Use my locationShowing schools within 5 miles of Big Bear Lake. Distances are measured from the middle of the schools in Big Bear Lake.
Big Bear Lake
4 scored schools 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.
5 of the 5 public schools here take students by address.
5 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 5 miles of Big Bear Lake.
No magnets or schools of choice are within 5 miles of Big Bear Lake.
Elementary
Which elementary schools are near Big Bear Lake?
2 scored elementary schools are within 5 miles of Big Bear Lake. The closest is North Shore Elementary, 0.8 miles away.
Distance 0.8mi
North Shore Elementary
Bear Valley Unified · Grades K–5
142363% below the standard
Scope Score 70Needs Support · 17th percentile
Distance 3.5mi
Baldwin Lane Elementary
Bear Valley Unified · Grades K–5
152461% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 25th 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.
Middle
Which middle schools are near Big Bear Lake?
1 scored middle school is within 5 miles of Big Bear Lake. The closest is Big Bear Middle, 0.8 miles away.
Distance 0.8mi
Big Bear Middle
Bear Valley Unified · Grades 6–8
132067% below the standard
Scope Score 74Developing · 45th 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.
High school
Which high schools are near Big Bear Lake?
1 scored high school is within 5 miles of Big Bear Lake. The closest is Big Bear High, 3.9 miles away.
These results are from spring 2025, when the state called its top two levels Exceeded and Met. The state now calls the same levels Advanced and Proficient.
Distance 3.9mi
Big Bear High
Bear Valley Unified · Grades 9–12
192457% below the standard
Scope Score 71Developing · 30th percentile
Continuation and other schools · 1
These schools are listed separately. Some are compared only with California schools of the same kind. Some have no score because students are placed there.
Distance 3.9mi
Chautauqua High (Continuation)
Bear Valley Unified · Grades 8–12
100% below the standard
No score
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), 2024–25. High school Scope Scores use spring 2025 tests. They include graduation and college-readiness records, which the state publishes a year after the tests.
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
2 private schools are within 5 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.
- Bear Valley Unified5 public and charter schools in the lists above