SACRAMENTO--A list has been issued of 188 California public schools that are persistently the lowest achieving. There are 22 in the Inland Empire.

Secretary of Education Bonnie Reiss says the schools must implement one of four intervention models in hopes of making improvements.

“Ultimately, it’ll be the classroom teacher. This will give schools the opportunity to undertake some reform effort. Absent that, they may not be able to do.”

The schools are identified as the 5-percent of the state’s lowest-achieving schools. (INT)

Persistently Lowest-Achieving Schools
Riverside Palm Springs Unified Desert Hot Springs High
Riverside Perris Elementary Good Hope Elementary
Riverside Riverside County Office of Education Riverside County Community
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Barton Elementary
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Davidson Elementary
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Hunt Elementary
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Marshall Elementary
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Pacific High
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Rio Vista Elementary
San Bernardino San Bernardino City Unified Wilson Elementary

Tier II Schools - Persistently Low-Achieving
Riverside Alvord Unified Norte Vista High
Riverside Desert Sands Unified Indio High
San Bernardino Adelanto Elementary Columbia Middle
San Bernardino Apple Valley Unified Apple Valley Middle
San Bernardino Apple Valley Unified Vista Campana Middle
San Bernardino Barstow Unified Barstow High
San Bernardino Colton Joint Unified Ruth O. Harris Middle
San Bernardino Fontana Unified Fontana A. B. Miller High
San Bernardino Fontana Unified Henry J. Kaiser High
San Bernardino Fontana Unified Summit High
San Bernardino Rialto Unified Wilmer Amina Carter High

Graduation Rate Only Schools
Riverside Moreno Valley Unified March Mountain High

Story Date: September 2, 2010