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Best Public Schools in Lake Balboa, CA

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At a glance

Schools

7,459

Students

Districts

Top rankedHigh Technical LA290^th of 2,135 California high schools

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Biggest riser

Cohasset Street Elementary up 1,233 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet 13.5 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Lake Balboa has 11 schools: five elementary schools, one middle school, four high schools and one K–12 alternative school, serving students across a wide range of grades. Nine schools have 2025–2026 test results, while Birmingham Community Charter High and High Technical LA have results from 2024–2025. The most important finding is how different the reported results are from school to school: among the nine with current-year scores, ELA ranges from 30% to 79%, math from 0% to 51%, and science from 5% to 44%.

Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet leads the current-year group in ELA at 79% and science at 44%, respectively 30 and 8 percentage points above the state. Lemay Street Elementary stands out among elementary schools: its ELA score of 57% and math score of 51% are 8 and 12 points above the state. At the lower end, Independence Continuation has the lowest current-year math and science results, at 0% and 5%; Bassett Street Elementary has the lowest elementary ELA and science scores, at 30% and 10%. Results from High Technical LA and Birmingham Community Charter High are from the earlier year, so they are best considered separately: both were above the state in 11th-grade ELA, while Birmingham was below the state in math.

Across the same nine schools, average ELA rose 7 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, narrowing the gap to the state by 6 points; science rose 5 points and narrowed its gap by 1, while math rose less than 1 point and fell 1 point further behind. Individual changes vary: Cohasset Street Elementary gained 15 points in ELA, while Anatola Avenue Elementary fell 8. SchoolDigger’s rankings also moved in different directions: Lemay rose 22 percentile points from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026, while Gault Street Elementary fell 13. For schools with reported figures, free/reduced lunch eligible shares in 2024–2025 ranged from 47% at High Technical LA to 96% at Bassett; Lemay’s share was 92%. Because schools serve different grade spans, all-grades comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				CAST Science (2026)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2026)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2024-25)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners with all required immunizations	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Birmingham Community Charter High	Public, Charter	9-12	17000 Haynes St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Birmingham Community Charter High District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 758-5200	3,162	140	22.6	90.0%	147 (4.6%)	122 (3.9%)	2,724 (86.1%)	110 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.1%)	52 (1.6%)	71.6	587^th of 2135 public high schools	72.5%		71.4	570^th of 2162 public high schools	73.6%	17			38.3	21.4	37.7							73.5	73.5							34.7	34.7			$20,029	$6,543	$13,486
High Technical LA	Public, Charter	9-12	17111 Victory Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	High Technical LA District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 609-2680	362	16	22.2	47.2%	215 (59.4%)	2 (0.6%)	114 (31.5%)	21 (5.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.8%)	85.3	290^th of 2135 public high schools	86.4%		83	359^th of 2162 public high schools	83.4%	69			52.4		52.4							78.1	78.1							43.8	43.8			$17,054	$715	$16,339
Anatola Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	7364 Anatola Ave.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-8733	269	14	19.2	87.4%	17 (6.3%)	6 (2.2%)	220 (81.8%)	8 (3.0%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.9%)	29.1	4078^th of 5817 public elementary schools	29.9%		35.1	3568^th of 5857 public elementary schools	39.1%	510	18.2				18.2	34.8	32.5	25.0					30.8	43.5	35.0	20.9					33.3	94%	2%	$28,423	$3,460	$24,963
Bassett Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15756 Bassett St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 782-1340	609	30	20.3	96.4%	21 (3.4%)	16 (2.6%)	535 (87.8%)	17 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.3%)	24.4	4434^th of 5817 public elementary schools	23.8%		25	4407^th of 5857 public elementary schools	24.8%	27	10.1				10.1	35.6	28.3	26.3					29.8	37.9	31.6	20.6					29.8	96%	1%	$26,800	$3,300	$23,500
Cohasset Street Elementary	Public	K-5	15810 Saticoy St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 787-2113	451	24	18.7	95.1%	26 (5.8%)	4 (0.9%)	397 (88.0%)	13 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	42.4	3088^th of 5817 public elementary schools	46.9%		25.9	4321^st of 5857 public elementary schools	26.2%	1233	27.3				27.3	38.3	53.1	42.4					44.1	39.5	37.5	27.3					35.1	95%	1%	$29,282	$3,393	$25,889
Gault Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17000 Gault St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-1933	298	15	19.8	87.9%	29 (9.7%)	7 (2.3%)	239 (80.2%)	10 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.4%)	35.5	3544^th of 5817 public elementary schools	39.1%		36.2	3468^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.8%	76	30.0				30.0	18.4	30.4	51.0					33.1	20.8	36.8	42.0					33.6	≥ 98%		$24,413	$2,374	$22,039
Independence Continuation	Public	9-12	6501 Balboa Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 881-7737	103	6	18.7	90.3%	10 (9.7%)	3 (2.9%)	89 (86.4%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21.5	1627^th of 2135 public high schools	23.8%		15.7	1781^st of 2162 public high schools	17.6%	154			5.9		4.8							44.4	44.4							0.0	0.0			$28,267	$3,429	$24,838
Lemay Street Elementary	Public	K-5	17520 Vanowen St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 343-4696	334	17	19.6	91.9%	20 (6.0%)	6 (1.8%)	286 (85.6%)	10 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (3.6%)	63.6	1902^nd of 5817 public elementary schools	67.3%		55.5	2280^th of 5857 public elementary schools	61.1%	378	27.5				27.5	70.2	48.0	54.9					57.4	68.1	46.0	39.2					50.7	≥ 98%		$31,102	$2,947	$28,155
William Mulholland Middle	Public	6-8	17120 Vanowen St.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 609-2500	1,098	57	19.3	93.5%	80 (7.3%)	24 (2.2%)	939 (85.5%)	39 (3.6%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	14 (1.3%)	44	1366^th of 2740 public middle schools	50.1%		37.5	1558^th of 2761 public middle schools	43.6%	192		24.1			24.1				40.4	44.6	48.2		44.2				27.7	36.3	35.8		33.1			$23,351	$2,865	$20,486
Lake Balboa College Preparatory Magnet K-12	Public, Alternative	K-12	6701 Balboa Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 342-6133	590	28	21.0	76.8%	280 (47.5%)	11 (1.9%)	221 (37.5%)	46 (7.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (5.4%)								(n/a)	18.8	32.8	55.8		34.9	35.7	46.0	38.8	48.0	52.2	60.3	88.4	52.7	57.1	50.0	24.5	32.0	39.1	36.2	53.5	41.1	≥ 95%		$23,240	$2,022	$21,218
Daniel Pearl Journalism & Communications Magnet	Public	9-12	6649 Balboa Blvd.	Lake Balboa	91406	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(818) 654-3775	183	14	13.5	78.7%	50 (27.3%)	8 (4.4%)	109 (59.6%)	10 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.3%)	80.2	403^rd of 2135 public high schools	81.1%		66.7	663^rd of 2162 public high schools	69.3%	260			45.5		44.1							78.8	78.8							39.4	39.4			$38,764	$3,072	$35,692

Cities Near Lake Balboa

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Van Nuys	1.09 mi	29	535^th
Northridge	1.58 mi	18	196^th
North Hills	1.79 mi	18	521^st
Reseda	1.84 mi	24	366^th
Encino	2.28 mi	5	100^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.