Schools in Zip Code 92536

Schools in zip code 92536 include one school, Cottonwood, an elementary school serving grades K–8, with 197 students and a student–teacher ratio of 15.4 in 2024–2025. In 2025–2026, its all-grade results were above Hemet Unified by 8 percentage points in ELA, 6 in math, and 11 in science. However, results remained below the state in all three subjects: by 5 points in ELA, 12 in math, and 5 in science. The most important finding is that math is the school’s largest remaining gap with the state.

With only one school in the list, Cottonwood is the area’s default top and bottom school, not a demonstrated leader or laggard compared with other local schools. Within the school, grade-level results point to notable strengths and contrasts: 7th-grade ELA was 14 points above the state, and 8th-grade ELA was 12 points above, while 3rd-grade ELA was 19 points below. Eighth-grade science was 3 points above the state, even though 5th-grade science was 11 points below. These differences show that the all-grade results do not describe performance consistently across the school’s grades.

Cottonwood improved in every tested subject from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: ELA rose 7 percentage points, math 7, and science 10. Its gaps with the state narrowed by 7 points in ELA, 6 in math, and 7 in science, though it remained below the state overall. SchoolDigger’s ranking also improved, from the 26th percentile and one star in 2024–2025 to the 32nd percentile and two stars in 2025–2026. Other context includes chronic absenteeism of 8% in 2025–2026, compared with 28% for the district and 18% for the state, and 74% free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–2025.