Summary:
Schools in zip code 90002 include 13 schools: eight elementary, two middle and three high schools, with results that range from elementary grade-level scores to high-school attendance and graduation measures. The strongest and weakest results are far apart, so the zip code’s overall picture does not represent one consistent school experience.
In 2025–2026, Weigand Avenue Elementary led reported all-grades ELA at 50% and science at 47%, and scored 53% in math; Ninety-Ninth Street Elementary had the top math result, 56%, about 17 percentage points above the state’s 38%. At the lower end, Thomas Riley High scored 15% in both ELA and math—34 points below the state in ELA and 23 points below in math—while Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary had the lowest science result, 8%, 28 points below the state. Grade-specific results can tell a different story: Compton Avenue Elementary scored 66% in third-grade ELA and 71% in third-grade math, compared with 44% and 47% statewide.
Recent trends favor some schools but not all: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Weigand gained 7 points in ELA, 11 in math and 32 in science, while Ninety-Ninth Street gained 7, 9 and 21 points, respectively. By contrast, Jordan High fell 27 points in ELA and 9 in math; SchoolDigger’s percentile rank also dropped from 52 to 25. SchoolDigger ranks rose over the same two-year period for Weigand, from 34 to 70, and Ninety-Ninth Street, from 50 to 69. Income figures are context, not an explanation: in 2024–2025, both Ninety-Ninth Street and Judith F. Baca Arts Academy were about 97% free/reduced lunch eligible, yet their all-grades scores differed by 16 points in ELA and 23 in math. High-school attendance is another concern: chronic absenteeism was 48% at Jordan, 84% at Dorothy V. Johnson Community Day and 82% at Thomas Riley, versus 18% statewide. Because schools serve different grades and Dorothy’s ELA and math results were suppressed, these comparisons have limits.
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