficient in ELA, 65% in math and 63% in science, respectively 33, 28 and 27 points above state results. Cecilia Lucero Solorio Elementary also leads in math, at 67%—30 points above the state. Among middle schools, Heritage Intermediate leads all three grade 8 subjects and is above the state by 21 points in ELA, 12 in math and 2 in science. At the lower end, Locust Elementary has 2% proficiency in grade 5 math and 6% in science; North Tamarind Elementary has 27% in ELA, 22 points below the state.
Year-over-year school averages were essentially unchanged in math and science (rounding to 0 percentage points) and rose 1 point in ELA; state results rose 1 point in math and 3 in science. Individual schools varied sharply: science rose 18 points at West Heritage Elementary, but fell 28 at Locust. Income measures provide context, not an explanation: in 2024–25, Falcon Ridge Elementary reported 27% free/reduced lunch eligible and North Tamarind Elementary 88%; Dorothy Grant Innovations Academy, at 69%, was above the state in grade 5 ELA and science but below it in math. SchoolDigger’s percentile for Kathy Binks Elementary rose from 49 to 61 over three reported years, a ranking change that is distinct from test-score change.
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