Journey, Moreno Valley CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Journey

Journey is a charter school in Moreno Valley serving kindergarten through sixth grade. It is the sole school within the Journey District, a single-school charter operated by REAL Journey Academies.

The student body is economically disadvantaged, with a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is small to moderate for its grade span. The racial and ethnic composition is predominantly Hispanic and Black, with smaller populations of other backgrounds. Data on special education enrollment and English learner enrollment were not available.

The state assessment results for the most recent school year show proficiency in math and English language arts that falls below the midpoint among districts in Riverside County. In math across grades three through six, proficiency ranges from low teen percentages in the upper grades to roughly four in ten in third grade. English language arts proficiency is similarly distributed, with third grade showing the highest rate and fifth grade the lowest. Science assessment data are limited to fifth grade, where proficiency is very low.

The school is located in a large, suburban Inland Empire city with extensive tract housing and a significant logistics and distribution sector. Moreno Valley is car-dependent; a resident can expect to drive for most errands. Housing values in the zip code have moderated slightly year over year, and rents have risen modestly. The city is on a sustained growth trajectory with new residential development ongoing, though the housing stock remains predominantly single-family detached homes.

A material change is underway. The school is pursuing a charter renewal and a material revision to expand from its current kindergarten-through-sixth-grade program to kindergarten through twelfth grade. The secondary grades, proposed to begin in the 2026-27 school year, are planned to operate under a branding name, The Journey School of Entrepreneurship, with an explicit focus on entrepreneurship and college- and career-readiness pathways. This expansion would allow families to remain in the school through high school graduation without transferring elsewhere. Prior to this expansion, families would need to move their children to a different school after sixth grade.

Data on staffing, course offerings at the elementary level, attendance, discipline, and detailed program design were not available from the sources reviewed.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 339%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 422%

School 22% · district not reported

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 512%

School 12% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

School 37% · district not reported

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · district not reported

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 528%

School 28% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 631%

School 31% · district not reported

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Science

Grade 58%

School 8% · district not reported

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income34%Higher-income50%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income25%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income23%Higher-income50%27 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income34%Higher-income63%29 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income33%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income8%Higher-income33%26 pp gap