Summary:
92706 has eight schools—three elementary, two middle, two high, and one alternative—with results that vary sharply from one school to another. In 2025–2026, the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools was 76 percentage points in ELA, 55 in math, and 68 in science. Because schools serve different grade spans, grade-specific comparisons are more useful than treating all-grade results as a strict ranking. The main takeaway is that results at one school are a poor guide to what students may experience at another.
Middle College High was the clear all-grade standout, scoring 91% in ELA, 62% in math, and 79% in science in 2025–2026—41, 24, and 43 points above state results, respectively. It led the next school by 40 points in ELA, 22 in math, and 52 in science. At the other end, Willard Intermediate scored 15% in ELA, 7% in math, and 11% in science, respectively 34, 31, and 25 points below the state. There are also grade-level strengths hidden by all-grade results: Mendez led the four schools reporting grades 6–8 in math in each grade, while Advanced Learning Academy was above the state in ELA in grades 6–8 but had only 17% proficiency in both grade 5 ELA and math.
Across the same six schools with results in both years, average math and science moved closer to state results from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, while ELA moved farther away: math rose 1 point and science 5 points, but ELA fell 1 point. Individual results differed; for example, Middle College improved in math and science but its ELA score fell 6 points. SchoolDigger’s rankings also show a persistent contrast: Middle College ranked in the 97th–98th percentile across three years, while Willard ranked in the 3rd–5th percentile and had zero stars in 2025–2026. Their school-year 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible measures were 86% and 97%, respectively; their student-teacher ratios were 20.0 and 14.3, observations that do not by themselves explain test results.
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