Summary:
ZIP code 92363 has two K–5 elementary schools, both in Needles Unified: Vista Colorado Elementary, with 319 students, and Chemehuevi Valley Elementary, with 40. Their latest reported results show a meaningful difference between the schools rather than a single shared picture of local performance. The clearest overall finding is that Chemehuevi Valley leads in both ELA and math, while Vista’s strongest latest result is science.
In 2025–2026, Chemehuevi Valley scored 42% in both ELA and math, compared with 22% and 15% at Vista—a lead of 20 percentage points in ELA and 28 points in math. Chemehuevi Valley’s math result was 4 points above the state’s 38%, although its ELA result was 7 points below the state’s 49%. Vista was below the state in both subjects. Science offers a counterpoint: Vista scored 23%, fractionally above the district’s 23% but 13 points below the state’s 36%. Chemehuevi Valley’s science result is suppressed, so it cannot be compared.
Recent trends also differ: Vista’s ELA fell 9 points, from 31% to 22%, while Chemehuevi Valley’s rose 9 points, from 33% to 42%. Math declined at both schools—5 points at Vista and 1 point at Chemehuevi Valley—while the state result rose 1 point. Vista’s science improved 3 points, from 20% to 23%. SchoolDigger places Vista at 5,166 of 5,804 schools, in the 11th percentile with one star for 2025–2026, down from the 21st percentile the year before; no ranking is listed here for Chemehuevi Valley. Both schools reported 82% eligible for free/reduced lunch in 2024–2025, and their student–teacher ratios were 21.1 at Vista and 19.2 at Chemehuevi Valley; these are context, not explanations for achievement differences.
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