Best Public Schools in Venice, CA

Venice has four schools: three K–5 elementary schools and one high school serving grades 9–12. In 2025–26, the elementary schools averaged 77% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), 71% in math, and 60% in science, compared with state results of 49%, 38%, and 36%. The high school’s results are from 2024–25, so they should not be combined with the elementary results. The key takeaway is that the elementary schools are well above state averages overall, but results vary substantially by school—most sharply in science, where the gap between the highest- and lowest-scoring schools was 41 points.

Broadway Elementary is the clearest standout, leading the elementary schools in all three subjects: 86% in ELA, 81% in math, and 77% in science. It was 37, 42, and 41 points above state results, respectively. Coeur D’Alene Avenue Elementary placed second in ELA and science and was close behind Broadway in math, with results above the state in every subject. Westminster Avenue Elementary had the lowest elementary results in each subject: its ELA and math scores were 15 and 18 points above state levels, while its science result was essentially at the state level. At Animo Venice Charter High, 2024–25 ELA was 61% and science 35%, both above state results, but math was 17%—20 points below the state.

Elementary averages rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 2 points in ELA, 5 in math, and 2 in science; school-level exceptions include Coeur D’Alene’s 1-point ELA dip and Broadway’s gains in all three subjects. SchoolDigger’s 2025–26 ranks were 105th for Broadway, 321st for Coeur D’Alene, and 1,320th for Westminster, with each school improving its position from 2023–24. Attendance also distinguishes the schools: chronic absenteeism was 13% at Broadway and 14% at Coeur D’Alene, below the 18% state rate, versus 23% at Westminster. In 2024–25, free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 26%, 32%, and 78% at those elementary schools, respectively; student–teacher ratios were 22.2, 22.6, and 20.3. These figures describe school context and do not explain results.