Summary:
Zip code 93523 is home to one high school, Desert Junior-Senior High, a grades 7-12 school serving 497 students in the rural Muroc Joint Unified School District.
This school presents a notable mix of strengths and challenges for families to consider. Its most outstanding achievement is a perfect 100% graduation rate with a 0% dropout rate, significantly outperforming both its district and the state. Students also perform better than their district peers in English Language Arts and science. However, academic proficiency, especially in mathematics where only 15.2% of students are proficient, lags behind California averages. The school's statewide ranking has also declined over the past three years.
Key areas for parents to note include a very high chronic absenteeism rate of 30.8%, which is a concern despite the strong graduation outcomes. The student population has a relatively low rate of economic need compared to the state average. Overall, Desert Junior-Senior High excels at keeping students enrolled and graduating but faces significant challenges in boosting academic achievement and daily attendance.
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