Summary:
ZIP code 93536 has three middle schools serving grades 6–8, with enrollments clustered between 781 and 859 students. The schools’ 2025–26 results vary considerably, and none reached California’s proficiency rate in ELA, math or science. The most important finding is that all three were below the state in every subject, with the area’s average math result furthest behind—25 percentage points below the state rate.
Joe Walker Middle led the group in all-grades results: 40% in ELA, 21% in math and 21% in science. It outperformed the other two schools’ average by 17 points in ELA, 11 in math and 7 in science. Endeavour Middle had the lowest results, at 19% in ELA, 9% in math and 13% in science; Amargosa Creek Middle placed between them in all three subjects. Joe Walker also had unusually high reported 6th-grade scores: 93% in ELA and 73% in math, compared with state rates of 48% and 37%. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings likewise put Joe Walker highest of the three, at the 31st percentile, followed by Amargosa Creek at the 12th and Endeavour at the 5th.
Across the three schools, average results fell from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by about 1 percentage point in ELA, less than 1 point in math and 1 point in science, while state rates rose in all three subjects. Endeavour improved in every subject, but Amargosa Creek and Joe Walker declined in all three. Context also differs: in 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 59% at Joe Walker, 82% at Endeavour and 86% at Amargosa Creek; student–teacher ratios were 23.7, 20.3 and 18.4, respectively. Joe Walker reported the highest per-student spending ($19,593), compared with $6,222 at Amargosa Creek and $4,064 at Endeavour; these are observed differences, not evidence of what caused results. The two years of scores show a short-term change, not a long-term trend.
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