Park View Middle, Yucaipa CA - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Park View Middle

Park View Middle is a public middle school in Yucaipa serving grades six through eight. The enrollment is typical for its grade band, with roughly equal cohorts across the three grades and a student body that is about half Hispanic and half White, with smaller numbers of Asian, Black, and multiracial students. Nearly seven in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic profile of the school and surrounding area.

State testing results show persistent challenges in both English language arts and math. In English language arts across all grades, proficiency sits in the low-to-mid range, with seventh grade performing somewhat stronger than sixth or eighth. Math proficiency is consistently lower, with less than a third of eighth graders demonstrating proficiency on the state assessment. Science proficiency at eighth grade, the only grade tested, also falls below one in three. Data on English learners and students with individualized education plans was not available.

When compared against other districts in San Bernardino County, Park View's overall proficiency index—the mean of reported proficiency rates across tested subjects and grades—lands above the midpoint among county schools that reported comparable data. This positioning suggests the school is performing better than a simple read of its individual proficiency numbers might suggest, though absolute proficiency remains low in all tested areas.

Yucaipa itself is a semi-rural, foothills suburb with a small walkable downtown core centered on the Uptown district, where City Hall, the transit center, and the library branch cluster. The wider community is single-family homes and car-dependent. The area is growing steadily, with substantial undeveloped land designated for mixed-use and residential expansion, and new construction homes are actively being built. The local economy centers on healthcare, education, and retail, with Crafton Hills College and the school district itself among the largest employers.

Housing values are moderate by state standards, and the rent-to-income ratio suggests rental affordability that is better than the mortgage-to-income ratio, making renting relatively competitive in the market. Owner-occupied homes are the norm, with about two-thirds of homes owner-occupied in the city overall.

Parents considering Park View should view it as a school where most students are not yet demonstrating proficiency in core subjects, where academic support and intervention will be common features of the student experience, and where the peer group is predominantly Hispanic and economically disadvantaged. The school sits within a growing suburban community with a family-oriented character rather than a high-density urban environment. A parent may want to discuss with the school what interventions and supports are in place for students not meeting grade-level standards, and what pathways exist for students to accelerate or access advanced coursework as they move toward high school.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 623%

School 23% · District 24% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 727%

School 27% · District 33% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 31%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 38%

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

Grade 747%

School 47% · District 45% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 833%

School 33% · District 39% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 829%

School 29% · District 31% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 55% · ▲ 6 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

This schoolYucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified, 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 6Lower-income32%Higher-income50%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income60%19 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income45%20 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income17%Higher-income38%22 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income18%Higher-income45%27 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income25%Higher-income40%15 pp gap