Summary:
ZIP code 92539 has two schools in Hemet Unified: Hamilton, serving grades 6–12, and Hamilton Elementary, serving kindergarten–grade 5. Across the two schools, average 2025–2026 proficiency was 28% in ELA, 17% in math and 21% in science, compared with statewide results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The average gaps were 22 points in ELA, 22 in math and 15 in science. The most important takeaway is that both schools were below state proficiency in all three subjects, with the largest average shortfalls in ELA and math.
The schools trade places by subject rather than one leading across the board. Hamilton had the higher all-grades ELA result, 30% versus 25% at Hamilton Elementary, a gap of about 5 points; both were below the district’s 36%. Hamilton Elementary led in math, 18% to 15%, and science, where the schools were nearly tied at 21% and 20%. In math, the schools were about 20 and 23 points below the state, respectively; in science, both were about 15 points below. Grade-level results reveal exceptions: Hamilton’s 11th-grade ELA was 51%, close to the district’s 51%, while its 6th-grade ELA was 11%. Hamilton Elementary’s 5th-grade math was 19%, above the district’s 15% but below the state’s 37%.
Recent trends favor improvement at Hamilton: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, it gained 7 points in ELA, 8 in math and 10 in science. Hamilton Elementary fell 2 points in ELA and was nearly unchanged in math and science. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 percentile was 41 for Hamilton and 12 for Hamilton Elementary. Attendance is another distinction: chronic absenteeism was 36% at Hamilton and 19% at Hamilton Elementary. In 2024–2025, free/reduced lunch eligible figures were 81% and 85%; student-teacher ratios were 17.5 and 24. These are context, not explanations for results; the schools serve different grade spans, and the proficiency trend covers only two years.
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