Best High Schools in Zip Code 93505

ZIP code 93505 has one listed high school, California City High, serving grades 9–12 and enrolling 604 students in the Mojave Unified district. With no other listed high schools, families have one local school to consider rather than a choice among schools in this dataset. In 2025–2026, the school’s graduation rate was 87%, close to the state’s 88%, and its test scores improved from the prior year. The most striking concern is attendance: chronic absenteeism was 53%, compared with 18% statewide.

California City High is the only school listed, so it cannot be called the area’s top or bottom performer. Its results were above the district’s in all three subjects in 2025–2026, but below state results in each. English language arts (ELA) was closest to the state: 46% proficient, 4 percentage points below the state and 23 points above the district. Mathematics was the clearest gap, at 13% proficient—25 points below the state, though 2 points above the district. Science proficiency was 22%, 14 points below the state and 9 points above the district. The school’s 87% graduation rate was 1 point below the state and 0 points different from the district when rounded; its 8% dropout rate was 0 points different from the state.

Test results improved in all three subjects between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, and the school narrowed its state gaps: ELA rose from 30% to 46%, mathematics from 4% to 13%, and science from 13% to 22%. SchoolDigger’s ranking also rebounded, moving from 1,690th of 2,162 schools (22nd percentile) in 2024–2025 to 1,380th of 2,137 (35th percentile) in 2025–2026; it assigns the school 2 stars. The latest ranking is better than its 2023–2024 position of 1,458th (32nd percentile), but the intervening decline means the trend was not steady. The school’s 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 22.7, and 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these are context, not evidence of what caused outcomes. The list includes only one school, so it cannot show school-to-school differences.