Summary:
ZIP code 90008 has four elementary schools serving 1,235 students: three K–5 schools and New Heights Charter, which serves K–8. Among the three K–5 schools, Tom Bradley Global Awareness Magnet is the consistent ELA and math leader, but its 2025–2026 results were still below state levels in both subjects.
In 2025–2026, Tom Bradley’s ELA result was 46%, compared with a 23% average for the other two K–5 schools—a 23-point lead. Its math result was 34%, 9 points above the other schools’ average, but about 4 points below the state in both subjects. Forty-Second Street Elementary led science at 27%, 8 points above the average of the other two schools. Hillcrest Drive Elementary had the lowest ELA result, 22%, while Forty-Second had the lowest math result, 22%; Hillcrest was also lowest in science, at 19%. New Heights stands out in seventh grade: its 2024–2025 ELA and math results were 63% each, about 14 and 27 points above the respective state results. New Heights serves a wider grade span, so its all-grades results are not directly comparable with the K–5 schools’.
Across the three K–5 schools, average science results rose from 12% in 2024–2025 to 22% in 2025–2026, narrowing the gap with the state by about 6 points; average ELA and math results each fell by about 1 point. SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentile rose from 10th to 18th for Hillcrest and from 5th to 19th for Forty-Second between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while Tom Bradley shifted from 47th to 46th. For context, the schools’ free/reduced lunch eligible figures for sy 2024–2025 ranged from 87% at Tom Bradley to 97% at Hillcrest; student–teacher ratios ranged from 15.3 at Forty-Second to 23.3 at Tom Bradley. Chronic absenteeism was 33%–36% at the three K–5 schools in 2025–2026, compared with 18% statewide and 23% districtwide.
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