Best Public Schools in Zip Code 92256

Summary:

The 92256 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Morongo Valley Elementary, which serves grades K-6 and has a total enrollment of 183 students. The school is part of the Morongo Unified School District, which is ranked 1036 out of 1568 districts in California and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Morongo Valley Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from 2475 out of 5883 California elementary schools in 2021-2022 to 3002 out of 5874 in 2022-2023 and 2960 out of 5862 in 2023-2024. The school's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on Smarter Balanced Assessments and the California Science Test (CAST), is consistently below the Morongo Unified School District and the state of California averages, indicating that students are struggling to meet grade-level standards in core subjects.

Additionally, Morongo Valley Elementary faces significant socioeconomic challenges, with a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch (66.12%) and a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.4%. The school's relatively high student-teacher ratio of 22.5 may suggest a need for additional staffing and resources to support student learning and address these challenges. Overall, the data suggests that Morongo Valley Elementary is a struggling school that requires a comprehensive approach to improve academic performance and address the needs of its student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				CAST Science (2024)		Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2024)					Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2024)					% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% DTP (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2018)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy End of Course	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics End of Course	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% DTP KG	Total
Morongo Valley Elementary	Public	K-6	10951 Hess Blvd.	Morongo Valley	92256	San Bernardino County	Morongo Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(760) 363-6216	184	11	17.3	73.9%	102 (55.4%)	4 (2.2%)	63 (34.2%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.5%)	43.4	2960^th of 5862 public elementary schools	49.5%		42.2	3002^nd of 5874 public elementary schools	48.9%	42	20.0	20.0	50.0	34.4	35.0	53.9	43.4	42.9	25.0	10.0	42.3	31.1	89.3	92.9	89.3	$9,064

Cities Near Zip Code 92256

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Morongo Valley	2.63 mi	1	453^rd
Yucca Valley	6.3 mi	6	694^th
Desert Hot Springs	7.12 mi	8	821^st
Joshua Tree	12.71 mi	2	468^th
Landers	14.61 mi	1	513^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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