Summary:
Zip code 93527 has one listed school, Inyokern Elementary, serving kindergarten through grade 6 and enrolling 161 students. With no other listed schools, there is no meaningful school-to-school comparison; the useful reference points are state and district results and changes over time. In 2025–2026, the school’s ELA result was nearly identical to the state’s, while math and science were below state levels, making the clearest overall finding a mixed academic picture by subject.
Inyokern Elementary is both the highest- and lowest-performing school in the local list by default, rather than a standout among peers. Compared with the state in 2025–2026, its all-grade ELA result was about 49%, essentially matching the state; math was 32%, 6 points lower, and science was 31%, 5 points lower. ELA was stronger in grades 5 and 6, where results were 5 and 8 points above state rates, while grade 3 was 5 points below. Math varied sharply by grade: grade 5 was 21 points below the state, but grade 6 was 7 points above. The school also exceeded Sierra Sands Unified in all three subjects, by 7 points in ELA, 3 in math and 1 in science.
Results changed unevenly: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, ELA rose 2 points, math fell 6 points and science fell 19 points. Science shifted from 17 points above the state to 5 points below, the sharpest change in the results. SchoolDigger’s statewide percentile ranking also declined, from the 65th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 53rd in 2025–2026. As context, the 2024–2025 student–teacher ratio was 23, and 80% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible; chronic absenteeism in 2025–2026 was 25%, versus 27% districtwide and 18% statewide. These figures describe one school and do not establish why its results changed.
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