Summary:
ZIP code 93552 has one listed middle school, Shadow Hills Engineering and Design Magnet Academy, serving grades 6–8 and enrolling 813 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grade proficiency was 33% in English language arts (ELA), 22% in mathematics and 21% in science, compared with state rates of 49%, 38% and 36%. The most important finding for families is that the school remains below state proficiency in every subject, by 16 points in ELA, 16 in mathematics and 15 in science.
Because Shadow Hills is the only school in this list, it is technically both the highest- and lowest-scoring school here; there is no meaningful local school-to-school comparison. Its results are close to or above the Palmdale Elementary district’s all-grade rates: about level in ELA (33% at both), 2 points higher in mathematics (22% versus 21%) and 1 point higher in science (21% versus 20%). Within the school, 7th-grade ELA stands out: 42%, 3 points above the district, though 9 points below the state. Mathematics was above district results in all three grades, by 6 points in grade 6, 7 in grade 7 and 2 in grade 8, but remained below state results.
Results improved from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026: Shadow Hills gained 4 points in ELA, 5 in mathematics and 7 in science, outpacing district gains of 3, 2 and 4 points. Its SchoolDigger statewide ranking rose from 2,210 of 2,783 schools (21st percentile) in 2023–2024 to 1,948 of 2,703 (28th percentile) in 2025–2026, when it received one star. Chronic absenteeism was 27%, compared with 25% in the district and 18% statewide. For context, the school’s student–teacher ratio was 22 in 2024–2025, and 83% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible in school year 2024–2025. With only one listed school, these figures cannot establish how Shadow Hills compares with other nearby schools.
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