Bear Valley Unified School District is a school district in San Bernardino County, California, supporting the towns of the Big Bear area such as Boulder Bay, Fawnskin, Big Bear City, Big Bear Lake, Surgarloaf, etc.

Later in 1948, the growth of the population made Big Bear build its first high school, which is now Big Bear Middle School.

As the years passed, the population kept rising dramatically due to the new ski resort [Snow Summit], which was created in 1954, and many new tourist attractions.

Big Bear Middle school was at first attended by 6-8 graders.

The district then added Fallsvale Elementary to the list.