Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 92584

The three middle schools in zip code 92584—Bell Mountain Middle, Menifee Valley Middle and Hans Christensen Middle—are part of Menifee Union and all serve grades 6–8. In 2025–2026, the schools’ average proficiency was 44% in English, 26% in math and 29% in science, compared with California averages of 49%, 38% and 36%. The clearest shared concern is math: all three schools fell below the state, and their scores varied more widely in math than in English or science.

Menifee Valley led in English at 50% and math at 33%; its English result was about 1 point above the state, while its math score was 5 points below. Hans Christensen led science at 32%, though that was 4 points below the state; it had the lowest math score, 16%, or 23 points below the state. Bell Mountain scored 42% in English, 28% in math and 30% in science. SchoolDigger’s latest percentile rankings also put Menifee Valley highest among the three at 56, followed by Bell Mountain at 44 and Hans Christensen at 34.

Results generally declined from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: the schools’ average fell 3 points in English, 4 in math and 1 in science, while state averages rose in all three subjects. Hans Christensen’s science score was the exception, increasing by 1 point; Menifee Valley’s scores fell in each subject despite leading English and math. SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings also dropped since 2023–2024: 63 to 56 for Menifee Valley, 58 to 44 for Bell Mountain and 51 to 34 for Hans Christensen. As context, all three reported free/reduced lunch eligible for the 2024–2025 school year: 63% at Menifee Valley, 62% at Bell Mountain and 73% at Hans Christensen. Enrollment and staffing also differ: Hans Christensen had 369 students and a 21.3 student-teacher ratio, compared with 941 and 23.7 at Menifee Valley and 1,066 and 24.4 at Bell Mountain.