Redondo Beach Unified

Redondo Beach Unified has 13 schools—eight elementary, two middle and three high schools, plus a learning academy—serving students from elementary through high school; 12 have 2025–26 test results, while the academy has no scores in the supplied data. Results are generally strong compared with the state: all 11 schools other than the continuation high school exceeded state proficiency in English language arts (ELA), math and science. The most important finding is that strong districtwide results do not mean achievement is even across schools, especially in math and science.

Alta Vista Elementary led ELA at 81% and math at 84%, while Birney Elementary led science at 83%. Those results were about 32, 45 and 47 percentage points above state results, respectively. At the other end, Patricia Dreizler Continuation High reported 40% ELA, 0% math and 8% science—below the state by about 9, 38 and 28 points. Its continuation-school setting and enrollment of 41 make it a distinct comparison from the other schools. SchoolDigger also ranks Alta Vista 131st of 5,804 elementary schools, Adams Middle 191st of 2,703 middle schools, and Redondo Union High 215th of 2,137 high schools.

From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the 11 conventional schools improved by an average of 2 points in ELA, while math was nearly flat and science rose by 1 point; statewide gains were less than a point in ELA, 1 point in math and 3 points in science. Changes varied considerably: Alta Vista science rose 28 points, while Madison Elementary science fell 20 points and Washington Elementary fell 12 points. School context also differs: Birney had a student-teacher ratio of 27 and the top science result, while ratios at Lincoln, Tulita and Alta Vista were 22, 22.1 and 24. The reported measure was free/reduced lunch eligible, sy 2024–25: Jefferson reported 9% and Madison 27%, alongside different achievement results; these figures describe school context, not a reason for the results.