Summary:
ZIP code 92410 has two middle schools: Curtis Middle, serving grades 7–8, and Richardson PREP High Middle, serving grades 6–8. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are not perfectly comparable, though comparisons of grades 7 and 8 show the same broad pattern. The clearest finding is that Richardson PREP is far above the state in all three subjects, while Curtis is below it in all three.
Richardson PREP stands out at the top: in 2025–26, 90% of students were proficient in ELA, 85% in math and 76% in science—41, 46 and 40 percentage points above state results. Curtis had the lowest results, at 29% in ELA, 16% in math and 9% in science, respectively 20, 22 and 27 points below the state. The gap holds in the same grades: in grade 8, Richardson PREP was ahead of Curtis by 67 points in ELA, 82 in math and 67 in science.
Results changed over the year, but the schools’ profiles remained distinct. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, Curtis gained 5 points in ELA and 4 in math but fell 3 in science; Richardson PREP gained 4 in ELA and 12 in science, while math changed little. SchoolDigger ranks Richardson PREP 22nd of 2,703 schools, in the 99th percentile with five stars, and Curtis 2,337th, in the 14th percentile with one star. Attendance also differs sharply: chronic absenteeism was 3% at Richardson PREP and 40% at Curtis, compared with 18% statewide. Curtis has a 19.6 student-teacher ratio versus 22.3 at Richardson PREP. Both report free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 97% at Curtis and 88% at Richardson PREP; these are contextual figures, not explanations of results.
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