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Imogene Garner Hook Junior High
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardWhat this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Imogene Garner Hook Junior High
Located at 15000 Hook Blvd., in Victorville, California, Imogene Garner Hook Junior High is a moderately sized middle school that educates 665 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Victor Valley Union High.
Victor Valley Union High comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 11,532 students; Imogene Garner Hook Junior High is among them.
Demographically, Imogene Garner Hook Junior High records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 22% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% White. By comparison, San Bernardino County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Imogene Garner Hook Junior High has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.7:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, San Bernardino County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Imogene Garner Hook Junior High tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 30.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 16.0%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (San Bernardino County) records that median household earnings sit near $85,478, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Imogene Garner Hook Junior High is one of 583 public schools in San Bernardino County (combined enrollment of about 393,648 students).
Nearest neighbor: Village Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imogene Garner Hook Junior High. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Imogene Garner Hook Junior High ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.5%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Imogene Garner Hook Junior High's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 842 (now 665). Hispanic enrollment moved from 62% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 30.2:1 in 2018 to 17.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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