Schools in Zip Code 92342

Schools in zip code 92342 include four schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Helendale Elementary (K–6), Riverview Middle (7–8), Academy of Careers and Exploration (7–12), and Independence Charter Academy (K–12); together they enroll 1,085 students. Chronic absenteeism is high across the group: school rates range from 26% to 47%, compared with 18% statewide. The clearest academic concern is Riverview, which had the lowest all-grade results in every subject in 2025–26: 32% in ELA, 16% in math, and 18% in science—about 17, 22, and 18 percentage points below California.

Different schools lead in different subjects: Academy of Careers and Exploration led all-grade ELA at 58%, 8 points above the state; Helendale led math at 34%, though still 5 points below; and Independence led science at 40%, 4 points above. The four-school average was furthest behind the state in math, by 13 points, while science was closest, by 3 points. Grade-level results add useful contrasts: Independence’s eighth-grade science was 58%, 23 points above the state, and its 11th-grade math was 62%, 30 points above. Academy of Careers and Exploration also reported a 97% graduation rate, 9 points above the state, and a 2% dropout rate, 7 points below it; its all-grade math, however, was 19%, 19 points below the state.

Group averages rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 8 points in ELA, 3 in math, and 9 in science, but improvement varied: Independence gained in all three subjects, while Helendale declined in all three and Riverview declined in ELA and math. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile fell for Helendale from 59th to 48th and for Riverview from 46th to 20th; Academy of Careers and Exploration moved from 60th to 58th. Student-teacher ratios range from 16.8 to 25.9. All four schools report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25, with rates from 45% to 62%; Academy of Careers and Exploration and Riverview were nearly alike at 45%, despite notably different achievement results.