Best Public Schools in Zip Code 92545

Zip code 92545 includes seven schools in Hemet, California: two high schools, one middle school and four elementary schools, including three K–5 schools and one K–8 school; all are part of Hemet Unified. The results show a split: the high schools’ average ELA proficiency is above the state result, while their math and science averages—and all three K–5 averages—are below it. Hemet Dual Language Academy is a notable middle-grade exception, outperforming Rancho Viejo Middle in grades 6–8 ELA and math. The main area-wide concern is that elementary proficiency averages are 15–17 percentage points below state results across all three tested subjects.

West Valley High leads the two high schools in every all-grades subject, with 58% proficient in ELA, 25% in math and 20% in science, compared with 53%, 17% and 19% at Tahquitz High. Among K–5 schools, Cawston Elementary leads in ELA and math, while Fruitvale Elementary leads in science; the gaps between the highest and lowest K–5 results are 4 points in ELA, 10 in math and 9 in science. Dual Language Academy’s grade 6–8 ELA advantage over Rancho Viejo ranges from 16 to 27 points, and its math advantage from 8 to 18 points. Tahquitz has the higher graduation rate, 96% versus 94% at West Valley, and lower dropout rate, 2% versus 2% (the exact rates are 1.5% and 2.0%).

Both high schools improved in ELA, math and science from 2024–25 to 2025–26, while the K–5 average fell 2 points in ELA and 1 point in math and rose 3 points in science. Dual Language Academy also improved in all three subjects, led by a 9-point science gain. SchoolDigger statewide percentile rankings rose 4 points for West Valley and Rancho Viejo, but fell 8 for Harmony and 5 for Cawston over 2023–24 to 2025–26, so recent score changes do not always match shifts in relative ranking. The 2024–25 free/reduced lunch eligible measure ranges from 80% at Cawston to 91% at Fruitvale; it is context, not an explanation for results. The high schools have similar student–teacher ratios—20.7 at West Valley and 21.3 at Tahquitz—yet West Valley scores higher in each subject. Both also report chronic absenteeism well above the state rate: 37% at West Valley and 33% at Tahquitz, versus 18% statewide.