Victorville’s Sixth Street Prep named 2023 National Blue Ribbon School

Rene Ray De La Cruz, Victorville Daily Press
Updated ·3 min read

Victorville’s Sixth Street Prep STREAM school was listed among 33 National Blue Ribbon Schools in California, The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday.

The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups on assessments.

Under the oversight of the Victor Elementary School District, Sixth Street Prep is led by Principal Angela Bishop Cupp.

“This award results from the hard work, dedication, and collaboration between our staff, students, and families," Cupp said. "I am so incredibly proud of Sixth Street Prep and our community.”

The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Victorville’s Sixth Street Prep has been listed among 33 National Blue Ribbon Schools in California. The school is led by Principal Angela Bishop Cupp.
The U.S. Department of Education has announced that Victorville’s Sixth Street Prep has been listed among 33 National Blue Ribbon Schools in California. The school is led by Principal Angela Bishop Cupp.

Empowering students

The school's mission statement states that the school will "empower all students to be at or above grade level by building a strong learning foundation, with depth of knowledge and critical thinking skills, in the fundamental areas of reading, mathematics, science, and writing."

“At Sixth Street Prep School, we incorporate many strategies to encourage and challenge students to develop their full potential,” Cupp said. “Without a doubt, the success of SSPS is due to the dedication and devotion of our staff, students, and families. The saying, ‘it takes a village,’ embodies our belief system at Sixth Street Prep School.”

With an estimated enrollment of 226 students, the charter school recently celebrated the 100th anniversary of the school's building in a historic part of downtown Victorville. Victor Grammar School opened in 1922 between Forest Avenue and A Street.

The other California school named a National Blue Ribbon School in San Bernardino County was Rancho Cucamonga’s Terra Vista Elementary School in the Etiwanda Elementary School District.

The 33 California schools were among 353 schools nationally named a 2023 National Blue Ribbon School.

California National Blue Ribbon Schools

  • Alhambra – Martha Baldwin Elementary School, Alhambra Unified School District.

  • Buena Park – Buena Terra Elementary School, Centralia Elementary School District.

  • Cerritos – Charles J. Carver Elementary School, ABC Unified School District.

  • Costa Mesa – Early College High School, Newport Mesa Unified School District.

  • Eastvale – Eastvale Elementary School, Corona-Norco Unified School District.

  • Fresno – Edison Computech School, Fresno Unified School District.

  • Fresno – Manchester Gate Elementary School, Fresno Unified School District.

  • Garden Grove – A. G. Cook Elementary School, Garden Grove Unified School District.

  • Garden Grove – Thomas Paine Elementary School, Garden Grove Unified School District.

  • Glendale – Horace Mann Elementary School, Glendale Unified School District.

  • Hacienda Heights – Glen A. Wilson High School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

  • Hacienda Heights – Los Molinos Elementary School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

  • Hacienda Heights – Mesa Robles School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

  • Hacienda Heights – Wedgeworth Elementary School, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District.

  • Irvine – Crean Lutheran High School, Pacific Southwest District School District.

  • La Verne – Grace Miller Elementary School, Bonita Unified School District.

  • Los Angeles – Downtown Magnets High School, Los Angeles Unified School District.

  • Norco – John F. Kennedy Middle College High School, Corona-Norco Unified School District.

  • San Diego – Garfield Elementary School, San Diego Unified School District.

  • San Francisco – John Yehall Chin Elementary School, San Francisco Unified School District.

  • San Francisco – Jose Ortega Elementary School, San Francisco Unified School District.

  • San Francisco – Ulloa Elementary School, San Francisco Unified School District.

  • San Pablo – Middle College High School, West Contra Costa Unified School District.

  • Santa Barbara – Hope Elementary School, Hope Elementary School District.

  • Santa Barbara – Peabody Charter School, Santa Barbara Unified School District.

  • Stockton – Middle College High School at San Joaquin Delta College, Lodi Unified School District.

  • Vista – Casita Center for Technology, Science & Math, Vista Unified School District.

  • West Covina – San Jose Charter Academy, San Jose Charter Academy.

  • Westminster – Susan B. Anthony Elementary School, Garden Grove Unified School District.

  • Whittier – Leffingwell Elementary School, East Whittier City School District.

  • Whittier – Oceanview Elementary School, East Whittier City Elementary School District.

With its 40th cohort, the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program has given out roughly 10,000 awards to more than 9,700 schools.

The award affirms and validates the hard work of students, educators, families, and communities in striving for – and attaining – exemplary achievement, the department stated.

For more information about the winning schools or the National Blue Ribbon Schools program, visit dev.nationalblueribbonschools.com.

Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz

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