Use my locationShowing schools within 20 miles of Big Bear Lake. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Big Bear Lake.
Big Bear Lake
1 scored school near Big Bear Lake
Each school level has its own list. Scores use California’s state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26 elementary and middle; 2024–25 high school.
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The district is known for every school. IB and Public Waldorf are checked against the International Baccalaureate’s directory and the Alliance for Public Waldorf Education’s member list.
These schools take students by address, so the district is the filter that matters.
These come from each charter’s own website. We have read 0 of the 0 charters here. A school we have not read is never counted as a “no”.
We hold no program detail for magnets yet, only how they admit.
These are the nearest schools of every kind. Choose a kind of school to see that kind across the whole 20 miles.
0 schools take students by address. Your home address decides which one your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your street.
No charter schools are within 20 miles of Big Bear Lake.
1 magnet or school of choice. You apply through the district, not the school.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Big Bear Lake?
1 scored middle school is within 20 miles of Big Bear Lake. The closest is Green Valley Independent Study, 18.3 miles away.
Distance 18.3mi
Green Valley Independent Study
Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified · Grades K–8 · Check how it admits students.
1675% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 26th percentile
Each percentile compares a school with California schools at its own level. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the schools in Big Bear Lake, not driving routes. Source: California Department of Education, state tests (CAASPP), 2025–26.
Private schools
Which private schools are near Big Bear Lake?
Private schools don’t take California’s state tests, so there is no state testing data for them. We list them and never score them.
- Adventure universityGrades K–12 · 29 students2.2 mi
- Calvary Chapel Big Bear Christian SchoolGrades 1–11 · 35 students2.5 mi
- Berean ChristianGrades 1–9 · 15 students6.0 mi
- Faith Academy Lake ArrowheadGrades 1–12 · 14 students16.2 mi
- Wildwood Christian AcademyGrades K–12 · 225 students16.3 mi
- Mt. Calvary Lutheran Early Education CenterGrades Pre-K–3 · 24 students17.9 mi
- Orange Grove AcademyGrades K–12 · 7 students18.5 mi
- Mesa Grande AcademyGrades K–12 · 305 students18.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Christian SchoolGrades K–12 · 184 students19.1 mi
- Highland Church Day Care CenterGrades Pre-K–K · 6 students19.8 mi
- Hope Christian SchoolGrades K–12 · 70 students19.8 mi
- St. Adelaide AcademyGrades Pre-K–8 · 138 students20.0 mi
12 private schools are within 20 miles of Big Bear Lake, nearest first. Source: the federal private-school survey and private schools’ filings with the state. Tuition is the lowest and highest yearly price on the school’s own site, where we have read it.
Districts nearby
Which districts run the schools near Big Bear Lake?
Your address decides which school your child is assigned to. Ask the district which school serves your address.
- Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified1 public or charter school in the lists above