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Schools in Palo Verde · San Pasqual Valley Unified School District

Palo Verde’s public schools score below 88% of California districts

The public schools Palo Verde’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of California’s districts on state tests and graduation.

Reading proficiency
16%
▼ 33 pts vs CA 49%
2020–21
Math proficiency
3%
▼ 30 pts vs CA 33%
2020–21
Graduate on time
77%
▼ 11 pts vs CA 88%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$32.4K
▲ 53% vs CA $21.2K
FY2024
Schools
0
The School Grade

How Palo Verde compares

D− Test scoresD Graduation
California school districts we grade (1,139)Better than 12%
Lower resultsHigher results
Good confidence. Built on 271 tested students and a graduating class of 63; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on California’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of California only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Palo Verde.

The path, start to finish
K–5San Pasqual Valley Elementaryin Winterhaven
6–8San Pasqual Middlein Winterhaven
9–12San Pasqual Valley Highin Winterhaven

The district

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

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading16%
State average 48.5%
Math3%
State average 33.4%

Every school in Palo Verde

0 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

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Colleges near Palo Verde

There’s no college in Palo Verde, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Palo Verde College in Blythe, 16.7 miles away.

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Straight-line distance from the center of Palo Verde. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within California. Stars are from neighbors.

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