Summary:
ZIP code 92544 has six schools in Hemet Unified: four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. Across the four elementary schools, average proficiency was 29% in English language arts (ELA), 20% in math and 15% in science, compared with California results of 49%, 38% and 36%. Hemet High was a notable exception in ELA, at 50%, but its math and science results were 19% and 18%. The most important finding is that most reported results were well below state proficiency levels, particularly in elementary science and math.
Among elementary schools, Bautista Creek Elementary led all-grades ELA and math, with 32% and 24% proficient; Little Lake Elementary had the lowest results in all three subjects, at 25% ELA, 15% math and 9% science. The gap between the highest and lowest elementary results was 7 points in ELA, 9 in math and 11 in science. Valle Vista Elementary led elementary science at 20%. Grade-level results add important exceptions: Bautista Creek led in third-grade ELA and math, but had the lowest fourth-grade ELA; Ramona Elementary led fourth-grade ELA, while Valle Vista led fifth-grade math and science.
Recent changes were mixed: across the six schools, average math and science proficiency improved by 2 points, while ELA declined by 1 point. Dartmouth Middle improved in all three subjects, while Hemet High’s ELA fell by 5 points and Valle Vista’s science rose by 9. SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 rankings placed Dartmouth at the 20th percentile and Little Lake at the 8th percentile in their respective categories. As context, free/reduced lunch eligible figures for 2024–2025 ranged from 83% at Bautista Creek to 93% at Ramona; this measure alone does not explain score differences.
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