Summary:
The 92359 zip code is home to a single public elementary school, Mentone Elementary, which serves grades K-5 with a total enrollment of 434 students. Mentone Elementary is part of the Redlands Unified School District, which is ranked 540 out of 1,568 school districts in California and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Mentone Elementary's performance on standardized tests is consistently lower than the Redlands Unified School District and the state of California averages, across all grade levels and subject areas. The school's proficiency rates in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics range from 18.64% to 48.48% and 18.64% to 39.39%, respectively, compared to the district's 42.98% to 52.09% in ELA/Literacy and 36.26% to 42.3% in Mathematics, and the state's 42.8% to 47.37% in ELA/Literacy and 35.02% to 45.64% in Mathematics. Additionally, Mentone Elementary's science proficiency rates, as measured by the CAST assessment, are also lower than the district and state averages.
Mentone Elementary has a high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 79.72% for the 2022-2023 school year, indicating that the student population is predominantly from low-income families. The school's chronic absenteeism rate of 19.0% is also higher than the state average, which could be a contributing factor to the lower test scores. With only one school in the 92359 zip code, there is a lack of school choice and competition in the area, which may limit the incentives for the school to improve its performance.
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