Summary:
South Gate has 27 listed schools—17 elementary, two middle and eight high schools—serving students from elementary through high school in district, charter and continuation settings. The latest listed proficiency results are for 2025–26, while the elementary trend below compares 11 schools with results in both years. The clearest takeaway is the wide variation in results: the highest-to-lowest listed scores span 94 points in ELA, 61 in math and 50 in science.
Sci Technical Engr Arts and Math at Legacy High School Complex (STEAM) is the standout, with 94% proficient in ELA—45 points above the state and 25 points above the next-highest listed school—and 50% in science, 14 points above the state. Victoria Avenue Elementary leads listed math results at 61%, while Bryson Avenue Elementary leads the elementary comparison in ELA at 60% and also scores 56% in math. Among traditional high schools, South Gate Senior High scores 65% in ELA and 40% in math, both above state results. At the low end, Simon Rodia Continuation reports 0% in all three subjects; Odyssey Continuation reports 11% in ELA, 0% in math and 2% in science. SchoolDigger gives STEAM and International Studies Learning Center at Legacy High School Complex four stars, and both continuation schools zero stars.
Elementary results improved on average from 2024–25 to 2025–26 across the same 11 schools: ELA rose from 42% to 45%, math from 39% to 46%, and science from 24% to 30%. Math is the group’s relative strength, averaging 8 points above the state in 2025–26; ELA remained 4 points below the state and science 6 points below. Individual trends differ: Victoria’s math rose 10 points while its ELA fell 1, and Bryson’s ELA rose 1 while its math fell 2. As context, the reported measure was free/reduced lunch eligible for 2024–25: 85% at Bryson and 97% at Victoria, even though each leads the elementary comparison in a different subject. These figures do not by themselves explain school results.
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