Total enrollment
1,738
+67 (+4%) vs SY 2020-21
11 schools in Mountain Empire Unified
California · 1,738 students · 5 cities
Across 11 public schools, Mountain Empire Unified (California) serves approximately 1,738 K-12 students across 5 elementary, 1 middle, and 4 high.
4-year change in Mountain Empire Unified
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
8
-1 (-11%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Mountain Empire Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #498 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,738 | #450 of 587 | #4,915 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 8 | #297 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #261 of 587 | #8,592 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 55.6% | #356 of 587 | #3,388 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #304 of 530 | #2,809 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Mountain Empire Unified
State test results across the district's 6 scored schools run from Descanso Elementary at 52.3% proficient to Potrero Elementary at 9.8%, a gap of 42.4 points. That is the 116th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 8 district schools that reported both years went from 1,582 to 1,738 students (up 10%) and from 74 to 82 full-time teachers (up 11%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Empire High | Pine Valley | High | 09-12 | 412 |
| Campo Elementary | Campo | Elementary | KG-06 | 359 |
| Potrero Elementary | Potrero | Elementary | KG-06 | 300 |
| Mountain Empire Junior High | Pine Valley | Middle | 07-08 | 245 |
| Clover Flat Elementary | Boulevard | Elementary | KG-06 | 190 |
| Descanso Elementary | Descanso | Elementary | KG-06 | 188 |
| Hillside Junior/Senior High | Pine Valley | High | 07-12 | 31 |
| Sunrise High (Continuation) | Pine Valley | High | 09-12 | 13 |
| Cottonwood Community Day | Pine Valley | High | 07-12 | 0 |
| Mountain Empire Special Education Preschool | Pine Valley | Elementary | M-M | · |
| Pine Valley Middle | Pine Valley | Combined | M-M | · |
About Mountain Empire Unified
Across 11 schools, Mountain Empire Unified serves about 1,738 students in California. By footprint it is a compact district.
For a sense of the school types, Mountain Empire Unified consists of 5 elementary, 1 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
Average enrollment per school in Mountain Empire Unified is about 158, meaningfully below the California average of roughly 578.
Looking at the last 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment rose 4%: 1,671 students in SY 2020-21 versus 1,738 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 9 to 8 across the same 4-year window.
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