Muroc Joint Unified School District | |
Address: | 17100 Foothill Ave |
City: | North Edwards |
State: | CA |
County: | Kern |
Zipcode: | 93523 |
Country: | United States |
Type: | Public Education |
Motto: | "Education is our business" |
Grades: | TK-Adult |
Established: | 1953 |
Superintendent: | Kevin Cordes |
Asst Superintendent: | Brent Tan, Student Services |
Businessadmin: | Trevor Walker, CBO |
Governing Agency: | California Department of Education |
Accreditation: | --> |
Schools: | Elementary 2, Junior/Senior High Schools 2, Adult Education 1 |
Students: | 1,900 |
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Muroc Joint Unified School District is a public K-12 unified school system of approximately 2,000 students, located in the Mojave Desert approximately 110miles northeast of Los Angeles. It was founded as an elementary school in 1911 at Edwards. Boron students were bussed to the air base for their education. As the area became more populated, another school was established in 1929, in Boron. The schools became a unified district in 1953, encompassing 578sqmi in Kern and San Bernardino counties.
The District serves the communities of Boron (including Kramer Junction and Desert Lake), North Edwards and Edwards Air Force Base, and maintains five school sites: Boron Junior/Senior High School (7-12); Desert Junior/Senior High School (7-12); West Boron Elementary School (TK-6); Branch Elementary School (TK-6); and Lynch Learning Center (Adult Education). Both of the comprehensive high schools offer an alternative education program and have received "WASC Accreditation" . All of these schools have been awarded "California Distinguished School" status.