Schools · Borrego Springs

Borrego Springs, CA schools

Borrego Springs’s public schools score well below California’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 48.5% statewide, and 90% of high schoolers graduate on time against 87.6%. Kids attend Borrego Springs Elementary through grade 5, then Borrego Springs Middle and Borrego Springs High.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Borrego Springs’s School Grade: C-

The public schools Borrego Springs’s kids attend trail 80% of California’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

C-Test scores
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 20%
Lower resultsHigher results
California towns with similar household incomes (562)Better than 4%
Lower confidence. Built on 121 tested students. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of California only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in California with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Borrego Springs kids go to school

Grades K–5
CBorrego Springs Elementary 153 students · Borrego Springs Borrego Springs Unified School District
Grades 6–8
CBorrego Springs Middle 83 students · Borrego Springs Borrego Springs Unified School District
Grades 9–12
B+Borrego Springs High 108 students · Borrego Springs Borrego Springs Unified School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades K–12, Borrego Springs Unified)37%
State average 48.5%
Math (grades K–12, Borrego Springs Unified)12%
State average 33.4%
Graduation · class of 2020

90% graduate on time

Graduation rate
90%
CA: 87.6%
Graduating class
26
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Borrego Springs

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Borrego Springs

There’s no college within 30 miles of Borrego Springs. The closest is College of the Desert in Palm Desert, CA, 34 miles away.

College of the DesertCommunity college · Public · Palm Desert34 mi7,129 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Borrego Springs. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Every school

All 3 schools in Borrego Springs

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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