Larrea Middle, Victorville CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Larrea Middle

Larrea Middle is a small, publicly operated middle school serving grades seven and eight in Victorville, California, located in the High Desert region of San Bernardino County. The school's enrollment is modest and concentrated almost entirely in seventh grade.

The student body reflects Victorville's demographics: a clear majority identify as Hispanic, with a substantial Black student population and smaller numbers of Asian, white, and multiracial students. More than two-thirds of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating widespread economic need. State testing data on English learner and special education populations was not available.

State test results show persistently low proficiency across both subjects. In math, fewer than one in four seventh graders and roughly one in eight eighth graders scored at proficiency on California's assessment. English language arts performed slightly better, with roughly one in four students proficient in both grades. Science proficiency in eighth grade sits below one in ten. These results place Larrea's overall proficiency index in the bottom quartile among the county's 32 schools with comparable data, indicating academic demand substantially exceeding capacity across the school.

The school offers robotics as a career and technical education pathway, though program depth and enrollment are not detailed. The full range of academic and elective offerings was not accessible.

Larrea sits within the Victor Valley Union High School District, which covers Victorville and Adelanto. The district recently won approval of two major general obligation bonds in November 2024 dedicated to facility expansion and modernization. This signals a multi-year investment cycle in school infrastructure: the bonds target classroom expansion to address overcrowding, modernization of aging campuses, and expansion of career technical education space. Families buying into the district should expect ongoing property tax increases tied to these measures.

Victorville itself is a sprawling, car-dependent High Desert city dominated by single-family residential subdivisions, with an economy anchored in logistics, education, and retail. The city is experiencing rapid residential and industrial growth, with hundreds of new homes approved and major warehouse complexes under development. Housing values here are substantially lower than state and national benchmarks, and rental costs remain relatively moderate, making the area affordable for families on limited income, though affordability pressures are rising. The region has limited pedestrian street life outside specific corridors and depends entirely on personal vehicles for most errands.

For a parent evaluating this school, the core consideration is academic performance. The testing results reflect serious challenges in literacy and numeracy preparation. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about intervention structures, class sizes, staff experience, and support systems in place to address these proficiency gaps. The robotics pathway may appeal to students with that interest. The pending facility improvements district-wide should eventually help with crowding, though those upgrades will roll out over time.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 27% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 24% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 39% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 39% · ▼ 13 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 812%

School 12% · District 21% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

This schoolVictor Valley Union High, 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 7Lower-income26%Higher-income33%8 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income29%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income30%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income11%Higher-income15%4 pp gap