Total enrollment
8,519
-1,537 (-15%) vs SY 2017-18
14 schools in Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
California · 8,519 students · 2 cities
Within Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified, 14 public K-12 schools serve about 8,519 students, an average of 609 per school.
7-year change in Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
13
-1 (-7%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
39%
was 53%
% Hispanic
53%
was 42%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In California | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #274 of 534 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 8,519 | #178 of 587 | #1,097 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 13 | #184 of 587 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.4:1 | #506 of 587 | #8,900 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 64.2% | #300 of 587 | #2,407 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #253 of 530 | #2,228 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 Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
State test results across the district's 10 scored schools run from Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA) at 56.4% proficient to Calimesa Elementary at 17.4%, a gap of 39.0 points. That is the 136th widest gap among 458 California districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 13 district schools that reported both years went from 9,092 to 8,519 students (down 6%) and from 384 to 364 full-time teachers (down 5%), 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yucaipa High | Yucaipa | High | 09-12 | 2,755 |
| Park View Middle | Yucaipa | Middle | 06-08 | 870 |
| Competitive Edge Charter Academy (CECA) | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-08 | 717 |
| Mesa View Middle | Calimesa | Middle | 06-08 | 717 |
| Wildwood Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 607 |
| Chapman Heights Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 597 |
| Ridgeview Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 567 |
| Valley Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 518 |
| Calimesa Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 511 |
| Dunlap Elementary | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-05 | 382 |
| Green Valley High | Yucaipa | High | 09-12 | 111 |
| Oak View High School & Education Center | Yucaipa | High | 07-12 | 90 |
| Green Valley Independent Study | Yucaipa | Elementary | KG-08 | 77 |
| Yucaipa Early Childhood Education Center | Yucaipa | Elementary | M-M | · |
About Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified
As a sparse district in California, Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified teaches 8,519 students across 14 schools.
In terms of grade levels, Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified is made up of 9 elementary, 2 middle, and 3 high schools.
Trend over the past 7 years. Across the same 7-year window, public-school enrollment shrank 15%: 10,056 students in SY 2017-18 versus 8,519 in SY 2024-25. The school count fell from 14 to 13 across the same 7-year window. The White share of public-school enrollment declined from 53% to 39%.
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