Photo: Perdelsky / Perdelsky at en.wikipedia · Public domainJacumba’s public schools
Mountain Empire Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Jacumba. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in California’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Jacumba’s schools, in brief
School by school
0 of Jacumba’s 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Descanso Elementary places highest (better than 46%); Potrero Elementary lowest (9%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Four elementary schools serve Jacumba, graded from D to B−, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Mountain Empire High. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Jacumba, with each school’s own grade.
7th grade in Jacumba
Mountain Empire Junior High
Grades 7–8 · 245 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Pine Valley
8th grade in Jacumba
Mountain Empire Junior High
Grades 7–8 · 245 students · 21:1 students per teacher · in Pine Valley
9th grade in Jacumba
Mountain Empire High
Grades 9–12 · 412 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Pine Valley
10th grade in Jacumba
Mountain Empire High
Grades 9–12 · 412 students · 19:1 students per teacher · in Pine Valley
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mountain Empire Unified School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Jacumba vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Jacumba’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Jacumba | — | Mountain Empire Unified |
Every school in Jacumba
6 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with California’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Jacumba’s schools
Are Jacumba’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Jacumba. Mountain Empire Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Jacumba. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 6 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Jacumba in?
Mountain Empire Unified School District.
Where do Jacumba kids go to high school?
Mountain Empire High.
Parents talk
What Jacumba families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.