Summary:
Nine schools in Hemet Unified serve students from kindergarten through grade 12: four elementary schools, two middle schools, two high schools and one alternative school. In 2025–2026, their average proficiency was 34% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 22% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest finding is that Western Center Academy stands far above the rest of this group.
Western Center Academy led all three subjects, with 87% in ELA, 62% in math and 81% in science—38, 24 and 45 percentage points above state results. Its graduation rate was 100%, and chronic absenteeism was 1%, compared with 88% and 18% statewide. Among elementary schools, McSweeny Elementary led in ELA (36%), math (24%) and science (20%); its science result improved by 10 points in one year. At the other end, Alessandro High had the lowest results in all three subjects—15% ELA, 7% math and 6% science—and its graduation rate of 83% was below the state’s 88%. Academy of Innovation is a mixed picture: it ranked second in ELA at 43%, but scored 14% in math.
Scores generally rose from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the nine-school average gained 1 point in ELA, 3 in math and 4 in science, and math improved at all nine schools. The average gaps to the state narrowed, though only slightly in science; excluding Western Center, the other eight schools’ science gain was smaller than the state’s. SchoolDigger ranked Western Center at the 99th percentile and McSweeny at the 27th in 2025–2026; Jacob Wiens Elementary rose from the 4th to the 14th percentile over three years. The 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measure was 58% at Western Center, 88% at McSweeny and 96% at Jacob Wiens—useful context, not an explanation for results. Student-teacher ratios also do not neatly track scores: Western Center’s was 25.2, while Alessandro’s was 15.1. Grade spans vary, so all-grades results are not equally comparable across every school.
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