Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0Mountain Center’s public schools
Hemet Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mountain Center. 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
Mountain Center’s schools, in brief
School by school
1 of Mountain Center’s 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s 3,615 public schools. Hamilton places highest (better than 57%); Diamond Valley Middle lowest (3%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
16 elementary schools serve Mountain Center, graded from C− to C+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then eight middle schools and four high schools: Hemet High, West Valley High, Tahquitz High and Hamilton. 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 Mountain Center, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hemet 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
Mountain Center vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the California towns that share Mountain Center’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain Center | — | Hemet Unified |
Every school in Mountain Center
24 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 Mountain Center’s schools
Are Mountain Center’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Mountain Center. Hemet Unified School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Mountain Center. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 10 district schools with test results score above the middle of California’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Mountain Center in?
Hemet Unified School District.
Where do Mountain Center kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Hemet High, West Valley High, Tahquitz High and Hamilton.
Parents talk
What Mountain Center families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Mountain Center → They have their own page.
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.