Summary:
ZIP code 92505 has 22 Alvord Unified schools: 13 elementary, four middle and five high schools, spanning elementary through high school. In 2025–2026, school-level averages were below state proficiency rates in every subject; for example, the five high schools averaged 11% in math versus 38% statewide. But ZIP-code averages hide large differences between nearby options. The central finding is that results vary sharply among schools serving the same grade span.
Lake Hills Elementary is the clearest standout, leading elementary schools with 68% proficiency in ELA, 65% in math and 44% in science—28, 27 and 13 percentage points above the next-best schools, respectively. It was above state results in all three subjects and earned four stars and the 84th percentile in SchoolDigger rankings. Ysmael Villegas Middle led middle schools in all subjects, at 52% ELA, 36% math and 36% science; Hillcrest High led high schools at 56%, 26% and 41%. At the lower end, Wells Middle scored 22% in ELA, 11% in math and 13% in science, and ranked at the 8th percentile in SchoolDigger. Mission View High had 8% ELA and 0% in math and science, with a 2nd-percentile SchoolDigger ranking; Alvord High also had 0% in math.
Recent changes were mixed: middle-school averages rose about 0 points in ELA, 2 in math and 6 in science from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while elementary averages were nearly flat in ELA and math and rose 3 points in science. High-school science rose 3 points, but ELA slipped slightly and math barely changed. Lake Hills’ science score also declined 3 points despite its strong overall results; Hillcrest, meanwhile, was above state results in ELA and science but 12 points below in math. As context, the reported measure is free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–2025: 56% at Lake Hills, 78% at Ysmael Villegas, 96% at Wells, 76% at Hillcrest and 97% at Mission View. These figures describe different school communities but do not explain their results.
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